Keep Las Cruces Beautiful, or KLCB, is a volunteer-based community-wide beautification program funded by the City of Las Cruces and Keep New Mexico True. The program is an affiliate of the national organization Keep America Beautiful.
This unique Parks & Recreation program engages individuals to assist with improving their community environment. KCLB works with the community and the residents to provide sustainable solutions to improve the beauty, livability, and safety of our neighborhoods.
Program Activities
* Community Beautification *Educational Outreach Events
*Presentations for school-age youth *Adopt-A-Spot for Parks & Trails
*Volunteer Opportunities *Graffiti Eradication
Keep Las Cruces Beautiful relies on volunteers to impact our community and provide a helping hand to beautify Las Cruces.
The following are publicly owned locations designated for volunteer clean-up activities. Should you have a specific public area in mind or wish to address an area on the list, KLCB stands ready to provide bags, gloves, grabbers, and safety vests to facilitate the clean-up efforts. Kindly complete the form below, and our team will be in touch to schedule the clean-up event at your convenience.
- Multi-use trail sections
- Retention pond areas
- Parks
Upcoming
Toss No Mas – Saturday, October 12
Great American Cleanup – Spring 2025
Contact Information
Amelia Corrales, Keep Las Cruces Beautiful Coordinator
575-528-4506
[email protected]
Frank O’Brien Papen Community Center, 304 W. Bell Ave.
Community Clean Up Registration
Neighborhood Dumpster Day Saturday, September 14
Locations:
- Henry Benvidez 1045 McClure Rd
- East Mesa Recreation Center 5589 Porter Dr
- Tony Gomez 2283 S Espina St
Toss No Mas Saturday, October 12
Individual volunteers, groups, and civic organizations are invited to register for this year’s Las Cruces Toss No Mas community beautification effort, which will be held 8 a.m.- noon on Saturday, October 12. Volunteers are encouraged to register below and clean a location of their choosing. Keep Las Cruces Beautiful will provide trash bags, gloves, grabbers, and safety vests. Full trash bags will be picked up at the cleanup locations until noon.
As part of the event, open-top trash containers will be available.
Locations:
- Valley View Park 750 S Espina St
- Near the intersection of Motel Blvd./Westway Ave., 674 North Motel Blvd
- Tony Gomez- 2283 S Espina St
- Frank O’Brien Papen Community Center 304 W Bell Ave
- Apodaca Park 801 E Madrid Ave
- Henry R Benavidez Center 1045 McClure Rd
- Young Park-850 S Walnut St
- East Mesa Recreation Center 5589 Porter Dr
*Items not allowed in roll-off containers:
No Medical Waster (per NM Regulations), Hot ashes/coals, Tires or any vehicle parts (including car batteries), Fluorescent light bulbs, Large yard waste items (stumps or trunks), Concrete, bricks or rocks, Paint of any kind (spray paint, paint cans, etc.), Oil, combustible or hazardous materials, Toilets/Sinks/Shopping Carts, Refrigerators (anything with refrigerant), Animal carcasses
Locations will be monitored. Residents must unload their own items. Dumpsters will be available until full.
Community Clean Up Registration
COMING SOON!
Residents, business, or groups of Las Cruces will be able to adopt a park or trail. With “Adopt-a Spot” you can get recognition as you maintain and beautify your own community spot.
Adopting is Easy!
Who: Any individual, organized group, or business may participate in the Adopt-a-Spot Program.
What: Adopt-a-Spot is a volunteer-based program for interested citizens to show their pride and support for their community in helping maintain the cleanliness and safety of city parks and trails.
Why: To encourage residents and businesses in our community to initiate beautification and litter prevention projects in neighborhoods to ensure a better quality of life.
When: A minimum once a month cleanup of the entire adopted “spot” designated by the participating individual or organization. The individual or group is required to adopt for a one-year period. “Adopters” shall be required to pick-up litter if the appearance of the adopted section becomes objectionable. If Adopter desires to renew this agreement for the following year, written notification should be submitted to the KLCB Coordinator by the termination date of the current agreement year.
Where: Adopt-a-Spot locations are city parks and trails. For a list of available locations please contact the KLCB coordinator at [email protected].
How: Complete and return the Adopt-a-Spot agreement to the KLCB coordinator.
Keep Las Cruces Beautiful will:
• Publicly recognize each Adopting individual or group by way of an attractive sign installed within your adoptive “spot.”
• Provide garbage bags and other available supplies, as needed.
Is it vandalism or is it art? Graffiti, by definition, is committed without permission on another person’s property, in an adolescent display of entitlement. Whether particular viewers find any given piece of graffiti artistically compelling is irrelevant.
The City of Las Cruces defines graffiti; Graffiti vandalism consists of intentionally and maliciously defacing any real or personal property of another with graffiti or other inscribed material without the consent or reasonable ground to believe that there is consent of the property owner. A violation of this ordinance may be punished by a fine not to exceed $500 or by imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days, or by both.
Report Graffiti
Enterprise Service Requests is a non-emergency system to find information about services or report problems like graffiti or street damage. The system connects community members with their municipal government.
311/Ask Las Cruces works best on devices such as smartphones if you use the Ask Las Cruces App instead of trying to access the program through a browser on your smartphone. Try the Ask Las Cruces mobile app:
