November 4-5, Gulf Hills Hotel + Resort

2024 Keep Mississippi Beautiful State Conference

13701 Paso Road, Ocean Springs, Mississippi 39564

The Keep Mississippi Beautiful State conference will be an educational training and networking forum welcoming affiliate coordinators, affiliate board members, affiliate volunteers, prospective affiliates, Keep Mississippi Beautiful community partners and business partners, state,  and local governmental agencies. Attendees can look forward to learning about proven practices and innovative programs designed to achieve a cleaner, greener and beautiful community.

You will love the history of Gulf Hills Hotel + Resort, and its beginning in 1927.

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION: $25.00 per person KMB 2024 Conference Registration

This includes meals for affiliate and board members.

Other spouses, friends, family who are not a member of an affiliate who may be accompanying a affiliate member to Ocean Springs may join for meals if we have names and pre-payment for meals. Cost is 11/5 $20 breakfast, 11/4 $20 lunch, 11/4 $30 dinner. We must have pre-payment so that we have accurate count for our caterer.

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION DEADLINE:  October 15

HOTEL REGISTRATION DEADLINE: The conference hotel rate is $109 per night. Please book rooms ASAP to secure a room. Deadline to book at conference rate is  Oct. 12, 2024. If the room block fills up before then, we will try to add rooms, but this is not guaranteed. Let us know if you the room block appears full Please read the cancellation rules on the Conference Registration form before booking.         

Book Your Room Here!

After clicking the hotel link, enter dates Nov. 4 -Nov.  5 to pull up the block of rooms. 

Contact: Sarah Kountouris 601-853-4210

Jan Richardson 601-853-4441

Keep Mississippi Beautiful Working Agenda State Conference

Nov. 4-5, 2024, Ocean Springs

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4

11:30  Lunch

11: 45 Invocation

12:15  Opening remarks: Sarah Kountouris, Keep Mississippi Beautiful, Ex. Director

12:30 Keep America Beautiful Staff Presentations, including Regional Dir Jason Smith.

            Learning and Leveraging  KAB benefits: reporting, HUB features, webinars, PR assets

1: 45  America 250 – Keep Mississippi Beautiful and Keep America Beautiful 

2:00  Volunteer: Innovative ways to gain volunteers and improve volunteer experience

2:30  Panel: Connect with Elected Officials

3:00 Affiliate Round Table: Sharing and Discussion          

4:00-4:20 Shuttle to Downtown Ocean Springs-shopping and optional Ocean Springs tour

5:15   Downtown Ocean Springs Walking Tour      

5:20-5:45 (estimate) Shuttles  available back to the hotel                                    

6:30   Dinner                          

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5

7:30    Breakfast in the Ball Room

8:30    Brown University Study: Illegal Dumping  Studies + Reporting Tool. Dr. Erica 

             Walker

 9:00     Power of Beautification       

9:45    Alex Ballard, MS Forest Commission Tree Planting Commemorating the  

Greatest  American Cleanup Kickoff

11:00  Meeting Wrap Up

Agenda Subject to Change