KCB Beautification Committee Projects

The KCB Beautification Committee has several new projects. They have purchased new holiday banners (the old ones were falling apart). They planted more milk weed at the coconut path to encourage butterflies as well as new Ixoras near Marble Hall and Post office. They repurposed and installed the old Inch Beach fence around the air conditioners at back of Marble Hall. "Beauts" purchased Yellow Mandela flowered vines and Public Works planted them around the fence. Public Works also removed the long grass around the palm trees in front of post office and mulched.

The committee is testing plants in the Retention Pond in conjunction with the Utility Board. The area has never recovered after Hurricane Irma so the committee not only wants a better look but also expects that the right plants will survive high rainfall and drought days as well as help to absorb the water, encourage birds, and build a wildlife area. They have also dug bore holes and Public Works is testing salinity and water levels.

More info about the Retention Pond plant tests is coming soon. Vice Mayor Freddie Foster is looking for a grant if the test works out.