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Keep Carter County Beautiful April Board Meeting – Open to the public

Come join us at KCCB’s April Board Meeting. All meetings are open to the public. If you would like to attend or simply would like a copy of the agenda, please contact us from the “Contact” page of this website. All meetings are held in person and on zoom. If you would like to attend in person, we meet at 12:00 Noon at the Elizabethton/Carter County Chamber of Commerce building at 615 E Elk Avenue. If you would like to attend by Zoom, please contact us on the “Contact” page and we can email you the Zoom meeting link and Agenda.

Keep Carter County Beautiful 2025 Events

Keep Carter County Beautiful (KCCB) is working harder than ever to keep our county the natural wonder it is. Keeping our community beautiful takes effort. Thanks to our many volunteers and their countless hours of support we are improving our community every day. After the hurricane flooding of 2024 we have plenty of work to do. We need all the volunteers we can get. Please come back to this page often to see the upcoming events. Let’s make 2025 our best year ever for volunteering. We would love to see a large turnout at every event.

If you have an event you would like Keep Carter County Beautiful to assist you with, please let us know.

Register for any of the events by clicking on the button below and providing your name, email address and which event you are registering for.

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May2025

KCCB and Elizabethton Parks and Recreation Wildflower PlotsLove the wildflowers? KCCB is providing wildflowers to the Carter County Landfill, Sycamore Shoals State Park and Elizabethton Parks and Recreation. We will also be planting 9 Wildflower plots around Elizabethton. Come on out and help us plant. Times and locations will be provided later. May 6-7 are tentative dates. Check back here for final times and dates.

5:30 PMMeet at McDonalds Parking Lot Broad St. Elizabethton

TBD

May2025

Great American Cleanup of the Tweetsie TrailEach year we partner with Keep America Beautiful and Keep Tennessee Beautiful on the Great American Cleanup. We will be walking the Tweetsie Trail from Lions Field to The Coffee Company. We normally split into groups so multiple sections of trail can be done at the same time. The trail is relatively flat, and the cleanup is a great opportunity to get out and enjoy a spring day and help out our community. Please join us on May 10, 2025, at Lions Field.

A Flyer and map will be posted below prior to the event.

10:00 AMWe will meet at Lions Field

TBD

May2025

Elizabethton Parks and Recreation – Recreation Center BeautificationPlease join us in beautifying the Elizabethton Parks & Recreation Tetrick Center at Sycamore Shoals. We will be planting, trees, shrubs, flowers and mulching. Bring shovels and garden tools. KCCB will provide water for those that do not bring their own. Gloves will also be available.

TBDSycamore Shoals

May2025

KCCB May Board MeetingAll KCCB Board Meetings are open to the public. Want to see what we are doing firsthand, come out and join us. Our meetings are also on ZOOM. If you would like to attend by zoom or receive an Agenda/Minutes please contact us by email at [email protected]

Noon until 1:30 PMWe meet at Elizabethton Chamber of Commerce

615 E Elk Ave, Elizabethton, TN

TBD

May/June2025

Keep America Beautiful Annual IndexingKCCB performs a litter indexing of the Carter County Roads annually. This information is transmitted to Keep America Beautiful so that we can track our progress. The indexing is done in May/June on 45+ sections of roads. The same roads are indexed each year. Our Board members are each assigned a district, and we use the same Board members each year to maintain consistency. If you would like a copy of the indexing, please contact us at [email protected]

TBDCarter County Roads

TBD

June2025

Keep Carter County Beautiful Summer Milligan Adopt-A-Highway CleanupSeveral times a year we walk Milligan Highway from Highway 321 to Okolona Rd and remove trash. This is a Tennessee Department of Transportation sponsored event. Each volunteer will need to sign a waiver and watch the safety video (below on this page). Milligan Highway is one of the roads entering Carter County and we like to make sure visitors and residents can enjoy the scenic drive. Come out and help out the community. We will meet at Happy Valley Elementary School at 10am.

A flyer and map will be posted on this page in Early June.

10:00 AMMeet at Happy Valley Elementary School on Milligan Highway

June2025

Elizabethton Parks and Recreation Bluegrass FestivalKCCB will be providing manpower to assist Elizabethton Parks and Recreation. We will provide assistance at the festival information booth, setup recycle bins, pick up trash during the festival and collect/sort the recycled materials.

TBDCovered Bridge Park

July2025

Elizabethton Parks and Recreation Fourth of July CelebrationJoin Keep Carter County Beautiful and Elizabethton Parks and Recreation for the 2025 Fourth of July Celebration. We could use a hand at the Parks & Recreation Information Booth at the Entrance to Covered Bridge Park. We also put out Recycle Bins and perform several rounds of trash pickup. Help out your community and stick around for the fireworks. Details to be posted later.

TBDCovered Bridge Park

August2025

Elizabethton Parks and Recreation Rocking on the DoeKCCB will be providing manpower to assist Elizabethton Parks and Recreation. We will provide assistance at the festival information booth, setup recycle bins, pick up trash during the festival and collect/sort the recycled materials.

TBDCovered Bridge Park

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September2025

Elizabethton Parks and Recreation Covered Bridge DaysKCCB will be providing manpower to assist Elizabethton Parks and Recreation. We will provide assistance at the festival information booth, setup recycle bins, pick up trash during the festival and collecting/sort the recycled materials.

TBDCovered Bridge Park

TBD

October2025

KCCB and Elizabethton Parks and Recreation Tree PlantingThis years tree planting will be in the fall. Please join KCCB and Elizabethton Parks & Recreation planting trees at Riverside Park, Cats Island Park and the Tweetsie Trail.

TBDMeet at Riverside Park

Keep Carter County Beautiful 2025 Proposed Events

2025 KCCB Proposed Events	Date
KCCB Monthly Board Meetings / Planning Meeting, Financial discussions	Usually 4th Wednesday of the month
Milligan Highway TDOT Adopt-A-Highway Cleanups	4 Events Throughout 2025
Elizabethton High School Environmental Studies Wildflower Packets	2025 Complete
Elizabethton Parks and Recreation / KCCB Wildflower Planting	May 6-7 5:30 PM
Elizabethton Parks and Recreation landscaping project	May/June 2025
Carter County Wayfinding Sign Installation	Throughout 2025
Carter County Stormwater Management Cleanup Events	Throughout 2025
Elizabethton Stormwater Management Events	Throughout 2025
Elizabethton Parks and Recreation Event Information Booth, Recycling collection and Litter Pickup	Summer and Fall 2025
Carter County Parks and Recreation park cleanups and beautification	Throughout 2025
Highway 321 TDOT Cleanup	Fall 2025
Tweetsie Trail Extension Cleanup along Highway 19E	2025
Dump site cleanups throughout Carter County (sites to be identified)	2025
Blevins Road Litter Pickup	Fall 2025
Annual tree planting (will take place in fall of 2025 this year)	Fall 2025
Tennessee Department of Transportation / Keep Tennessee Beautiful “No Trash November“	November 2025