In the Beginning…
On a hot July morning in 2000, six women met for breakfast at the Blanco Bowling Club Café with the idea of cleaning up and beautifying Downtown Blanco on their minds.
They had their breakfast and coffee. Then they rolled up their sleeves, grabbed a rototiller and chain saw, and went to work.
Starting at the corner of 4th Street and Highway 281, the newly christened “Buttanicals” (so named because of what you usually see when this beautification committee is hard at work) cleaned out the Johnson grass on the city property and replaced the weeds with beautiful flowers.
Proceeding to the corner of 3rd Street and Highway 281, these women fired up their chain saws. An existing flower bed had a cedar tree growing in it, and an old cactus so big and tough that it required the chain saw, too.
Eventually, the group tackled each corner all the way around the square, and reworked the yards at the Blanco City Hall and the Post Office.
What you see today is the fruit of the hard work of that original bunch of gals along with those who have joined the group over the years.
Other KBB Projects:
The Blanco Elementary and Middle School Science classes built flower beds at the schools.
Texas Recycle Day and Arbor Day poster contest.
The “Yard of the Month” became one of the best incentives for citizens to beautify their own property.
The Liberty Garden Bench was placed in Bindseil Park in a 911 Memorial ceremony.
We have had some great years and would love for you to come and join us in our efforts for the Revitalization and Beautification of Historic Downtown Blanco.
Our Organization:
Keep Blanco Beautiful, Inc. (KBB), concentrates its eff orts on public education of environmental and solid waste issues.
Litter prevention, recycling program, beauti cation of the City and public service activities are focus areas.
We work in partnership at this time with the following local organizations:
CITY OF BLANCO
IESI SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT COMPANY
BLANCO LIONS CLUB
YUCCA GARDEN CLUB
BLANCO I.S.D.
BLANCO BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
GEM OF THE HILLS
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
BLANCO UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH
SAINT FERDINANDS CATHOLIC CHURCH
THE ARK ( CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP)
TREETOPS RANCH
UPTOWN BLANCO, INC.
