Keep Sarasota County Beautiful received the 2015 Keep America Beautiful President’s Circle Award at Keep America Beautiful’s recent national conference in Orlando. The award recognizes certified affiliates of the national nonprofit for creating clean, green and beautiful communities. To qualify for a President’s Circle Award, Keep Sarasota County Beautiful has met Keep America Beautiful’s standards of merit by conducting an annual Community Appearance Index, calculating the affiliate’s cost/benefit ratio and administering activities in the areas of litter prevention, recycling and waste reduction, and beautification and community greening.