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Leesburg advisory panel debriefs Keep Leesburg Beautiful, flags logistics for next year’s Flower & Garden activities
Summary
Members and staff reviewed volunteer participation, material tallies and vendor partnerships from this year’s Keep Leesburg Beautiful and Flower & Garden Festival events and identified steps to improve measuring, bag labeling, business participation and event timing for 2026.
The Leesburg Environmental Advisory Commission on an unspecified date reviewed results from this year’s Keep Leesburg Beautiful (KLB) activities and the town’s Flower & Garden Festival, noting higher volunteer participation but uneven data and several operational issues to fix before next year.
Commissioners and town staff said volunteer numbers rose substantially from last year and that overall material collected appeared to increase markedly, but staff cautioned the two tallies are not directly comparable because last year’s pickups were weighed in bulk while this year individual bags were weighed. Staff said one group collected about 308 pounds after the kickoff event, which accounted…
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