Around the Bend, Volume 3, Number 3, Summer 1997 Page: 5
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E !NEWS'Add Sparkle to Aransas
Pass'- Working A.S.A.P.Chamber of Commerce cleanup committee erases graffiti, decreases
crime while preserving the natural beauty of North Bay AreaAn Aransas Pass Chamber of Commerce
program is leading to a cleaner town, a
reduction in crime, and a new image for
the North Bay Area.
Add Sparkle to Aransas Pass (ASAP)
was founded in Spring 1996 to help clean
up the town - literally. ASAP volun-
teers painted 80 sites marked with graf-
fiti and picked up trash along local streets
and waterways.
As a result of all the beautification ef-
forts, new and existing businesses spruced
up their exteriors. ASAP, along with the
Chamber and the AransasPassProgress
newspaper- recognized these efforts, and
a 'new attitude' began to emerge. City
crews removed brush and trash from al-leys as city officials worked
with citizens and BFI, Inc.
to remove larger household
refuse.
The City reopened a brush
site to chip limbs and other
wood refuse into mulch
which is given back to the
citizens. Groups like the
Aransas Pass Lion's Club,
Highland Avenue Christian
School and others were
recognized for their ongo-
ing efforts.
"Our bays, estuaries, natu-
ral resources and climate at-
tract thousands of visitors
every year, and we
welcome them. WeLaurie Lowman, left, awards the Aransas Pass Lion's Club for
their cleanup efforts. Pictured are (I to r, back row) Lion Don
Price, Clayton Roth, Jesse Martinez, (front row) Price's
grandson, Lion Deborah Kullman, and Kay Wolf -- Aransas
Pass Chamber of Commerce.-.
AddSparkle to Aransas Pass Chairman Laurie
Lowman and her daughter, Holly, 7, cover
graffiti on an Aransas Pass building.want everyone who visits or lives in
Aransas Pass to feel good about being
here", said Laurie Lowman, coordi-
nator ofASAP.
If taxpayers had footed the bill for all
the cleaning these volunteers com-
pleted, it would have cost over
$5,000. But donations from home
builder Raymond Gallagher and oth-
ers helped to make the endeavor pos-
sible.
No dollar amount can be affixed to
the benefits, according to Aransas Pass
Police Lieutenant Darrell Jones.
"Since the formation of ASAP, all as-
pects of criminal mischief are down
- including graffiti, scratched ve-
hicles, broken windows and other
vandalism", Jones said.Officials from Ingleside, Port Aransas and
Rockport have shown interest in ASAP ac-
tivities, and ASAP members are happy to
be part of any area improvement,
Lowman said. Beautification and the pres-
ervation of natural assets remains the fo-
cus of the committee, but a reduction in
crime - along with an increase in com-
munity pride - is an added bonus.
"We want to continue making the area
better, and we will," she said. "We live in
the most beautiful part of Texas - and
maybe the United States. We want to
keep it that way. It doesn't take a lot of
fanfare or a huge environmental move-
ment. It's just citizens helping each other
to preserve the natural beauty that was
here before we came".
For more information call Laurie Lowman
at 512/785-029905
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