Houston-Area Residents Dreaming of a Green Christmas? Christmas Tree Recycling To Help Rebuild Brazoria County Beaches on Texas Gulf Coast

    PEARLAND, December 14, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Are you dreaming of a green Christmas? The Brazoria County Parks Department, Association Management, Inc.(AMI) -Pearland and Keep Pearland Beautiful will make it easy to be green this post-holiday season by collecting Christmas trees December 26-January 23 for the annual Dunes Day project to rebuild the county beaches' sand dunes on the Texas Gulf Coast.

"We appreciate the support of our partners, Keep Pearland Beautiful, Save Our Beach Association and Association Management Inc., (AMI) in our goal to collect the more than 20,000 Christmas trees needed to reconstruct the dunes devastated by Hurricane Ike," said Brazoria County Parks Department Director Richard Hurd.

Houston-area citizens may drop off their Christmas trees (no artificial or flocked trees, or decorations, please) at AMI-Pearland's new office, 12234 Shadow Creek Parkway, Building 3 (in the Shadow Creek Development), the Pearland Recycling Center, 5800 Magnolia Street or any county precinct barn (Angleton, Alvin, Brazoria, Clute, Manvel and West Columbia.) The drive will be held December 28 - January 23 at the Recycling Center and barns and December 26 through January 9 at AMI. County precinct crews will transport the trees to the beach.

According to AMI-Pearland Director Alex Taylor, AMI will encourage homeowners in its 26 Pearland area communities to help keep this holiday season "green" by recycling their Christmas trees. Recycling the Christmas trees will not only help keep Pearland "green" but it will also play an important role in saving the sand dunes along the Texas Gulf Coast.

The sand dunes on Brazoria County's beaches saved a significant amount of property from the sudden surge and battering waves during Hurricane Ike. The dunes helped protect property, roadways, and wetlands, but at a heavy cost -- the windblown sand was lost.

"The dunes are coming back due in large part to last year's Dunes Day efforts, but they still need help," explained Hurd. "Should Brazoria County land another big storm in 2010, the dunes will need to be in the best condition possible to help protect Brazoria County and its beaches."

Dunes Day volunteers will meet at Quintana and near Surfside at 9 a.m. on Saturday, 23 January, to position and stake the discarded trees in place to catch windblown sand and rebuild the dune line. Volunteers must bring a hammer and gloves; the County will provide stakes and twine. Trees also may be dropped off at Quintana Beach County Park or with the City of Surfside, according to the Save Our Beach Association. Some area cities are collecting trees as well - contact your city hall for information.

For more information, contact Rich Tillman at (979) 864-1558 ext 112 or James Glover at (979) 864-1541 ext 3. For information about the AMI drop-off, call (713) 332-4675.

Houston-based Association Management, Inc. (AMI), the only professional management company for homeowners associations to have an office in Pearland, is the Houston area's oldest and largest privately owned company offering a full range of professional management services to a wide variety of communities. One of the first Accredited Association Management Companies (AAMC) in the nation, AMI was acknowledged by The Community Associations Institute (CAI) as an outstanding professional community association management company based on its experience, professionalism, and continuing education. The company currently has a corporate office in Houston, as well as regional offices in Kingwood, The Woodlands and Austin.

Association Management Inc. (AMI) will encourage homeowners in its 26 Pearland area communities to help keep this holiday season "green" by recycling their Christmas trees. Recycling the Christmas trees will not only help keep Pearland "green" but it will also play an important role in saving the sand dunes along the Texas Gulf Coast.

Website: http://www.amitx.com

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