Keep Austin Beautiful honored TEL with an award for their Adopt-A-Street program at their annual luncheon in February 2003. Adopt-A-Street, a subsidiary program of Clean Streets, allows local groups to adopt streets near their establishment or residences. TEL served as the key sponsor for this Keep Austin Beautiful initiative and hosted the program's kickoff on Friday, April 12, 2002. "Tokyo Electron is proud to be the first corporate partner in Keep Austin Beautiful's Adopt-A-Street program. One reason we chose Austin as our U.S. headquarters location was its natural beauty, so it is important to TEL to maintain our site and Grove Blvd.," said Barry Mayer, executive vice president and chief financial officer at Tokyo Electron America.

The press conference began at 10 a.m. in a tent along the main entrance.45 TEA volunteers cleaned trash from Grove Blvd. following the close of the press conference. As part of the program, TEA volunteers will continue remove trash from Grove Blvd. on a quarterly basis. For more information, contact Hali Ummel.

KAB's efforts have been recognized through national and state award programs such as the "Keep America Beautiful for Leaders in Community Improvement Award" and the "Governor's Community Achievement Award."

Keep Texas Beautiful also honored Tokyo Electron with a national certification of merit for the Adopt-a-Street program in the in the 2002- 2003 industry competition for environmental practices. Other winning companies placing with Tokyo Electron included Shell Oil, BASF Corp., and Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. For more information, visit www.KeepAustinBeautiful.org