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Keep Smyrna Beautiful is Tops in State

One KSB volunteer also received statewide recognition.

Smyrna residents always knew Keep Smyrna Beautfiul was the best Keep Georgia Beautiful chapter in the state, but now it’s got the award to prove it.

KSB won the top prize for affiliates with populations between 45,001 to 65,000. Keep Georgia Beautiful cited KSB’s work with the municipal court to enlist 1,000 volunteers who logged more than 7,400 hours of community service in Smyrna, its document shredding events and its Work Glove Luncheon for city employees.

“I’m just kind of overwhelmed,” said Ann Kirk, director of KSB. “This was great news to get today.”

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Keep Georgia Beautiful also honored Smyrna’s community garden as the top nonprofit community improvement project. Speaking of the community garden, get a jumpstart on next year’s gardening by signing up for a plot today. Leases signed now are good through January 2013, so leasing a plot today adds three extra months of gardening.

A community garden plot is ideal for residents of apartments or condos who don’t have the space to plant a garden. Plots come in four sizes and price points: small, $40; medium, $50: large, $75; and jumbo, $195.

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One KSB volunteer also received a top honor today. Angie Bolton, an IBM employee and active volunteer in Smyrna, was awarded the Carolyn Crayton Award for being the top female volunteer in Georgia.

“She has personally donated thousands of dollars to Keep Smyrna Beautiful,” Kirk said. “She does an awful lot of volunteer work and she doesn’t even live in Smyrna.”

Even though it’s been recognized at the state level, KSB isn’t resting on its laurels. This weekend it’s offering Smyrna residents the chance to bring up to 100 pounds of paper for shredding to the on Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon.

The paper may be stapled, but large Gem clips must be removed. Parts of Church Street will be closed Saturday morning as part of the , so participants in the shredding event are asked to enter Church Street via South Cobb Drive.

KSB is also selling jonquil bulbs at this time. Fall is the ideal time to plant jonquils and other spring-flowering bulbs. KSB will be selling jonquil bulbs, $12 for 50 bulbs, at the , the Smyrna Museum and .

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