Keep Las Cruces Beautiful, or KLCB, is a volunteer-based community-wide beautification program funded by the City of Las Cruces and Keep New Mexico True. The program is an affiliate of the national organization Keep America Beautiful.
This unique Parks & Recreation program engages individuals to assist with improving their community environment. KCLB works with the community and the residents to provide sustainable solutions to improve the beauty, livability, and safety of our neighborhoods.
Program Activities
* Community Beautification *Educational Outreach Events
*Presentations for school-age youth *Adopt-A-Spot for Parks & Trails
*Volunteer Opportunities *Graffiti Eradication
Get Involved: Neighborhood Cleanups
Are you interested in making a difference in your neighborhood?
Do you see a location that your club, group, or fraternity could help clean up?
Keep Las Cruces Beautiful (KLCB) can help. We provide all the supplies you’ll need, including:
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Trash bags
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Gloves
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Grabbers
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Safety vests
Once your cleanup is complete, KLCB will also pick up the filled trash bags — making it easy for your group to focus on what matters most: creating a cleaner, more beautiful Las Cruces.
Fill out the registration form below to get started, and let’s work together for a cleaner, safer, and more beautiful community.
Contact Information
Breanna Yazzie, Interim Keep Las Cruces Beautiful Coordinator
575-528-4506
[email protected]
Frank O’Brien Papen Community Center, 304 W. Bell Ave.
Team Up to Clean Up
Saturday, October 24, 2026 | 8 a.m.–noon, or until containers are full
Dispose of yard waste, household trash, and other permitted items free of charge during Team Up to Clean Up, hosted by the Parks and Recreation Department’s Keep Las Cruces Beautiful (KLCB) Program.
Open-top container locations:
- Apodaca Park – 801 East Madrid Avenue
- East Mesa Recreation Center – 5589 Porter Drive
- Mesilla Park
- Young Park
- Tony Gomez Park
- Henry Benavidez Community Center
Staff will be on-site to answer questions and provide guidance on acceptable items. Locations will be monitored, and residents must unload their own items.
Items not accepted: Medical waste; hot ashes or coals; tires, vehicle parts, or batteries; fluorescent light bulbs; large yard waste such as stumps or trunks; concrete, bricks, or rocks; toxic, combustible, or hazardous materials; toilets or sinks; refrigerators or anything containing refrigerant; and animal carcasses.
Earn community service hours: High school and college students, clubs, sports teams, and community groups can help clean up neighborhoods while earning service hours. Contact KLCB for participation details.
Questions? Call 575-528-4506 or email [email protected]
Community Clean Up Registration
NOW AVAILABLE !
Residents, business, or groups of Las Cruces will be able to adopt a park or trail. With “Adopt-a Spot” you can get recognition as you maintain and beautify your own community spot.
Adopting is Easy!
Who: Any individual, organized group, or business may participate in the Adopt-a-Spot Program.
What: Adopt-a-Spot is a volunteer-based program for interested citizens to show their pride and support for their community in helping maintain the cleanliness and safety of city parks and trails.
Why: To encourage residents and businesses in our community to initiate beautification and litter prevention projects in neighborhoods to ensure a better quality of life.
When: A minimum once a month cleanup of the entire adopted “spot” designated by the participating individual or organization. The individual or group is required to adopt for a one-year period. “Adopters” shall be required to pick-up litter if the appearance of the adopted section becomes objectionable. If Adopter desires to renew this agreement for the following year, written notification should be submitted to the KLCB Coordinator by the termination date of the current agreement year.
Where: Adopt-a-Spot locations are city parks and trails. For a list of available locations please contact the KLCB coordinator at [email protected].
How: Complete and return the Adopt-a-Spot agreement to the KLCB coordinator.
Keep Las Cruces Beautiful will:
• Publicly recognize each Adopting individual or group by way of an attractive sign installed within your adoptive “spot.”
• Provide garbage bags and other available supplies, as needed.
Is it vandalism or is it art? Graffiti, by definition, is committed without permission on another person’s property, in an adolescent display of entitlement. Whether particular viewers find any given piece of graffiti artistically compelling is irrelevant.
The City of Las Cruces defines graffiti; Graffiti vandalism consists of intentionally and maliciously defacing any real or personal property of another with graffiti or other inscribed material without the consent or reasonable ground to believe that there is consent of the property owner. A violation of this ordinance may be punished by a fine not to exceed $500 or by imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days, or by both.
Report Graffiti
Ask Las Cruces is a non-emergency system to find information about services or report problems like graffiti or street damage. The system connects community members with their municipal government.
Ask Las Cruces works best on devices such as smartphones if you use the Ask Las Cruces App instead of trying to access the program through a browser on your smartphone. Try the Ask Las Cruces mobile app:
