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The Athens-Limestone Beautification Board, which falls under the KALB organization umbrella, annually recognizes businesses, churches, and public buildings where caretakers go the extra mile to create beautiful landscaping. We invite the public to be part of the process, keeping a lookout for particularly well-manicured and colorful landscaping throughout the City of Athens and Limestone County, nominating those you believe worthy of recognition.
Judging Criteria:
All properties nominated will be judged using a set of standards for evaluation. Judging criteria will include the following:
· Overall Design
· Construction (walls, walks, and pavement)
· Planting (condition of plants, color, texture)
· Maintenance (proper trimming, edging, and pruning, lack of weeds,
neat)
· Litter Control (no visible litter, trash containers available and in good
condition)
How To Nominate:
Please help the Beautification Board to honor the best. Nominations can be made by businesses, churches, and government offices themselves or by any member of the community. You may call in your nominations to 256-233-8000 or send an email to KALBCares@gmail.com. You may also nominate online at our website www.KALBCares.com. On the top menu, hover over Beautification and then click “Beautification Awards.” Nominations will run through May 10, 2021.
Let’s work together to honor those who strive to improve our Limestone County communities.
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KALB's Earth Day & Outdoor EXPO has been rescheduled for June 5th!
We are so excited to be able to host our annual Earth Day event this year! This year's event will look a little different and be a little smaller than in years past, but it will still be a fun event for the whole family to enjoy! We plan to provide an outdoor socially distant event at Big Spring Memorial Park in Athens, on Saturday, June 5th from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. There will be vendors located throughout the park that will offer kids activities, earth friendly products, information to share, and more! The Optimist Club will be offering food for purchase. Athens State University will be offering two campus tree tours during the event, at 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm.
Thanks to the Limestone County Water and Sewer Authority, Steve Trash, Rockin' Eco Hero, will perform his show three times at this event (11:30 am, 12:30 pm, and 1:30 pm). Steve Trash has a wonderful way of getting the message of conservation and recycling across in a fun, loud, crazy show loved by kids and adults.
Local Author, Carissa Lovvorn, will be reading her new childrens book "Seeds For Sharing" at 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm.
Athens State University will be offering tree tours of the campus' historic trees at 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm.
Tiny Hiney's Travelin' Farm will host a petting zoo, sponsored by Limestone Pediatrc Dental.
The Optimist Club will have food available for purchase.
AT&T will be collecting old cell phones for recycling at their booth.
Thank you the following sponsors:
-Limestone County Water and Sewer Authority
-American Leakless Company
-Indorama Ventures
-Athens State University
-Limestone Pediatric Dental
-Athens Now
We hope that you will come out and join the fun!!
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Free Guided Nature Walk
RESCHEDULED FOR
8:00 am on Saturday, June 5th
MARBUT BEND WALKING TRAIL
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Don't Miss this Informative, Relaxing Walk Through Nature Led By Area Expert.
Marbut Bend Walking Trail in West Limestone is a great place to experience nature and the wildlife that call this area home.
Damien Simbeck is extremely knowledgeable about how this area was formed and all of the wildlife that live here. He takes his time and will share his expertise with all who join him.
Join Damien at the trail head by 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 5th to join this nature walk. Bring binoculars if you have them. Wear comfortable walking shoes and use sun screen and/or insect repellent as needed. This trail is considered handicapped accessible.
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On Saturday, May 8th, KALB is partnering with The Oasis Community Outreach, Athens Limestone Ministerial Association, Limestone Ministerial Coalition, and SHIFT youth program to host Mrs. Laverne’s Clean My Block Party. This fun, community event will be held at Lincoln-Bridgeforth Park (815 Westview Avenue, Athens, AL 35611) in Athens starting at 8:30 a.m. Gather in the park at 8:30 a.m. to sign in and to receive cleanup supplies and a cleanup location. The cleanup will last from 9 to 10:30 a.m. After cleaning, there will be a community cookout at the park from 10:30 a.m. to noon with free food, music, games, and fun!
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Recycling for Relay:
City of Athens Relay for Life Team
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Recycling for Relay with the City of Athens Relay for Life Team
The team recycles cellphones for the American Cancer Society. The company that accepts the phones makes a donation based on the number and type of phones.
Cola tabs are recycled for Ronald McDonald House at St. Jude in Memphis. The team works with Elkmont Church of Christ to mail the tabs, which help fund this program that allows parents to stay at no cost near their children while they undergo treatment at St. Jude.
Bring cellphones and/or tabs to Athens City Hall, Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and leave them with Kim Glaze, Amy Golden or Holly Hollman.
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The Recycling Center Manager and Ass
BUSINESS HOURS
Monday through Friday
6:30 am to 2:30 pm.
The Recycling Center Manager and Assistant Manager are working in the plant full time handling and baling materials. They will not be in the office to answer calls, but will return messages. If you do not leave a message, they cannot return your call. Please be patient as they are doing double duty to accommodate the needs of the community as best they can with less than half of their staff.
NO PLASTIC will be accepted at this time. Watch for updates on the Athens-Limestone Recycling Center and Keep Athens-Limestone Beautiful Facebook pages.
The Recycling Center will accept the
following materials at the
LUCAS FERRY RD. FACILITY ONLY
Please SORT BEFORE ARRIVING. If bringing items in a plastic bag, empty your items out of the bag into the correct bins. Do not leave the plastic bags.
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Electronics (if you have heavy items, please bring help to unload. We currently do not have staff at the plant to help you. There is a $10 fee for TVs of any size. All other electronics are accepted free of charge.)
- Cardboard (including paperboard: cereal boxes, drink cartons, etc.) (Cardboard MUST be broken down. Unbroken boxes take up too much space!)
- Newspaper (must be separate from other paper)
- Junk Mail, Office Paper, Magazines
- Steel/Tin Cans and Other Steel Items
- Aluminum Cans and Other Aluminum Items
- Glass Bottles and Jars - All Colors (Glass must be sorted by colors: brown, clear, and blue and green. NO other types of glass accepted!)
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NO COUNTY TRAILERS will be in place. Materials must be brought to the Lucas Ferry Rd. facility. We do not know when the trailers will be put back in place. We will update on the Keep Athens-Limestone Beautiful and Athens-Limestone Recycling Center Facebook pages.
DIRECT RECYCLING QUESTIONS TO:
Athens-Limestone Recycling Center
256-233-8746
AthensRecycling@pclnet.net
City of Athens Sanitation Department
(Athens City Curbside Recycling)
256-233-8747
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Here is the link to our most recent articles featured in Athens Now:
April 2, 2021
April 16, 2021
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