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KTMB Focus on Sparks presented March 23, 2015
Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful • Private nonprofit celebrating 25 years of
providing hands-on community solutions
• Our focus is education about economic and health benefits of a clean community
• Cleanups are great, but education makes for lasting change
Making a difference is easy • Recycle when possible, but reduce and
reuse always!
• Is there an option with less packaging? That’s not packaged in plastic?
• Take reusable (washable!) bags every time – not just to the grocery store. Plastic bags blow around, getting stuck in trees, killing wildlife and clogging waterways.
• Don’t over water your lawn and use water-conscious landscaping.
How often have you heard:
“I don’t see a trash can.”
“It’s only a little trash.”
“I’m only one person; my trash won’t make a difference.”
What can I do?
Change starts with you.
Value of Recreation • The Truckee Meadows offers virtually every
recreational opportunity
• Recreation brings tourism, and provides free, healthy opportunities for residents
• Proximity raises home values 20% or more
• Truckee River provides fresh drinking water
Source: Journal of Sustainable Real Estate, GreenSpace Alliance
Cost to community/business Litter costs us an estimated $11.5 billion annually.
Businesses pay $9 billion of that cost. Litter decreases property values 7%.
Source: Keep America Beautiful
Cost to community health • Trash dropped in the Truckee River – our
drinking water – clogs drains, can poison or damage wildlife and recreators.
• Lawn runoff – fertilizer, pesticide, dog waste – all washes down storm drains into the Truckee River.
We all end up paying • Lower property values.
• Littering is physical graffiti.
• Dumping and litter deter visitors and new business.
• Dumping and litter lower our quality of life and are community health hazards.
Source: Journal of Sustainable Real Estate, GreenSpace Alliance
Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful
We provide tools for all kinds of cleanups • Roadside · Open Space • Park · River • Neighborhood · Workplace
2014 Sparks Great Cleanup
2014 KTMB Sparks Events
• Great Community Cleanup • Truckee River Cleanup Day • Christmas Tree Recycling • Make A Difference Day
– Sites include Sparks Marina, Wild Creek, Cottonwood Park, Gateway Park, Glendale Park, Rock Park, and Sparks Blvd.
– 492 Volunteers – 3.7 Tons of trash – 3.5 tons of green waste – 40 tires – 2,805 Christmas Trees
KTMB, your local KAB affiliate • Government Funding Historic Overview
– City of Reno: $15,000 – Washoe County: Free Rent/Utilities – City of Sparks
• Increased to $8,000 from $5,000 in 2007 • Reduced to $6,500 in 2009 • Reduced to $6,012 in 2010 • Requesting increase to $10,000
• Value of Volunteers: 545 volunteers/2,064 hours: $39,319*
*Independent Sector Value: $19.05/hour
Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful • Community education
– Speakers Bureau and Beautiful Business • Crafting legislation and ensuring enforcement
– Illegal Dumping Task Force • School programs
– Waste, Weed & Watershed Warriors • Alternatives − Recycling programs − Cleanup events
Adopt-A-Spot Expansion • 28 miles of Adopted Roadway in
Sparks maintained by 53 active adopters
• Program expansion will include
• Roadways • Open Space areas • Parks • Truckee River
KTMB’s Identified River Solutions: #1 Multi-Jurisdictional River Ranger
#2 Expand KTMB’s Adopt-A-Spot
#3 3-prong education
#4 Multi-jurisdictional, long-term Truckee River Corridor Management Plan (in progress through National Park Service Rivers and Trails Conservation Assistance Program)
www.KTMB.org