Beautify Communities

Everyone in America deserves to live in a beautiful community

At Keep America Beautiful, we believe each of us deserves to live in a beautiful home. In order for that to become a reality, we all need to come together to create and maintain it.

Keep America Beautiful works across community, government, and business sectors to create beautiful spaces and places for all of us to share. We’re pleased to be able to provide these free resources for individual, community, and partner use.

Note that we need the list/PDFS still. lists are below

How to Plan a Community
Beautification Project


Graffiti Prevention: Creating A Community Mural (PDF to convert)

Anti-graffiti resources:

Educational resource: Get a clue about Graffiti (PDF to convert)
Educational resource: Teacher’s Guide (PDF to convert)

Educational resource: How to Establish a Graffiti Task Force (PDF to convert)
Educational resource: Graffiti Prevention: Tips for Homeowners (PDF to convert)
Educational resource: Graffiti Prevention: Tips for Businesses (PDF to convert)
Educational resource: Lights, Landscape, Access (PDF to convert)

Affiliates in Action

Here are just a few examples of beautification projects from our hard-working affiliates:

Keep America Beautiful Announces 24th Annual Great American Cleanup, the Nation’s Largest Community Improvement Program 

The 24th annual Great American Cleanup® (GAC) begins Monday, March 21. GAC takes place annually with an estimated 500,000 volunteers taking part in 15,000 community events nationwide, thanks to the work done by the Keep America Beautiful (KAB) network of 700 affiliates and KAB partner organizations. GAC runs through June 22. 

“If it’s being said in Gwinnett, it’s being said in every community across the country.” – Virtual conversation March 23 to spark nationwide conversation on litter

Keep America Beautiful and Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful invite everyone to a virtual conversation about litter. Happening March 23 from 8 to 10 a.m. EST, “Connecting People and Places: A Community Conversation About Litter” is intended to address the issue of littering.

KAB Volunteer Spotlight: One Woman’s Work to Clean Up Her Alabama Neighborhood Inspires Annual Event In Her Name

ATHENS, Alabama (February 28, 2022) – Keep America Beautiful loves to highlight the people across the country who are doing great work to clean up the environment, and it’s our pleasure to get to know Mrs. Laverne Gilbert of Athens, Alabama. KAB learned about Mrs....

Support for Beautification

Is your community seeking funding for a beautification project?

Check out our annual Community Grants information and apply!

YOUR DONATION IN ACTION

Your generosity allows us to expand our program offerings, fund community improvement projects from coast to coast, and provide the means needed to make meaningful and lasting impact in local communities across the U.S.