Civic Group Recognizes Its Heroes
By LOYD BRUMFIELD, News Editor
Today Newspapers
Taking care of the environment isn’t about just picking up trash, Lynn Lantrip said. It’s also about money.
Lantrip, president-elect of Keep Texas Beautiful, add-ressed a meeting of Keep Cedar Hill Beautiful board members and guests Feb. 1 at the Cedar Hill Recreation Center.
“I first started thinking about this in Houston,” Lantrip said. Some high-dollar Jap-anese developers visited the city some 20 years ago looking to build but came away aghast at a serious trash problem around the area.
“They left as fast as they could and said, ‘We would never consider developing in such a filthy place,’” Lantrip said. “So, that’s money. This is about economic development. You develop an interest in the environment and keeping things clean. (more…)