ABOUT AWNGUARD
We've cleaned over 1,000,000 awnings!
AwnGuard Leading the Urban Oasis Movement
"We're not just cleaning," says founder Dawn Wood. "We're stewards of shade and peace in a concrete world."
AwnGuard is a commercial exterior cleaning company founded in 2001 with the mission to create peaceful, beautiful public spaces that enhance quality of life in urban environments. The company was started by Dawn Wood, whose personal journey – including childhood memories of watching her landscape architect father hand-draft park designs in Alaska – inspired a commitment to transforming overlooked commercial spaces into welcoming "Urban Oases."
DAWN WOOD | PRESIDENT
"I want to see a whole stadium of people who stand up and say, 'Yeah, I'm about building Urban Oases too. That's how movements start."
Creating Urban Oases One Space at a Time
Dawn Wood is the President and founder of AwnGuard, a purpose-driven company committed to transforming overlooked commercial spaces into peaceful "Urban Oases" where communities can gather, breathe, and reconnect. Inspired by childhood memories of watching her landscape architect father hand-draft park designs with meticulous care for the human experience, she turned a deeply personal understanding of thoughtful space creation into a lifelong mission to bring dignity and beauty to urban environments.
With a background in financial services and an entrepreneurial spirit inherited from her Alaska-raised family, Wood founded AwnGuard in 2001 to support commercial property managers and business owners in creating welcoming, well-maintained spaces that enhance quality of life. Under her leadership, the company has cleaned over 1,000,000 awnings across Southern California, always driven by the belief that even invisible maintenance work – done with grace and intention – can transform how people experience their communities.
