According to Keep America Beautiful, Inc., "incorporating visual beauty into public spaces has proven to be an effective method for raising property values, reducing crime, enhancing the local economy, and improving public health."
Studies also show that well landscaped and beautiful sites are less littered than barren or unkempt sites.
Brownfields are often underutilized or abandoned properties in which future development is hindered or complicated by presence of environmental contaminants. Many people think of Brownfields sites as former industrial and commercial properties such as gas stations, dry cleaning facilities, and photo processing labs or landfills. Brownfields can also refer to properties such as land or buildings containing asbestos, PCB’s, mold or other pollutants.
Hampton Clean & Green Workplaces Award program encourages community businesses to maintain their respective premises and surrounding areas in a clean, litter-free, environmentally sound manner.