Adopt A Block

Want to rid your community of litter, keep the environment clean and/or have a reason to exercise?

Become a partner of the Adopt-a- Block program!

What is Adopt-a-Block?

The Adopt-a-Block Program is a new program brought to the community through a cooperative agreement established between the City of St. Pete Beach and Keep Pinellas Beautiful, Inc.
Cleaning the neighborhood.

The adoption of a city block involves the resident, or group of residents, to sign an agreement with the city and Keep Pinellas Beautiful promising to remove litter from the adopted block on a bi-weekly or greater basis. Adoptees will then record their litter control efforts and submit quarterly reports for a period of one year.

The Benefits

The City of St. Pete Beach will recognize the extrraordinary efforts of the adoptees by listing their names and the blocks that they have adopted on the Public Works website.

Recognition will also be made on Channel 15 (the city's public access TV channel).

Other Benefits include:

• Reduction in unsightly litter
  
• Keeping storm drains clear, which helps to reduce flooding and drainage problems
  
• A reason to exercise
  
• Community involvement
  
• The enhancement of property value

Adopt-a-Beach empowers residents to:

• Demonstrate community pride
  
• Maintain a clean environment
  
• Promote a clean area around their home or business.
  
• Adoptees may choose to incorporate their litter control activities with their daily walks, pet walking chores, visiting friends or as a group project. Ideally, the adopted block will be either the block on which the resident lives or a block that is adjacent to the resident's property.
  

Interested in adopting a block and participating in the program? To receive an application and a frequently asked questions information sheet, contact:

Keep Pinellas Beautiful, Inc.
4707 140th Avenue North, Suite 218
Clearwater, FL 33762
stoplitter@tampabay.rr.com
http://www.keeppinellasbeautiful.org
Phone - 727-533-0402
FAX - 727-533-0502