Keep Austin Beautiful awards Neighborhood Beautification Grants annually to support neighborhoods in their efforts to beautify and improve public spaces. Keep Austin Beautiful designed the program to help groups of residents and neighborhood organizations take ownership of their local environment, and build a stronger community by developing and nurturing relationships among neighbors. 

Click on the year to learn more about past Neighborhood Beautification Grant Winners!
• 2005
• 2006
• 2007 
Updated applications will be available in June 2008 and due by 5pm on July 14, 2008.

Funding
Grant Amounts range from $500 to $2,500.

Sample Projects
Grants are available to support physical improvements in the right-of-way or on public property including median landscaping, neighborhood signs, garden installations, murals, information kiosks, large-scale cleanups, graffiti removal, and the development of community gathering spaces, (see sample project list for more details). 

Goals
We will be looking for projects that build community, utilize sound ecological practices like native plants, and recycled and reused materials, and articulate the unique identity of the neighborhood. 

Requirements
Neighborhood groups must match the beautification grants with other funding, in-kind donations or volunteer hours.

KAB’s Commitment
Keep Austin Beautiful will work with neighborhood groups to coordinate with City of Austin Departments, provide technical assistance and training sessions to help you implement your beautification project, and loan our tools to your group for workdays.

For more information about KAB’s neighborhood beautification grants you can download the Grant Guidelines and Application and the list of Sample Projects. Files are in PDF format to download Adobe Reader to view PDFs click here. 
 

KAB would like to thank the City of Austin Dillo Dirt for their generous donations of compost and Austin Energy for donating trees to support KAB beautification projects.