A few weeks ago, someone asked me how Keep Wimberley Beautiful began, so I thought I would review its history for our newcomers. My memory is fading somewhat and we did not keep written records, but here goes.
Around 1992 or 1993, a small group of us were having coffee at Cypress Creek Cafe.
We were just visiting casually, discussing Wimberley and why we came here. At some point, we were looking out the cafe’s windows onto the square and we noticed that weeds were growing along the curbs and in the middle of the square’s bed. Litter was also quite noticeable. We looked at each other and said, “When is someone going to do something about all of this litter and these weeds?” Then we laughed and realized that Wimberley was not even a real, incorporated city. (Wimberley was incorporated in 2000.) We had no local government, no street sweepers, no equipment. If we wanted that work done, WE WERE THE ONES TO DO IT! So we did. After finishing our coffee, we went outside and started pulling up weeds and picking up trash. Then we decided we would come back the next morning, properly prepared with work clothes on and bags and gloves and rakes and hoes. etc. to do a more thorough job than what we had done before.
