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La Porte resident urges overhaul of city landscaping; council creates Keep La Porte Beautiful advisory committee
Summary
A long-time resident urged the City of La Porte to hire a full‑time landscaping professional after documenting deteriorating plantings across parks and city facilities. The council voted to establish a Keep La Porte Beautiful advisory committee and directed staff to work with the new group and review landscaping contracts.
Virginia Pearson Turner, a La Porte resident who told the council she has inspected the city’s grounds, urged the City of La Porte to hire a full‑time landscaping professional and tighten oversight of contractors at a council meeting.
“I have visited every one of the 39 buildings, 5 pools, 3 splash pads and 27 parks managed by the city of La Porte,” Turner said during a presentation. She detailed widespread dead plantings, bare soil, unscreened dumpsters and repeated failures of seasonal beds and recommended a staff horticulturalist to set standards and hold contractors accountable.
Turner said the city currently contracts…
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