2008-2013 Strategic Plan
Mission: Keep Evansville Beautiful will be a catalyst for citizen action by creating a beautiful, inviting, healthy outdoor environment to assure an improved quality of life and enhanced economic growth for the greater Evansville area
Catalyst: engaging people, rally-er, cheerleader, empowering
Quality of life: neighborhoods, parks, tree canopy, healthy living
Economic growth: business, young adult retention, recruiting, innovative
Greater Evansville: think regionally and statewide.
Vision: Keep Evansville Beautiful will align with businesses, government, schools, churches and neighborhoods in order to create a sustained focus on the beautification of Evansville.
Alignment - Economic development, our community grows together, explore expansion
Sustained Focus - Gateways, green infrastructure, maintenance, downtown image, school programs
Beautification - Gateways, green infrastructure, downtown image, engaging people, curb appeal, arboriculture, fight litter, Indiana Beautiful
| Report Card | Progress |
|---|---|
| Downtown Evansville image | Municipal greenscapes and gateways; studying protecting and improving Fourth and Main streets' park (Kempf Park). |
| Gateways | Welcome infrastructure to be installed 2012. Improving the region's first impression: Airport, State Road 57 and US 41, I-164. |
| Greenscapes | Major landscaping at high profile traffic and pedestrian areas. Borries, Georgette, Garvin, Sievers Memorial, Riverside Drive. |
| Engaging active citizens | Clean Evansville Litter Initiative with Mayor Lloyd Winnecke, Great American Cleanup, Urban Forestry, Recycling |
| Regional outreach | Work with the entire region to improve curb appeal and sense of civics and citizen pride. Warrick, Gibson, Posey and Vanderburgh counties at present. |
| Encourage formation of Keep Indiana Beautiful | Tabled at the time |
