Keep Eureka Beautiful is an all-volunteer effort that was founded in 1996 to help build civic pride in Eureka and to promote beautification as a community building and economic development tool. Our mission is to encourage residents and businesses to maintain and enhance the beauty of this Victorian Seaport. Communities that are kept clean and attractive enjoy more economic benefits and experience less crime.
Donations:
Send checks to:
Keep Eureka Beautiful
2020 Fern Street
Eureka CA 95503
Or you can make a tax-deductible donation through the Humboldt Area Foundation.
Be sure to scroll down to Keep Eureka Beautiful Fund.
The trees in our sidewalk are a gorgeous barrier between our home and the noise of the traffic on 14th street.
Board:
Scott Bauer
Josh Cook
Chris Crema
Elliott Dabill
Kimberly Keisling
Ron Kuhnel
Michele McKeegan
Joel Mielke
Elizabeth Murguia
Lynn Murphy
Ed Olsgard
Fritz Schautz
Jim Thomas
Stan Wong, Volunteer of the Century
Our Story:
In 1996 in the wake of a series of hearings on crime, many Eurekans have become deeply discouraged about their ability to build a more livable community. Keep Eureka Beautiful was founded that year to promote a livable community.
Our Mission:
To educate all sectors of the community about the importance of beautification
To motivate individuals to take personal responsibility for making Eureka a more beautiful and livable city
To advance and support policies and programs that promote beautification
To undertake beautification initiatives where appropriate
Goals & Objectives:
To restore and rebuild civic pride
To foster the confidence that each of us has the capacity and the responsibility to make a difference
To encourage property owners to improve their buildings, landscaping and streetscapes
To advocate a beautification agenda for city and county government
Promoting beautification as an essential building block in preventing crime, calming traffic and promoting economic development. This requires a sustained educational effort, since beautification is viewed by some as purely decorative and inessential. That we have been successful in making the connection between economic prosperity and beautification was evident in the fact that the Eureka Chamber of Commerce presented us with a special award for city beautification in 2001.
Commitment to Volunteerism: As an all-volunteer effort, our effectiveness depends entirely on the dedication of our volunteers and on our commitment to working collaboratively with a host of community members and organizations while positioning beautification as a non-partisan issue.
Advocating for beautification:
We encourage businesses and government entities to beautify their properties, especially on the Hwy 101 corridor. We have successfully lobbied both the County Board of Supervisors and the City Council to block new and remove existing billboards and participated in the County General Plan update to ensure that it will limit both size and placement of billboards. We have worked with CalTrans to install landscaping at the south entrance to the city.
Advocating for pro-beautification policies:
This includes beefing up and extending City of Eureka design review and landscape standards, working with Main Street Eureka to revise parking requirements to encourage people to live downtown, and advocating for control of urban sprawl in the county.
Street Tree Program: In 2005, we launched a community-wide street tree program; by the end of 2010 we had planted over 550 trees in sidewalks, front yards and public parks.