Spring Beautification Awards

The City of Artesia annually calls for nominations for the Spring Beautification Awards Program to recognize property owners who display outstanding maintenance of their home or business.  The Beautification and Maintenance Commission, which promotes the City’s efforts to maintain Artesia as an attractive community, helps select the properties that do an outstanding job helping beautify Artesia neighborhoods through the upkeep of their home or business.

There are several categories for entry for an award as follows below:  

Residential Entry 
Landscape Beautification Award: This award will recognize homes that exhibit exceptional pride of ownership through well-maintained and exceptional landscaping of their property.  This includes an attractive landscaping design of the front yard and parkway, a clean and well-maintained exterior, and overall good curb appeal.

Sustainable Landscape Beautification Award: This award will recognize homes that exhibit exceptional pride of ownership through the use of water conservation practices as part of their landscaping design.  This includes the use of drought-tolerant or native plants, water-friendly irrigation systems, and energy-efficient or solar lighting.

Business Entries
 Storefront Beautification Award:  This award will recognize businesses that contribute to the overall beautification of the community by demonstrating exceptional pride of ownership through the outstanding maintenance of their property.  This includes an attractive façade, storefront, a clean and well-maintained exterior, and an attractive landscaping design.

Sustainable Landscape Beautification Award:  This award will recognize businesses that contribute to the overall beautification of the community by demonstrating exceptional pride of ownership through the use of water conservation practices as part of their landscaping design.  This includes the use of drought-tolerant or native plants, water-friendly irrigation systems, and energy-efficient or solar lighting.

The nomination period for the 2024 Spring Beautification Awards will be announced around the February time-frame.  Self-nominations are also encouraged!  All entries must include digital photos of the property, which will be used for judging by the Beautification and Maintenance Commission.  The photos should highlight the best features of the property/landscaping/etc. for the entry category selected.  

To be considered for an award, all nominated properties are required to be in compliance with the City’s building codes.  The City will award up to five recipients in each category, and will invite all selected recipients to be recognized at a City Council meeting.