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Native drought-tolerant plants are crucial for supporting local wildlife, conserving water, and building climate resilience, with popular choices including Milkweeds (Monarchs), Coneflowers, Black-Eyed Susans, Sage (Salvia), Yarrow, and Penstemon, offering food/habitat for pollinators while needing little water once established, making them great for sustainable gardening and offsetting environmental impacts. 

Adopt an area (often called Adopt-A-Spot or Adopt-A-Street) is a community beautification program where individuals or groups take responsibility for maintaining a specific public space. 

Groups and individuals may make financial contributions to PowerHouse Neighborhood Beautification Program to assist with making our Adopt-A-Spot or Adopt-A-Street more successful. 

                                                    How the Program Works

• Volunteers: Participants include families, neighborhood associations, businesses, and civic groups may team up with PowerHouse Neighborhood Beautification Program to assist with the Adopt-A-Spot or Adopt-A-Street Initiative.

• Eligible Areas: You can "adopt" many types of public property, including streets, parks, medians, trails, shorelines, and storm drains.  PowerHouse Neighborhood Beautification Program will make sure your property is maintained.

• Responsibilities: PowerHouse Neighborhood Beautification Program will complete tasks include picking up litter, pulling weeds, removing graffiti, and reporting safety hazards or maintenance needs to the city.

                                          Grafitti Removal

Graffiti on residential houses is a serious form of vandalism that can decrease property values by 15% to 25% and often serves as a precursor to further crime or neglect. 

In most jurisdictions in Nevada placing graffiti on private property without consent is a crime punishable by fines, community service, and potential jail time. 

                                       What we Do

• Document and Report:   PowerHouse Neighborhood Beautification Program will take clear photos of the graffiti for evidence. We will report the incident to your local police department’s non-emergency line (e.g., 3-1-1 in many cities) to create an official record.

• Remove Quickly:  PowerHouse Neighborhood Beautification Program aims to remove graffiti within 24–48 hours. Studies show that rapid removal significantly reduces the chance of reoccurrence because it denies the vandal the visibility they seek.

• Owner Responsibility: In most areas, if the graffiti is on private property and not in a public right-of-way, the homeowner is legally responsible for its removal. Failure to do so can result in code enforcement fines.  PowerHouse Neighborhood Beautification Program will assist the homeowner in this process.