This is SH-146 at Tabb's Bay in 1974. We were a dirty and smelly Tri-city town with a lot of growth in our future. |
We used to be viewed as just another stinky oil town. That is no longer the case. Baytown is actually cleaner than many cities surrounding Houston, but we can do better by educating the masses and actually going outside and removing debris from our town.
I've started a grass-root
effort here on Facebook to address educating the public AND getting them
involved in litter abatement and I am going to pursue this over the next year
with great passion.
We already have over 100
like-minded members and it is a vision where all members are accountable to
contribute effort to remove litter on a daily basis.
Possibly quarterly we will
tackle a large project and have a potluck meal afterward. There will be no
galas, no scholarships awarded, just people actually working to make our city
very clean. There will also be no kings, or queens and no $65 a plate to raise
money at this event... just people working.
It is the goal for this group
of volunteers to be heavily represented by the Baytown Sun and any TV news station we can
entice to cover it. I want Baytown
to shine and I do believe it will have an almost magical effect on our perception of the city.
It is important that we
document through photography and placing the photos on our individual pages to
encourage others to help. There is also an opportunity to shame litterers into
stopping. People who litter look just like us, our family, and our friends.
They need to be educated to stop throwing trash out the window of their cars
and truck.
Here is today’s photo of
#TrashTag (add this to your photo when you post it to FB) and the difference
ONE person can make:
The idea is each person works every day to remove litter. Small amounts add up quickly. |
The #TrashTag movement is an international effort for the average person to make a positive impact on the litter problem.
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