Dear Neighbors,
Keep Valley View Beautiful
would like to invite you to join us as a member to help support and accomplish our
mission to educate
and encourage all citizens to take responsibility to improve the beautification
and environment of Valley View and the surrounding areas.
We
have been in existence since October of 2004.
Since that time, we have accomplished a wide range of projects that we
are proud of. We are perhaps most proud
of having won the 2006 Governor’s Community Achievement Award of $60,000. The KVVB committee selected to use this money
for the rebuilding of the town square (park area) which was accomplished in
July earlier this year. We are also
very proud of obtaining the first historical marker for Valley View. This marker will soon be placed on the town
square for all to see.
We will have a
dedication ceremony for both the historical marker and the new town square on
Other
projects that have occurred are the participation and educating of the students
of the VVISD. Activities are: Can recycling, Litter Prevention, an
Environmental Fair, learning about Butterfly Gardening, planting a Rose Garden,
planting trees at the City Park, Garden Design and implementation at the Middle
School building, classroom Composting, tours at the Environmental Center,
Wastewater Treatment Center at Frisco Central Park, youth painting at the VVISD
playground and at the Town Square, Ecofest at VVISD and the downtown Square,
Christmas on the Square and a Parade with Santa, City-Wide Trash-Off/Clean-up
curb service, Yard of the Month and a Cigarette Butt Litter Prevention
campaign.
With
your help and involvement our goals for the future of Valley View can
continue. One of the immediate goals is
to build a pavilion on top of the 20’ X 30’ concrete slab that is now built because
of a generous donation to us from Kelley Ready-Mix of Valley View.
We
need funds to build the pavilion. As a
fund-raiser for this project we have sold bricks that can be inscribed to honor
your family whether it be those living now or the memory of loved ones who have
passed on. These bricks will be laid in
the appropriate areas on the new square.
From a historical viewpoint, the recording of families by name upon
these bricks will provide a wonderful and vital record for everyone to enjoy now
and in the years to come. More details
about this program can be found on another link.
We
hope that we have enlightened you with 'What's Been Going On' with Keep Valley
View Beautiful. We encourage you to be a
part of KVVB and hope that our mission to educate and encourage all citizens
will be part of your mission as well. Please
join us as we experience together exciting times in the life of our
community. If you have any questions at all,
please do not hesitate calling or e-mailing any KVVB officer.
Best
regards,
Your
Norman
L. Newton, President 940 726-3414 normannewton@yahoo.com
Rita
Parker, Vice President 940 726-5782 jtparker@ntin.net
Gail
Roane, Secretary / Treasurer 940
726-3975 gailroane@yahoo.com
Valley
View History Website: UNDER THE SHADE TREE http://www.oocities.org/valleyview1872