For more than thirty years, Keep Texas Beautiful, in partnership with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), has awarded the prestigious Governor’s Community Achievement Awards to Texas communities for their outstanding overall efforts to keep their communities beautiful.

The GCAA program has recognized outstanding communities since 1969, with TxDOT providing landscaping award funding since 1985. This year, ten winning communities will share $2 million in landscaping awards from the Texas Department of Transportation, with the amount based on population size. The funds are used for landscaping projects along state rights-of-way.

A community’s environmental program is judged on achievements in seven areas:

• Community Leadership and Coordination
• Public Awareness and Outreach
• Environmental Education and Youth Engagement
• Beautification and Community Improvement
• Litter Prevention and Cleanup
• Solid Waste Management
• Litter Law and Illegal Dumping Enforcement

The 2025 Governor’s Community Achievement Awards applications have closed for 2025. Winners will be announced in April