Litter prevention and recycling must be habit. Change occurs out of habit. Twenty-two years ago some concerned citizens started the Clean Valley Committee for valley wide beautification and litter prevention. The evolution and production of one way containers and convenience items presented us a sea of litter and plastics. We live in a society of buy one, throw one.
Recycling is one solution .
This community prepared for the future with great concern for the quality of life. Culturally, Roanoke Valley is outstanding. Our location, amid the Blue Ridge Mountains, with one mountain within Roanoke's city limits creates an environment for relaxation and outdoor activities in our own parks and on our growing greenways. Measure wealth not by the things you have, but by the things you have for which you would not take money. Preservation and conservation of our natural resources is more practical than reconstruction of our natural resources.