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Posted on: November 3, 2021

[ARCHIVED] The Texan earns City beautification award

Group photo with KVB logo sign and landscaping boulders. There is a gas station in the background.

PHOTO #1: Keep Victoria Beautiful staff and The Texan leadership and employees pose for a photo Nov. 2 at The Texan No. 6, 7305 N. Main St., with KVB’s Business Beautification Award traveling sign. The Texan No. 6 received the Business Beautification Award for the month of November. The award is given monthly to recognize businesses that help to beautify the Victoria community through property upkeep, landscaping and other improvements. To nominate a business to receive the award, visit www.victoriatx.gov/kvb and click on “Beautification Awards.”

A bed of pebbles with boulders and shrubbery landscaping.PHOTO #2: The Texan No. 6 received KVB’s Business Beautification Award for the month of November.

Row of tall, woody shrubs with dark red flowersPHOTO #3: The Texan No. 6 received KVB’s Business Beautification Award for the month of November.

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