Press Release: Hunt Joins Keep El Paso Beautiful

HUNT PLEDGES SPONSORSHIP TO KEEP EL PASO BEAUTIFUL

WHO: Hunt Family Foundation, in partnership with Keep El Paso Beautiful

WHAT: Ribbon cutting ceremony

WHERE: Fire Station No. 27, 6767 Ojo de Agua

WHEN: Friday, July 10, 2009 10:00 a.m.

City-wide program provides tools for volunteer beautification efforts

El Paso, TX (July 8, 2009) – The Hunt Family Foundation will cut the ribbon on a new Community Tool Shed this Friday. The CTS program, an initiative of Keep El Paso Beautiful, is a network of lending libraries of beautification clean-up supplies. Hunt is now a platinum sponsor of the program.

“Hunt is proud to be affiliated with programs who share our mission statement of vision, integrity and professionalism,” said Josh Hunt, Vice President of Hunt Development Group. Hunt’s sponsorship is a four-year annual commitment towards the program (a total of $100,000), which received the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s Award of Excellence in 2007. Most recently, KEPB was also recognized with the Governor’s Community Achievement Award (GCAA), which granted the organization $265,000 towards a beautification project along a Texas state highway. KEPB has won the GCA Award three times in the last nine years, and has used grant money to complete other beautification projects, including medians along Mesa Street, McRae, an exit near Joe Battle and a stretch of I-10 East near the Spaghetti Bowl.

“A cleaner community decreases health risks, increases safety and has a positive economic impact on neighborhoods,” said Keep El Paso Beautiful Executive Director, Katharine Gunter-Palafox. “Our new partnership with Hunt is another step towards empowering El Pasoans with the tools necessary to take pride in their communities.”

Annually, more than 600 clean-ups are facilitated through the CTS program, which has tool sheds at 32 El Paso fire stations. Each Tool Shed is stocked with various gardening tools including push brooms, shovels, push mowers, electrical cords and leaf blowers. All tools are available to the public at no charge.

About Hunt
Founded in 1947, Hunt Building Company, Ltd. is an affiliate of Hunt Companies, Inc., which provides a full range of development, design-build, construction management, investment, and asset/property management services across the country. The companies focus on public-private ventures, military housing, multi-family housing, value-added asset management, mixed-use, master-planned communities, and retail. The Hunt Companies have been operated by the Hunt family for four generations, and are headquartered in El Paso, Texas. Regional offices are in Albuquerque, NM; Honolulu, HI; and Washington, D.C. Other Hunt affiliated companies include Hunt Development Group, Hunt Communities, Hunt Military Communities Mgmt., and Hunt NR (Natural Resources). For more information, visit www.huntcompanies.com.