Since 2018, we’ve been working to promote a healthier, safer, more livable community through education, beautification, and environmentally sustainable projects and practices.

About Us

In 2018, a handful of individuals from Calhoun and Gordon County convened to discuss how to reduce roadside trash, encourage recycling, organize community clean up efforts, and help spread the word throughout our communities of the value of a cleaner, greener environment. In 2019, we became a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, EIN 83-3839643, and on November 4th, 2021, we became an official affiliate of Keep America Beautiful.

We are a group of local citizens with diverse backgrounds and interests, including education, medicine, industry, engineering, business, writing, photography, government, history, and outdoor hobbies. We encourage everyone in our community to participate and bring their energy and ideas to the group.

Keep Calhoun Gordon Beautiful focuses on four things that each of our members can help with:

Individual Responsibility

Improving the environment and quality of life of communities begins with personal responsibility and behavioral changes. We want to help individuals become engaged stewards of the environment.

 

Partnership

Broad-based community alliances including public, private and civic sectors are essential to achieve sustainable community improvement. We want to be a collaborative organization.

Education

Education and awareness are key steps to encouraging positive behaviors toward community improvement. We want to help educate those around us.

 

Volunteers

Engaging volunteers can and will extend the reach and multiply the impact of local initiatives that change individual behavior and improve the community environment. We will empower our volunteers with an array of community activities and events.

A few members of Calhoun’s recycling team are: Jacob Chastain, Wesley Mauldin, Shawn Chastain, Eric Fortenberry, Tommy Smith, Renee Mauldin, Judy Peterson, and Jackie Palazzolo.

A few members of Calhoun’s recycling team are: Jacob Chastain, Wesley Mauldin, Shawn Chastain, Eric Fortenberry, Tommy Smith, Renee Mauldin, Judy Peterson, and Jackie Palazzolo.

 

Our founding members are:

  • Judy Peterson

  • Donny Robertson, President

  • Katie Naymick, Treasurer

  • Jordan Stone

  • Amanda Tate

  • Jane Powers Weldon

  • Ed Weldon

  • Jennifer Beason

  • Jackie Palazzolo

  • Marcus Palazzolo

  • Amber Nagle

  • Gene Nagle

  • Angie Gravitt

  • Booley Ann Dimon

  • Tina Clements

  • Kathleen Shirley

  • Shawn Chastain

  • Bill Miller