Morgan City, LA – Keep Louisiana Beautiful (KLB), the state’s premier anti-litter and community
improvement organization has chosen Morgan City Main Street to receive a Beautification Grant to
support our community beautification efforts. Vanessa Spinella, Main Street Director announced
today that Keep Louisiana Beautiful has awarded the $8,400.00 grant to help create and execute
planting projects focused on improving the appearance of communities throughout Louisiana by
creating beautiful, well-maintained public spaces. Priority planting projects include improving and
beautifying entry points to cities, highway corridors and medians, downtown roadways and
intersections, and other highly visible and highly used public spaces. “This grant award represents
an active partnership with KLB that will help us uphold our responsibility to do the right thing for the
environment and community regarding Morgan City Main Streets Beautification project, Spinella
said. KLB’s Executive Director, Susan Russell explains that the Beautification Grant is designed to
provide funding for local projects and programs bringing about behavioral changes needed to
improve the appearance of communities in Louisiana. “People are less likely to litter in areas that
display community pride and that are well maintained and beautiful, so reducing litter in highly
visible areas is an additional key driver of this grant. KLB seeks projects that have diverse
community support, volunteer involvement, collaboration with stakeholders and benefit the
community at large.”
Made possible with funding from the State of Louisiana and the Office of the Lieutenant Governor,
11 Beautification Grants totaling over $72,000 were awarded to eligible organizations including
Louisiana parishes and municipalities, Spinella added. Morgan city Main Street will use our grant to
being phase 1 of our Downtown Morgan City Beautification Project. Phase 1 location includes the
flower beds directly to the left & right of the main entrance to the dock at Freret & Front Street.
Keep Louisiana Beautiful (KLB), is a state program under the Office of the Lieutenant Governor and
the Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism that promotes a personal, corporate, and
community responsibility for a clean and beautiful Louisiana. KLB supports local communities
through programs and resources for litter education prevention, removal, enforcement,
beautification, recycling, waste reduction, and sustainability initiatives. KLB is affiliated with the
national organization, Keep America Beautiful and is supported by a robust statewide network of
community Affiliates and University Affiliates. Learn more at KeepLouisianaBeautiful.org
