Mayor Pro Tem Ruthe Jackson wins excellence award
Tuesday the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality announced that Grand Prairie’s Mayor Pro Tem Ruthe Jackson has won the prestigious Texas Environmental Excellence Award for 2008.
Mayor Pro Tem Jackson was selected from nominations statewide for her efforts in environmental education and conservation.
For the past twenty-two years Jackson has served on the Grand Prairie City Council and has been recognized for her work on a wide range of environmental projects including:
- Curbside recycling
- Founded the Grand Prairie chapter of Keep Texas Beautiful which won the 2006 Governor’s Community Achievement Award
- First woman in Texas to receive the National Lady Bird Johnson award in 1977
- Sponsoring youth programs for Grand Prairie Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts
- Instrumental in establishing the Green and Clean Campus program in all 37 Grand Prairie schools
Mayor Pro Tem Jackson will be presented the award in a ceremony to be held April 30 in Austin.
