$1,000 Grant Award Goes to the Town of Floyd

Today we’re excited to announce that the town of Floyd, in Floyd County, will receive a grant award of $1000 for its Cigarette Litter Prevention project!  We’ll be announcing one each day during the month of June. 

The Town of Floyd is a small community with just under 500 residents who all support its thriving art and cultural scene. Through the center of town runs Warren G. Lineberry Community Park, a formerly vacant lot that was transformed for use as an event space and town gathering place. In an effort to draw awareness to cigarette litter along their streets, they plan to launch their “Butts to the Bins” campaign.

They will use the $1,000 Green Grant funds to install smoker’s receptacles throughout downtown Floyd, including the Warren G. Lineberry Community Park, the entrance and exit to the Heritage Trail, the main public parking areas, as well as the Floyd Visitors Center, and the Floyd Farmer’s Market.  Educational information bringing awareness to cigarette litter and the new receptacles will be available on a touchscreen visitor station.

Every year, government, non-profit, civic and service organizations in Virginia were invited to apply for grants for $500 to $1,000 describing how they plan to tackle an environmental concern in their community regarding Litter Prevention, Recycling, Cigarette Litter Prevention, or Community Beautification.  Since 2011, Keep Virginia Beautiful has provided $254,500 for 320 different environmental programs and projects all across the Commonwealth, due to the generosity of their partnership with Altria, as well as additional support from Coca-Cola, WestRock and Keep America Beautiful.