NEWS RELEASE

JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA

May 1, 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

JEFFERSON PARISH RECEIVES 10 TRASH RECEPTACLES THROUGH KEEP LOUISIANA BEAUTIFUL GRANT TO PREVENT LITTER IN LAFRENIERE PARK

JEFFERSON, LA – Jefferson Parish’s Lafreniere Park is pleased to be selected as one of the 98 recipients of the 2023 Keep Louisiana Beautiful trash receptacle grant program made possible with funding from the State of Louisiana and the Office of the Lieutenant Governor. Jefferson Parish will install 10 trash receptacles throughout the park. 

Through the 2023 trash receptacle grant program, Keep Louisiana Beautiful distributed 879 receptacles to 98 organizations in 40 Louisiana parishes. 

As part of the requirements of this grant, Jefferson Parish will perform a post installation litter scan and compare the data collected to preliminary scan results. Data will be shared with the public once available. 

“With the installation of these new receptacles, we will be able to reduce litter and ensure Lafreniere Park — the ‘Jewel of Jefferson Parish’ — remains clean and beautiful for our community,” said Lafreniere Park Director Tripp Rabalais. 

“Recent data collected by Keep Louisiana Beautiful shows a reduction of litter by 56 percent in areas where trash receptacles are properly installed and maintained,” says Susan Russell, KLB Executive Director. “One of our organization’s key initiatives is to help build infrastructure that supports clean, beautiful communities. Funding trash receptacles is one way we do that. Congratulations to Lafreniere Park for being selected as a 2023 grant recipient.”

Keep Louisiana Beautiful is an anti‐litter and community improvement non-profit organization focused on achieving a clean and beautiful Louisiana through education, enforcement, public awareness, and community engagement. Keep Louisiana Beautiful is affiliated with Keep America Beautiful and comprised of a statewide network of 40 community affiliates and seven university affiliates. Learn more at www.keeplouisianabeautiful.org.

For more information about Jefferson Parish, visit www.JeffParish.net Residents can also receive regular updates by following the Parish on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram (@JeffParishGov) or by texting JPALERT or JPNOTICIAS to 888-777.

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Gretchen Hirt Gendron, PIO