December 6th, 2022 - Keep RC Beautiful Marketing & Education Committee Agenda

Attendees: Jenna Bailey, James Kilgo, Eddie Mote, Amanda Byers, Clark Poole, Allegra Lucas

I. Keep America Beautiful Affiliate Packet

• Pledge forms as board members

• Beautification Project

1. Rail Trail is trying to beautify - could we collaborate? (planting trees, flower beds)

2. Purple Martin Greenway

3. Between FC and Spindale - neutral zone, near North State Gas, beneath the billboard there is quite a mess

4. Behind Old Susanna

5. Partner with TBRT & volunteer the manpower

6. What projects can we do for each town - county-wide focus

II. 2023 Planning

• Ride Along

1. Amanda, James, Eddie, Allegra, Taylor, Elizabeth, Gabe

• Donation Kiosks

1. Make the kiosks informational

• Certified Green Business

• Merch / Awareness / Rewards

1. Yard Signs – $22/ea cost if you buy 1, retailing for $25

2. Shirts – retail $20/ea

3. Stickers – Logo, Keep Your Load Off the Road retail $2

• Spring Litter Sweep (Earth Month)

• RecycleBots (Earth Month)

• Scholarship (spring)

• ICC SciFest (Earth Month)

• Kiwanis Park Chessboard Colab (Earth Month) - info board about chess and recycling

1. County library system is represented: do we invite other towns? FC?

2. Roxi and Rocki are the king and queen pieces

3. KRCB to supply tires for the bases

4. Good for public awareness

• Trash Bowl 2023 (fall)

• Festivals

• Ag Day

1. Booth, maybe Roxi or Rocki

• Homeschool Day @ Chimney Rock State Park (Earth Month)

• Rotating Road Signs

• Department of Environmental Quality Grant / Rutherfordton partnership

1. Town wants to apply for a grant ($15-20,000) for different bins for residents

2. Increase amount of recycling and lower amount of contamination

3. Town of Ruth at 16% contamination - a good percentage would be 8-10% (convenience centers are 4-5% because they are monitored). Average of 13% across the board.

4. We would be tasked with education, participation

5. Must be county-wide: make an intentional effort to meet with every town manager, each town can apply for the grant or should at least be informed

6. Nelon collects trash in Lake Lure & Chimney Rock

7. Ellenboro - Republic Services collects their trash

8. Bostic collects their own but they do not run recycle - they take it to convenience center

II. Next meetings

• Keep America Beautiful Training – January 17th, 2023 @ 12pm, Woodrow Jones Building

• Full Committee – January 17th, 2023 @ 2pm, Woodrow Jones Building

• Tour of the Dump – January 18th, 2023 @ 1pm – 658 Laurel Hill Dr. Rutherfordton, NC 28139

• Marketing/Education – February 7th, 2023

Asheville trip - 10 people, two groups of 5. February - we can sign up once we know free dates. Often Fridays.