Photographer: Justin Rogers of West Des Moines, IA

Paint Iowa Beautiful

Through a partnership with Diamond Vogel Paint of Orange City, Iowa groups can receive paint for community enhancement projects and parks. 

Keeping up the appearance of our buildings, facilities and parks is an important component of viable communities. Well-maintained and painted buildings reflect pride in our communities. Thousands of gallons of paint have been donated to community groups through the Paint Iowa Beautiful program. 

The program provides free paint to a wide variety of public service projects throughout Iowa. 

“The partnership with Keep Iowa Beautiful allows Diamond Vogel to assist and work with many local volunteers that help build communities, making Iowa a great place to live,” said Doug Vogel, Vice President, Marketing, of the Iowa based company.  “This is a great opportunity for Iowans to improve the attractiveness of their community.”

“The Paint Iowa Beautiful program supports projects that help build and sustain stronger communities.” Said Reo Menning, Chair of the Keep Iowa Beautiful Board of Directors. “In the 20 year partnership with Keep Iowa Beautiful, Diamond Vogel has awarded over 12,000 gallons of paint for nearly 1,300 community projects in Iowa.”  

In the 20-year partnership with KIB, Diamond Vogel has awarded over 12,000 gallons of paint for nearly 1,300 community projects in Iowa.

The online grant application is now closed. Please stay tuned for an announcement in the fall for the 2024 cycle.

Grant Recipients

2023 Paint Awards

COMMUNITY	ORGANIZATION NAME	LIST AREAS TO BE PAINTED	NAME OF PERSON SUBMITTING
Afton	Afton Development Corporation	Private Homes and Privately Owned Commercial Buildings	Mary Hill
Albia	Monroe County Historical Society	Floor of museum’s Alumni Room	Jan Crall
Alexander	Alexander Public Library	Outside front and sides of the library	Dee Schrodt
Alta	HANOVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF IOWA	Hanover Grocery Store	Gene Suhr
Anamosa	Arts Court	Paintings will be installed on a fence behind Main Street and facing Huber Street	Derek Lumsden
Anamosa	Arts Court	We will be painting on metal panels and installing them on the alley behind Main and on Huber Street	Derek Lumsden
Anita	Anita Economic Development	The Weathervane Cafe	Cheryl Sokol
Arthur	Arthur Public Library	Community Kitchen	Kailey Childers
Atlantic	SHIFT ATL	Cass County Fair Livestock Barns (4 total)|Sunnyside Pool House|SHIFT ATL Flipper House	Jessie Shiels
Belle Plaine	City of Belle Plaine	Fire hydrants, well field piping, wastewater facility above ground piping	Sandra Walton
Bloomfield	Mutchler Community Center	Men’s Restroom	Taylor Sessions
Bonaparte	City of Bonaparte – Parks	Park Bathrooms and Bandhsell	Holly Richardson
Boone	Camp Fire Heart of Iowa | Camp Hantesa	Clayton Lodge (Camp dining hall)|Variety Club Building (overnight lodging)|EcoLab (environmental education building)	Owen Ballard
Cascade	City of Cascade	Park Bathrooms, Community gymnasium, city hall exterior door, and Well House #5 exterior doors.	Lisa A. Kotter
Cedar Falls	Community United Child Care Centers	Paint All Exterior Woodwork, Fascia, Door/Window Frames	Jay Mattson
Cedar Rapids	City of Cedar Rapids, Old MacDonald’s Farm	Farm barn and outbuildings	Lindsay York
Cedar Rapids	The District:  Czech Village & New Bohemia	Two very visible sides of an old drab 14ft high building in a block being spruced up — 101 ft long and 71 ft long.	Monica Vernon
Center Point	City of Center Point – Parks & Recreation Dept.	Community Center	Ryan Anderson
Chariton	Humane Society of Lucas County	Building exterior (metal building)	Jena Wiley
Charles City	Charles City Public Library	Mooney Art Gallery	Annette Dean
Charter Oak	City of Charter Oak	Park bathrooms, city park shelter house, arboretum bridge and gazebo	Ashley Mohr
Clarence	Clarence Main Street	Clarence Main Street 4 Lincoln Highway Biway Logo Crosswalks	Michele L. Pisman
Clarksville	Clarksville Area Recreational Development (CARD)	Banquet Hall building and mural facing highway on golf cart storage building	Di Miller
Colesburg	Colesburg Community Club & Keep Iowa Beautiful (Colesburg Chapter)	Colesburg City Park Shelter, Fence, & Sign|Community Club Park Shelter|Colesburg City Sign	Rachel
Colfax	City of Colfax	Buildings and signage in Conway Park	Wade Wagoner, City Administrator
Corning	Corning Public Library	Exterior areas on the front, west side of the library as well as some on the roof line.	Alyssa Ogburn
Correctionville	Rural Woodbury County Historical Society	interior walls of office and restroom area of Historic Illinois Central RR Freight Depot	Sonya Kostan
Council Bluffs	CHI Health Mercy Hospital	Therapy Garden Wall on CHI Health Mercy’s campus	Abby Jares
Crystal Lake	Volunteer fire department	Entire fire department	Pete Gau
Davenport	German American Heritage Center and Museum	Storefront area	Brian Allen
Dayton	City of Dayton	City Hall interior	Sara Pieper
Decorah	Senior Citizens Hospitality Center	Main Hall of the Senior Citizens Hospitality Center	Laura Randolph
Delaware	City of Delaware	Park shelter and picnic tables	Erin Learn
Denison	Denison Parks & Rec	Park Restrooms (outside and inside) Multiple|Dugouts|Scorers Box|Concession Stand	Brian Kempfert
Des Moines	Italian-American Cultural Center of Iowa	projection room, large activity room, storage room, various small offices	Therese Riordam
Dubuque	Friends of Mines of Spain	Wildlife blind|Gazebo	Rob Williams
Dyersville	James Kennedy Public Library	Storywalk posts and frames|Library interior	Shirley Vonderhaar
Dyersville	City of Dyersville Park and Recreation	Four swing sets and volleyball court stantions	Adam Huehnergarth
Early	City of Early/ Early Public Library	City Municipal Building|Shelter House	Lexi Bainbridge
Eldora	City of Eldora	Memorial Park & Twister Park	City Of Eldora
Elgin	City of Elgin	Park Buildings and Shelters	Ginger Wander
Epworth	Epworth Community Historical Society	Exterior of Rock Island Railroad Caboose Used for Epworth Historical Museum	Betty Mausser
Glenwood	Glenwood Public Library	Upstairs section of the library	Tara Painter
Gowrie	Gowrie Golf Board	Golf Course cart shed and maintenance building	Patrick Monaghan
Graettinger	Graettinger Community Visioning	Graettinger Public Library – interior walls in conference room, office, and public restroom|Graettinger Pool – interior and exterior of pool building	Gina Lowman Hall
Grand Junction Iowa	Grand Junction Parks and Rec Committee	Inside and outside of the Grand Jct Municipal swimming pool office/shower house	Paula J. Hoskinson, Grand Jct City Council
Hamburg	Hamburg Hometown  Pride	1404 Washington Street	Elaine Howard
Hills	City of Hills	Waterproof, canvas tarp	Kelley Schlitz
Ida Grove	Ida County Historical Society	Moorehead House Museum and Carriage House	Ann Holst
Indianola	City of Indianola Fire Department	206 N. 1st Street Building	Gregory M. Chia
Jewell	City of Jewell	Boy Scout house, concession stands, benches	Regina Beaune
Lake View	Lake View Foundation	Mural on building at 313 Main Street, Lake View, IA	Connie Aasen
Lansing	Main Street Lansing	Wood trim work on three commercial buildings on Main Street	Richard Kotovich
Le Mars	Plymouth County Historical Museum	Approximately 150 window frames on the east side of the Plymouth County Historical Museum|	Judy K. Bowman
Lime Springs	Lime Springs Pool or Park Board	swimming pool and cement diving board area	Laney Frazer
Lisbon	City of Lisbon	W Main Street Gazebo	Christina Eicher
Malcom	Malcom American Legion	all inside Legion Hall, kitchen, restrooms,  coat room, office	John Mccammant
Manilla	Manilla Chamber of Commerce	gazebo in the arboretum and building on Main Street	Virginia Rasmussen
Maquoketa	Jackson County Conservation Board	Interior of Hurstville Interpretive Center	Sheila Root
Maquoketa	City of Maquoketa	Playground equipment|Baseball diamond dugouts|Parking & camp benches|Park tables|Park pavilions	Joshua Boldt
Marengo	MarenGO Community Development	Downtown Marengo	Corienne Dally
Marion	City of Marion Parks and Recreation	Lowe Park Arts and Environment Center	Drew Mollenhauer
Marshall	Catholic Heart Workcamp Marshalltown	Throughout Marshall county	Calvin Scales
Marshalltown	Marshalltown Central Business District	MCBD’s Walkable Alleyway – The alleyway is on the south side of Main Street between the Center & 1st St. Blocks.	Deb Millizer
Maxwell	Maxwell Public Library	All interior walls including patron friendly spaces, office and checkout desk area, bathroom and storage rooms.	Sharon Rink
Mcgregor	The Left Bank Shop & Gallery	The four walls of the east exhibit area of the gallery	Bonnie Pruett
Miles	City of Miles	City hall, shed and park bathrooms	Brenda Tebbe
Missouri Valley	Missouri Valley Chamber of Commerce	building 408 E Erie St      building 418 E Erie St	Jeannie Wortman
Montezuma	Certified Local Government	Mural Downtown Montezuma	Abby Hubbard
New Sharon	Stilwell Public Library	Public Restroom, Employee Breakroom, Trim & Doors, Exterior Window Frames, Exterior Plywood on Rear of Building	Stacie Cameron
New Sharon	City of New Sharon	New Sharon City Park Community Building	Brittany Vanderbeek
Newton	Jasper County Historical Museum	Ceiling of the museum	Ann Leonard
Ocheyedan	Tracy House Museum	1900 Horse Barn and Agriculture Building	Pam Jacobsma
Odebolt	City of Odebolt, Iowa	8 or more wooden picnic tables at the community shelter house at City Park.|Men’s and women’s public restrooms at the same City Park.	Rob Litzenberger
Osceola	Clarke County Historical Society and Museum	Exterior Walls of the Clarke County Historical Museum	Debra Yorba
Panora	Guthrie County Historical Villae	Museum Building at the Historical Village	Kristine Jorgensen
Pomeroy	Pomeroy Historical Society	First and second floor of the Pomeroy Historical Society Museum located at 101 Main St. Pomeroy, Iowa 50575	Mary Clancy
Postville	Northeast Iowa Wellness & Recreation Center	Entryway, office area, workout room	Melanie Bauch
Preston	Preston  Growth and Development	West Side Park and Two Good Park	Teresa Weinschenk
Red Oak	SAVE OUR DEPOT INC	Kitchen, 2 small hallways, 1 very long hallway/handicap entrance	Jolene Crawford
Ringsted	Ringsted Public Library	Front and back of library	Robin Hansen
Rolfe Iowa	Rolfe Hometown Pride	Country school house (24′ x 2 & 38′ x 2 sides) & shelter house–location Streit Park, Rolfe	Barbara Bennett
Ruthven	Ruthven Public Library	Interior of library and community social center	Kayann Rose
Sabula	City of Sabula	An old Milwaukee Road train caboose, located on the edge of town, where an old depot was previously located	Lindsey  Rittmer
Salix	City of Salix	City Park Concession and Park Restrooms	Kathy Brouillette
Shambaugh	Local Governmental Agency	City Hall|Post Office|Playground shelter	Sandra L. Bilokonsky
Sibley	Sibley Housing and Development Corporation	Houses|Garages	Melinda G Nasers
Silver City	Silver City Library	Areas to be painted are the exterior walls of the Library building and trim around the windows and Library sign.	Lynda Thomas (Board President)
Sioux Center	Regency Retirement Residence	Exterior of the Building	Helen De Vries
Solon	Solon Public Library	Community Meeting Room	Liz King
Spillville	Spillville Public Library	Our meeting rooms, kitchen, hallway, stairway to the basement	Ruth Kuhn
Storm Lake	City of Storm Lake Police Department	Interior of Police Station and Exterior of Storage facility for Police Department	Kim Woltman
Story City	City of Story City	Our Historic Building – Upper Level that houses our City Council Chambers	Shanon Mckinley
Tipton	Cedar County Friends of Historic Preservation	Old Cedar County Jail Historic Wood Shed & trim on garage building	Daisy Wingert
Union County	Union County Historical Society	Three buildings within the Historical Village – Depot, Blacksmith Shop, and Mill Shed	Ruth Leiser
Ute	City of Ute	Town and Country Metal Exterior	Megan Peitsch
Vinton	City of Vinton	Vinton City Hall	Melissa Schwan
Vinton, Benton County	Vinton Guild of Fine Arts	Vinton Public Library interior wall in Childrens library area|Vinton Rec Department’s trash cans	Kim Frazier
Waverly	City of Waverly	Droste Shelter and Lions Shelter at Memorial Park	Paul Cheville
Wellman	City of Wellman	Street Lines/Parking – Downtown Business District|North Park Playground Equipment	Kelly Litwiller, City Administrator
Wesley	Wesley Public Library	Wesley Public Library building	Lany Mitchell
West Point	City of West Point	Street parking lines, curbs and crosswalks	Randy Welding
Winterset	Covered Bridges Preservation Association	Holliwell Covered Bridge|Hogback Covered Bridge|Roseman Covered Bridge	Amara Huffine
Woodbine	Woodbine Main Street	exterior of community meeting space	Deb Sprecker
Woolstock	City of Woolstock	Portion of City Hall that has vertical wood siding	Aimee Frohling