Keep Ridgeland Beautiful Awards

Keep Ridgeland Beautiful has received statewide and national recognition for its
commitment to beautification and environmental excellence, including:

National Awards:

• Keep America Beautiful: President’s Circle (2015 – present)
• Keep America Beautiful: Bill Nash Award (2016)
• Old Town Middle School was awarded the KAB Education Award (2016)
• Keep America Beautiful: Innovation Award (2018) 
• Keep America Beautiful: Innovation Award (2020)
• America in Bloom: Overall Impression
• Keep America Beautiful: Innovation Award (2021)
• Keep America Beautiful: Innovation Award (2022)

State Awards

• Keep Mississippi Beautiful: Circle of Excellence Award (2015 – present)
• Keep Mississippi Beautiful: Great American Cleanup Kick-off Host Site – Midway Park (2015)
• Keep Mississippi Beautiful: Midway Park Project – Second Place (2016)
• Keep Mississippi Beautiful: Old Towne Middle School Midway Garden Pergola Project (2016)
• Keep Mississippi Beautiful: Mayor of the Year (2017)
• Keep Mississippi Beautiful: Ridgeland High School Recycle Bowl Partnership Honorable Mention (2017)
• Keep Mississippi Beautiful: Wildflower Trails of Mississippi (2018)
• Keep Mississippi Beautiful: Affiliate First Place (2020)
• Keep Mississippi Beautiful: Wildflower Trails of Mississippi (2021)
• Keep America Beautiful: Affiliate of the Month (2022)
• Keep Mississippi Beautiful: Circle of Excellence (2022)
• Keep Mississippi Beautiful: Circle of Excellence Award (2023)
• Keep Mississippi Beautiful: Wildflower Award w/Gavin Bird – First Place (2023)
• Keep Mississippi Beautiful: Ridgeland High School Garden Program Award (2023)
• Keep Mississippi Beautiful: Wildflower Trails of Mississippi – First Place (2024)
• Mississippi Tourism Association: Tourism Partnership of the Year Award – Explore Ridgeland and KRB, Ridgeland Wildflower Field & Art Park (2024)
• Keep Mississippi Beautiful: Wildflower Trails of Mississippi – First Place (2025)

Individual Awards:

• Jan Richardson: Keep America Beautiful Sue Smith Award, Keep Mississippi
• Beautiful Pat Fordice Award
• Tim Taylor: Keep Mississippi Beautiful Pat Fordice
• Rachel Collier: Keep Mississippi Beautiful Ron Aldrich Award
• Phylis Parker: Keep Mississippi Beautiful Ron Aldrich Award
• Polly Hammett: Keep Mississippi Beautiful Pat Fordice Award
• Lea Anne Stacy: Keep Mississippi Beautiful Louise Godwin Award
• Kenya Rachal: Keep Mississippi Beautiful Ron Aldrich Award