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Keep Carter County Beautiful 2026 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. We need all the volunteers we can get. Please come back to this page often to see the upcoming events. Let’s make 2026 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.
Keep Carter County Beautiful and TDOT sponsor the Spring Milligan Highway Cleanup
Please review the TDOT safety video “Adopt – A – Road” before attending events. Safety First! Stay Safe Out There!
Carter County Hazardous Waste Day 2026
Elizabethton: Bloom Earth Day Celebration and Linear Trail Cleanup
We are excited to invite you to be a part of the first-ever Bloom: Elizabethton Earth Day coming up on Saturday, April 18, 2026, at Covered Bridge Park from 12-4 pm. This free community event will celebrate sustainability, creativity, and our planet, and we would love for you to join us!
Keep Carter County Beautiful will be sponsoring a cleanup of the Linear Trail. We will meet at KCCB’s Booth at the Bloom Celebration at Covered Bridge Park. Details of the cleanup will be posted at a latter date.
Keep Carter County Beautiful 2026 Proposed Events
| 2026 KCCB Proposed Events | Date |
|---|---|
| Elizabethton High School Compost Waste Project | 2026 |
| Elizabethton High School Pollinator Garden | 2026 |
| City of Elizabethton Rain Barrel Project | 2026 |
| Elizabethton High School Picnic Table Program | 2026 |
| KCCB Monthly Board Meetings / Planning Meeting, Financial discussions | Usually 4th Wednesday of the month |
| Milligan Highway TDOT Adopt-A-Highway Cleanups | 4 Events Throughout 2026 |
| Keep America Beautiful Great American Cleanup | Spring 2026 |
| Elizabethton High School Environmental Studies Wildflower Packets | 2026 Complete |
| Elizabethton Parks and Recreation / KCCB Wildflower Planting | Spring 2026 |
| Carter County Stormwater Management Cleanup Events | Throughout 2026 |
| Elizabethton Stormwater Management Events | Throughout 2026 |
| Elizabethton Parks and Recreation Event Information Booth, Recycling collection and Litter Pickup (Covered Bridge, Fourth of July, Rocking on the Doe, etc.) | Summer and Fall 2026 |
| Dump site cleanups throughout Carter County (sites to be identified) | 2026 |
| Annual tree planting (will take place in fall of 2026 this year) | Fall 2026 |
| Tennessee Department of Transportation / Keep Tennessee Beautiful “No Trash November“ | November 2026 |
Public suggestions and ideas are welcome, it is your community, and we are here to help.
Just some of the great volunteers who are making our beautiful East Tennessee a great place to live. Keep up the good work.
