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Hillsborough County Ensures A Cleaner Future
 As a new fiscal year and millennium begin, the Hillsborough County
Solid Waste Management Department (SWMD) and Keep Hillsborough County Beautiful (KHCB) have forged a stronger partnership to ensure that our community sees a cleaner tomorrow.
Adopt-A-Road
Over the years, KHCB has accomplished a lot in the development of the County's Adopt-A-Road program, assisting in the coordination of community cleanup efforts, presenting educational
programs for the residents and schoolchildren of Hillsborough County, and coordinating the Florida Great American Cleanup and the Florida Coastal Cleanup.
Recently, KHCB committed to expand its program focus by signing a comprehensive contract with the Hillsborough County Solid Waste Management Department. Some major goals of the
organization will be to broaden its educational efforts in the schools, update program materials, develop a media package, and increase the Adopt-A-Road program. In addition, there is an
Adopt-A-Shore program that follows similar guidelines to the Adopt-A-Road program, where groups can adopt sections of shoreline, do a minimum number of cleanups in a given year, and have
signs placed near their section recognizing the efforts of that group.
 Florida Coastal
Cleanup
The Florida Coastal Cleanup took place on Saturday, September 16, 2000 around the state. Although Hurricane Gordon was en route toward Florida, Hillsborough County still had a very well
attended event, with almost 2,500 volunteers. This year, specific mention was made that volunteers are coming across less trash each year. This is great to hear but does not mean that our
job is done. It means that those locations are in better shape than ever before. Maybe now is the time to look at some new locations while continuing to maintain the existing locations.
New KHCB Executive Director
Lastly, as this new partnership between the Hillsborough County Solid Waste Management Department and Keep Hillsborough County Beautiful begins, we have a new Executive Director on
board. Chris Cook started with KHCB in September and came from Pasco County government, where she served as the County Recycling Coordinator. While there, she was responsible for the
county Adopt-A-Road program, coordinating the Coastal Cleanup, and serving as a board member of Keep Pasco Beautiful (a Keep Florida Beautiful affiliate). Her previous experience with
Pasco County and the waste reduction industry provides KHCB with a committed environmental leader. We wish her well as she begins this new era with KHCB.
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