Community Recognition

Golden Tree Award

Missouri City Green teams up with Missouri City Forester/Horticulturist Paul Wierzbicki to recognize local businesses, both private and corporately owned, who make a difference in keeping Missouri City beautiful, clean and environmentally friendly. 

Golden Tree Awards are presented to Missouri City businesses that demonstrate civic engagement and environmental leadership in one or more of the following categories:
  • Donation of products or funds for park and green space improvements in Missouri City
  • Enhanced landscaping and proper plant care around their Missouri City business
  • Utilization of green technology in their business such as but not limited to green roofs, high-efficiency lighting and appliances, solid waste recycling, water-efficient restroom and irrigation devices, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) building certification, solar and wind power investments, and permeable paving
  • Volunteer participation in Missouri City Parks & Recreation or Missouri City Green programs, such as trash clean-ups, plantings, recycling, storm water marking event and other environmentally based programs and events.
​Winners are announced quarterly, and will receive a plaque, recognition by Missouri City-City Council and on the City of Missouri City website and Missouri City Green website. There is no application fee. Businesses may be nominated only once every year.
To fill out a nomination form click here!
Past Winners of Golden Tree Award
 
2022: Horizon Baptist Church
​          Fort Bend Dental
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2021: Randy Troxell
          Home Depot
          Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT)

​2020: HEB
          Lupe Tortilla

2019: Cornerstone Baptist Church

2018: Millis Development & Construction

2017: HEB
          Quail Valley Garden Club

2016: Nichol's Family
          Market Petroleum Inc.
          Scanlin Oaks Elementary Green Team

2015: Michael Rose, CPA
          Wendys
          Lake Olympia Animal Hospital

2014: Arms of Love Learning Academy
          Center Point Energy
          Raising Cane's
          Ben E. Keith Foods

George Foundation Youth In Philanthropy

Missouri City Green supports George Foundation Youth In Philanthropy programs by creating yearly service projects for students in Fort Bend County.

Meet Mycle Recycle

Look for Mycle Recycle at Missouri City Green's activities helping to educate our youngest citizens about the importance of recycling.

​Thank you Dow Chemical for a generous grant making possible Missouri City Green's mascot Mycle Recycle!
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​Congratulations Margo Webb
​Missouri City's 2019​ Municipal Volunteer of the Year


​Established in 2014, The Municipal Volunteer Program (MVP), the mission of the program is to facilitate citizen partnerships between City departments and talented volunteers within the community through the assistance of a wide variety of volunteer activities and projects. 

At the January 21st, 2020 City Council Meeting, Margo Webb's volunteer efforts to keep Missouri City clean, green and beautiful were recognized as she was named 2019 Municipal Volunteer of the year.  Margo was also a finalist in 2018, having received the Ebony Ghee Parks Board award as that department's MVP of the year nominee.

For more information on MVP program and to get involved,
​click here.
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Photo courtesy of Missouri City Communications Department