Posted on: January 17, 2023
PHOTO #1: Volunteers prepare for a cleanup hosted by Keep Victoria Beautiful in March 2022 in the Silver City neighborhood.
The City of Victoria Environmental Services and Keep Victoria Beautiful are seeking volunteers for a cleanup in the west part of the...
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2020 - Spotlight - Environmental Services
Posted on: November 22, 2022
PHOTO #1: Tommy Darwin, a volunteer with Keep Victoria Beautiful, paints a home in Silver City on Nov. 12 as part of the new Brush Up program in partnership with Habitat for Humanity.
Giving residents a beautiful place to call home is a goal of both Keep V...
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2020 - Spotlight - Environmental Services
Posted on: August 23, 2022
PHOTO: Discarded trash is strewn along the Guadalupe River on Aug. 21. Photo contributed by Ashley Magee.
Keep Victoria Beautiful’s upcoming Fall Sweep will cover both land and water with help from a grant program aimed at keeping waterways clean.
Keep Vict...
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2020 - Spotlight - Environmental Services
Posted on: August 23, 2022
PHOTO #1: Keep Victoria Beautiful partnered with the Texas Master Naturalist - Mid-Coast Chapter to restore the butterfly garden at The Texas Zoo.
PHOTO #2: From left, Master Naturalists Debbi Roskey and Marilyn Stewart clear overgrowth in the butterfly ga...
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2020 - Spotlight - Environmental Services
Posted on: November 25, 2020
Keep Victoria Beautiful is seeking volunteers to help with the organization’s first community-led beautification event since its revival and integration with the City earlier this year.
“We’d like to host these types of events on a regular basis going forw...
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2020 - Spotlight - Environmental Services
Posted on: September 22, 2020
PHOTO: A Solid Waste truck collects residential recycling in Victoria.
Residents who are normally scheduled for trash, recycling and yard waste collection Monday will have an adjusted schedule this week only.
- Trash will be collected on Wednesday, ...
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2020 - Spotlight - Environmental Services
Posted on: August 31, 2020
PHOTO #1: The water tanks at Water Pumping Plant No. 3, located at Airline Road and Ben Jordan Street, recently were pressure-washed.
PHOTO #2: The water tanks at Water Pumping Plant No. 3, located at Airline Road and Ben Jordan Street, recently were dark-...
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2020 - Spotlight - Environmental Services
Posted on: August 24, 2020
PHOTO: City of Victoria Environmental and Beautification coordinator Tiffany Koenig and Victoria County Precinct 1 Constable Gary Smejkal appear in a promotional image for the “Tarp or Ticket” campaign, which encourages residents to properly secure garbag...
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2020 - Spotlight - Environmental Services
Posted on: July 13, 2020
PHOTO #1: From left, Councilman Rafael De La Garza III, City of Victoria Mayor Rawley McCoy and Environmental Services Director Darryl Lesak stand in front of the newly renovated “Welcome to Victoria” sign on Bloomington Highway.
PHOTO #2: The City of Vict...
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2020 - Spotlight - Environmental Services
Posted on: June 1, 2020
PHOTO: Keep Victoria Beautiful board chair Shannon Longoria stands May 22 outside the headquarters of the City’s Keep Victoria Beautiful program at the historic Hiller House, 3003 N. Vine St.
The City of Victoria Environmental Services revived its Keep Vic...
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2020 - Spotlight - Environmental Services
Posted on: May 15, 2020
Golden Crescent Habitat for Humanity provided breakfast to City of Victoria Solid Waste staff May 14 as a way of saying thank you for their hard work. Solid Waste staff has been working throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, including during the “Stay Home – S...
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2020 - Spotlight - Environmental Services