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2007 Beautification Award Winners
Awards will be presented during the February 11th City Council Meeting @ 2:00pm

District 1-  
Commissioner Phil Diamond:

Denny's Store #6425
5725 TG Lee Blvd.

District 2- 
Commissioner Betty Wyman:

A-AAA Key Mini Storage
1001 S. Semoran Blvd.

District 3- 
Commissioner Robert Stuart:

Didier Law Firm
1203 N. Orange Ave.


District 4- 
Commissioner Patty Sheehan:

Ace Hardware
2218 S. Orange Ave.

District 5 
Commissioner Daisy Lynum:

Victorious Living Church
240 N. Ivey Lane

District 6 
Commissioner Samuel B Ings:

Royal Summit Apartments
3024B S. Rio Grande Ave.

2007 Litter Index Results

According to results of the Keep America Beautiful Litter Index, Keep Orlando Beautiful, the City of Orlando, and its citizens are successful in litter prevention and reduction throughout the city.  Keep Orlando Beautiful staff, board members, and City Commissioners from District 3 (Robert Stuart), District 4 (Patty Sheehan), District 5 (Daisy W. Lynum), and District 6 (Samuel B. Ings) all participated in assessing litter. Those evaluating the litter were first trained on how to score the district sub-areas.  They were then driven through their districts.  Overall, Orlando was rated a 1.19 on a scale from 1-4 (range: 1=extremely clean to 4= extremely littered). Last year the overall rating was at 1.38.  Here are the ratings by districts:

District 1: 1.06
District 2: 1.27
District 3: 1.07
District 4: 1.17
District 5: 1.23
District 6: 1.32

This is the seventh year the Litter Index has been administered.  Four of the six districts saw less litter than the previous year. The Litter Index is a program designed to evaluate litter amounts throughout Keep America Beautiful affiliate cities.  When administered correctly, the system can accurately identify problem areas that may have been previously overlooked or can provide affiliates with useful data for future cleanup projects.

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