Grants
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 helps us increase our assistance to neighborhoods and communities in improving the attractiveness and beauty of where we live. These projects definitely improve the beauty of Iowa, its countryside and its communities.” – Kevin Techau, Executive Director of Keep Iowa Beautiful.
In the 19-year partnership with KIB, Diamond Vogel has awarded over 11,860 gallons of paint for 1,132 community projects in Iowa.
The online grant application process is currently closed. The next grant cycle will be available in the fall of 2022.
Grant Recipients
2022 Paint Awards
| COMMUNITY | ORGANIZATION NAME | LIST AREAS TO BE PAINTED | NAME OF PERSON SUBMITTING |
| Afton | Afton Development Corporation | Houses/Commercial Buildings | Mary Hill |
| Akron | Akron Historical Society | Exterior of the museum, garage and community room areas | Carla Winquist |
| Albia | Carnegie-Evans Public Library | Meeting Room and Trim of Children’s Area | Aimee R. Campbell |
| Algona | City of Algona | Homes within the Algona community | Barb Smith |
| Alta | Hanover Historical Society of Iowa | Hanover Grocery Store and the Mill House | Gene Suhr |
| Anthon | Anthon Community Center | Building Exterior | Adam Henderson |
| Audubon | Audubon Public Library | Exterior doors book drop and exterior trim | Gail P. Richardson |
| Barnes City | City of Barnes City Fire Department | Inside of the Fire Department Building | Nancy Reed |
| Bennett | Bennett Park Board | City Park Shelter House and picnic benches | Stephanie Kreinbring |
| Bondurant | Bondurant Community Foundation | City Crosswalk, Sidewalk Chalk Spray Paint | Allison Birdsall |
| Boone | Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad | Interior of the railcar, specifically walls, ceiling, and safety appliances. | Travis Stevenson |
| Brayton | City of Brayton | Welcome to Brayton signs, park bathroom, metal bin gazebo | Brooke Hansen |
| Buffalo Center | Buffalo Center Historical Society | Grant #5 rural schoolhouse | Pam Angstman |
| Burlington | Greater Burlington Leadership Class of 2022 | 408 N. Main Street, Burlington, IA 52601 – North Wall | Jessica E Gerling |
| Calamus | Calamus-Wheatland Hometown Pride | Historic Lincoln Highway ‘Waymarkers’ | Lance Goettsch |
| Calhoun County | Calhoun County Conservation | Various Public Areas to include shelter houses, Bath/Shower houses, Vault Toilets | Abbey Conrad |
| Calmar | Calmar Community Club | Mural on the side of 106 N Maryville Street, Calmar | Sara Neuzil |
| Carson | Carson Fire Department | Carson Fire Department | Amy Spiering |
| Cascade | Cascade Public Library | Interior walls of the Library, bathrooms, behind circulation desk | Melissa Kane |
| Cedar Falls | Cedar Falls Historical Society | Interior of the Little Red Schoolhouse in Cedar Falls | Carrie Eilderts |
| Cedar Rapids | City of Cedar Rapids- Old MacDonald’s Farm | Old MacDonald’s Farm Barn|Old MacDonald’s Farm Sheds|Old MacDonald’s Farm Gateways | Lindsay York |
| Cedar Rapids | College District – Cedar Rapids | Janda Motor Services Building | Ali Hval |
| Centerville | Drake Public Library | 3 Story Stairwell | JeNel Allen Barth |
| Central City | Central City Historical Society | Complete paint restoration of Sawyer House Museum | Rae Ann Holub |
| Chariton | Chariton High School | Walls of Johnson Auditorium at Chariton High School | Tyler Urich |
| Charles City | Floyd County Historical Society and Museum | One Exhibit Room|Community Room|Loading dock doors and frame|One Entrance door, frame, and the window frames. | Jennifer Thiele |
| Cherokee | Cherokee Trails System (Cherokee Parks and Recreation Dept.) | Historic red shed on new trail system Magnetic Park | Barbara Busch-Mott |
| Clarence | Clarence Main Street | Clarence Main Street 4 Lincoln Highway Logo Crosswalks | Michele Pisman |
| Clarion | Heartland Museum Foundation | Little church, schoolhouse, street | Melody Lager |
| Clear Lake | Clear Lake Public Library | Children’s Department | Bryna Walker |
| Clermont | Clermont Historic Preservation Commission | Businesses downtown, window frames on historic buildings. | Hannah Frederick |
| Clinton | Synergy | Midwest Pets for Life | Philip Swanson |
| Clinton | Clinton County Historical Society Museum | Exterior and interior of new expansion | Janice Hansen |
| Clinton Iowa | Downtown Clinton Alliance | Crosswalks | Karen Rowell |
| Colfax | City of Colfax | A concession stand | Wade Wagoner |
| Columbus Junction | Columbus Community Childcare Center | Walls | Marsha Gerot |
| Conrad | City of Conrad | City Park | Lori Stansberry |
| Coon Rapids | Main Street Coon Rapids | Grain Bins located on Main Street | Katie Mason |
| Council Bluffs | Harvester Artist Lofts | Concrete wall north side of building|Concrete stairwell | Emily Globe |
| Cresco | City of Cresco | Beadle Park Bathroom|Evans Park Bathroom|Kessel Park Bathroom|East Park Bathroom|Cresco Fitness Center Lobby, Hallway, & Fitness Room | Brandon Kerian |
| Davenport | City of Davenport (Riverfront Improvement Commission) | LeClaire Park Bandshell | Steve Ahrens |
| Decorah | Porter House Museum | Early 1900s stucco and wood garage, designed in Prairie Style architecture | Wanda Gardner |
| Delhi | City of Delhi | City Park Shelter|City Park Equipment|City Park Restrooms and wellhouse | Brianne Wulfekuhle |
| Dubuque | Dubuque Arboretum & Botanical Gardens | Japanese Garden Fence|Japanese Garden Gate|Packard Pavilion Ceiling|Gazebo|Office’s | Jenna Hirtz |
| Eldora | Eldora Public Library | Community Room /Adult/Teen Area walls | Joan Grothoff |
| Elk Horn | Public Library | Teen section of the library | Alissa LaCanne |
| Ellston Iowa | American Legion & Auxiliary Post 541 | TBD | Julie Derscheid |
| Emmetsburg | City of Emmetsburg | Harrison Park shelter | Gretchen Reichter |
| Essex | City of Essex | Historical opera house | Mary Ohnmacht |
| Estherville | City of Estherville | A city owned maintenance building | Greg Van Langen |
| Everly | Everly Public Library | Front area and middle teen section | Jeannett Palmer |
| Farmington | Pioneer Historical Society, Inc. | 4 Walls of a one room museum and 8′ square entry way | Heidi Schutt |
| Fertile | Fertile Little League | Fertile Little League Concession Stand | Kim Severson |
| Forest City | Winnebago Historical Society | Winnebago Historical Society’s heritage Park of North Iowa facility in Forest City. | Jim Oulman |
| Fort Madison | Fort Madison Food Pantry | All interior walls of Fort Madison Food Pantry building | Vicky Lundeby |
| Franklin County | The Range at North Hansell | Three Shooting Shelters|Outhouse|Admission Building|Tables | Madison Alert |
| Gilbert | Gilbert Parks and Rec | Lion’s Park Fence Mural | Lacie Moore |
| Gilmore City | Gilmore City Hometown Pride | Gilmore City entrance sign | Lavonne Hoover |
| Goodell | City of Goodell | New City Hall/Museum | Daisy Huffman |
| Gowrie | Gowrie Swimming Pool | Emily Larson | |
| Guthrie Center | FireFly Creek Ranch, LLC | Exterior front & exterior (partial) side of old state mental institution in rural central Iowa | Brenda Rose |
| Guttenberg | City of Guttenberg | Schiller/2nd St; Schiller/River Park Dr; Herder/River Park Dr; Goethe/River Park Dr; Pearl/River Park Dr; 3rd St (between pool and Darwin Duwe park). | Denise Schneider |
| Halbur | Halbur Development Corporation | Concession Stand|Open shelter house|Play house at the park|picnic tables|Doors on community center | Tonia Ortner |
| Hampton | Harriman-Nielsen Historic Farm/Franklin County Historical Society | Exterior of Barn | Doreen Petersen |
| Hartford | Hartford Betterment Committee | Boulder at the entrance of Hartford under Flag Poles | Jordyn Sandy |
| Hawarden | Hawarden Historical Society | Mercantile building and north and west sides of Post Office | Jan Cain |
| Hills | City of Hills | 102 E. Main Street, Hills Iowa | Kelley Schlitz |
| Hopkinton | Keep Iowa Beautiful Committee and City of Hopkinton | Downtown cement lattice walls | Sarah Helle |
| Hull | Hull Historical Society | Old railroad shed and enclosure on east end of museum | Loren Reyelts |
| Janesville | Janesville Public Library | Mural on Library at 319 Main Street | Lisa Biersner |
| Jewell | Jewell Historical Society | Museum Building north and south exterior walls. | Bruce Johnson |
| Kanawha | City of Kanawha | Clerk’s office, hallway, copier room, council room, hallway, community room and kitchen | Sharon Grimm |
| Keokuk | Great River Players, Inc. | Exterior metal wall | Merissa Lewiston |
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| La Porte City | La Porte City FFA Historical & Ag Museum | White trim on the town’s original Fire Station and Jail. | Sherry Sheffler |
| Lake City | Opportunity Living | Indoor therapeutic pool area, Locker room hallway, Entry / viewing room to pool area | Jayne Wilhelm |
| Lamoni | Lamoni Parks and Recreation | George Foreman North Park | Tim Brunner |
| Larchwood | Larchwood Public Library | Interior walls and ceiling of the library | Sylvia Vant Hul |
| Le Mars | Le Mars YMCA | Outdoor Pool Bathrooms and Main Pool | Jack Eckstaine |
| Letts | Letts Hometown Pride | Base coat on a side of a building for a mural in our main part of town. | Karen Koppe |
| Little Rock | Little Rock City Council | City Park shelter house | Diane Peters |
| Livermore | City of Livermore | Livermore Legion and Annex | Megan Kellner |
| Lockridge | City of Lockridge | Old school gymnasium, foyer, hallway, kitchen and rest rooms | JOYCE LeDUC |
| Lynnville | City of Lynnville | Old Settlers Pavilion and City Hall | Bev Arthur |
| Madison County | Madison County Chamber of Commerce | Hogback Covered Bridge|Holliwell Covered Bridge|Roseman Covered Bridge|Imes Covered Bridge|Cutler-Donahoe Covered Bridge | Amara Huffine |
| Madrid | Ledges State Park | Oak Woods Shelter and Carl Fritz Henning Shelter | Andy Bartlett |
| Manilla | Manilla Chamber of Commerce | Main Street buildings | Virginia Rasmussen |
| Maquoketa | City of Maquoketa | Park benches, park shelters, playground equipment, Grove Street baseball dugouts | Chris Gockel |
| Maquoketa/Jackson County | Jackson County Agricultural District | New offices in our new Outreach Center | Laura Farrell |
| Marion | Marion Parks and Recreation | Signs, equipment, structures, and amenities throughout the park and urban trail system. | Drew Mollenhauer |
| Marshalltown | Marshall County Arts & Culture Alliance | Marshalltown, IA | Amber Danielson |
| Menlo | City of Menlo | 16 Community Fire Hydrants, Parking Lines and Handicap Parking for our Downtown Streets | Carol Sheldahl |
| Missouri Valley | Missouri Valley Chamber of Commerce | 2 cattle barns on the Harrison County Fairgrounds | 7 picnic tables in the Missouri Valley City Park | Jeannie Wortman |
| Mitchell County | Mitchell County Conservation Board | Milton R. Owen Nature Center | Chelsea Ewen Rowcliffe |
| Mitchellville | City of Mitchellville | Killinger Park Shelter Houses and Giving Box |Mitchellville City Park Shelter Houses and All Picnic Tables |Mitchellville Little League Ball Fields Concession Stand, Equipment Shed and Cinder Block Shed | Rahni Brose |
| Montezuma | CLG Group | Mural in the Downtown Historic Square | Becky Sincker |
| Monticello | City of Monticello | Monticello Community Building | Jacob Oswald |
| Montrose | Montrose Riverfront, Inc. | Floor of the Riverfront Landing building. | Elisabeth Chatfield |
| Moulton | PIC ME Foundation | T & L Deli store front on the Main Street of our community. | Carol Sue Howard |
| Mount Ayr | Mount Ayr Chamber of Commerce | Still Smokin’/Timberline|Country Blossoms|Aunt Jennie’s Attic|Ringgold County Development/Mount Ayr Chamber|Lefty’s Club Tavern|the vacant 106 E. Madison building | Karen Bender |
| Moville | City of Moville | Interior walls of Moville Fire Station| | Megan Cross |
| Nevada | City of Nevada Parks and Recreation Department | Safety lines and motivational sayings along trail system in Nevada. | Tim Hansen |
| New Sharon | City of New Sharon | East End Park Shelter House, City Hall interior | Lisa Munn |
| Newton | Project AWAKE | Learning Center (building), gazebo, bridge and fencing all need stained. | Jenni Patty |
| Northeast Iowa | ArtHaus | North side of ArtHaus’ building|Repairs on the east side of the ArtHaus building | Shannon Durbin |
| Northwood | Northwood Public Library | Exterior trim and interior paneling | Morgan Johnson |
| Norwalk | Norwalk Parks and Recreation | McAninch Sports Complex Equipment Garage|McAninch Sports Complex Irrigation Pump Shed | Adam Seibert |
| Oakland | Eckels Memorial Library | Children’s Room, Teen Area, Circulation Desk area, Computer room, Bathroom, Hallway, Front entry. | Kari Rose |
| Ocheyedan | Senior Activity Center | Main room of the senior center 24X60 | Sue Brockshus |
| Odebolt | City of Odebolt, Iowa | Paint and refurbish the exterior of the city ambulance garage. Exterior walls and trim. | Rob Litzenberger |
| Onawa | Onawa Public Library | Outside windows and doors trim on the entire library building | Amy McDermott |
| Osceola | Clarke County Historical Society | Knox Township #8 country school, exterior 4 walls and front side of main museum building | Barry Mateere |
| Oskaloosa | City of Oskaloosa | Edmundson Park Restroom | Stephanie Faulkes |
| Paton | William Paton Public Library | Around the outside of the libraries windows | Kimberly Bohnet |
| Pella | Spirit of Pella | Mural on the side of the Work of Our Hands Building in the Klokkenspel Plaza | Christi Vander Voort |
| Peterson | Peterson Heritage LLC | 1875 Gust House|First Frame House in Clay County|1882 Boarding House | Kelsey Roer |
| Pleasantville | Pleasantville Chamber of Commerce | Exterior walls of the Frank H. Jolly shelter house in Pleasantville’s Cora Shadle Park | Don Dursky |
| Pocahontas County | Pocahontas County Conservation | Wiegert Prairie Farmstead | James Conway |
| Pomeroy | City of Pomeroy | Entire exterior of Pomeroy Community Building (metal siding and metal roof) and the interior of the building | Cynthia M. Loots |
| Postville | Northeast Iowa Wellness and Recreation Center | Hallways, stairway, coat rack area | Melanie Bauch |
| Prairie City | City of Prairie City | City Cemetery Gazebo | Jodie Wyman |
| Prairie Valley | Prairie Valley PTA | Art on playground cement | Emily Larson |
| Prescott | City of Prescott | library/city hall | Lisa Wilkinson |
| Preston | City of Preston | Preston Town Hall Interior and the Main Exterior Entrance Area | Teresa Weinschenk |
| Remsen | Remsen St. Mary’s | Cafeteria | Kim Phillips |
| Ringsted | Ringsted Community Improvement Organization, Inc. | Downtown area from Maple Street and Larch Street on the east to Maple Street an Lexington street on the west. Also the downtown park and buildings around it. | Diane Holtzman |
| Rock Rapids | Mural Society | Windows on East side of 801 First Ave | Sandra Wynia |
| Rockwell | Rockwell Public Library | Wood fences on both sides of the library building | Caroline McManigal |
| Roland | Roland Park Board | Erickson Park | Nathan Hovick |
| Rolfe | Rolfe Hometown Pride | City of Rolfe– Main Street–Gazebo | Barbara Bennett |
| Ryan | CITY OF RYAN | City Hill/Council Chambers | LORI TUCKER |
| Sac City | Sac City Hometown Pride | Playground equipment in Chautauqua Park Historic District, including three swing sets, two slides, rocking horse, teeter totters, and climbinb sphere. | Bruce Perry |
| Sergeant Bluff | City of Sergeant Bluff Parks and Recreation | Community Center building and fire station | Tyler Tweet |
| Sidney | City of Sidney | Side of building next to City Hall | Kenneth Brown |
| Spencer | City of Spencer Parks and Recreation Department | Pedersen Park Baseball & Softball Complex | Jared Elbert |
| Steamboat Rock | City of Steamboat Rock | North and South entrances and hallways, new visitor’s center, 3 bathrooms, cafe, new museum, and city hall. | Renee Oltrogge |
| Storm Lake | Buena Vista County Historical Society | Country School house | Marjorie Neulieb |
| Story City | Story City Greater Chamber Connection | Westside of the brick building located at 515 Broad Street in the downtown business district of Story City | Shanon McKinley |
| Strawberry Point | Strawberry Point Public Library | Front walls in cove area and pillars. | Patty Lincoln |
| Sully | Sully Hometown Pride Committee | Sully Ballpark shelter houses, Sully Ballpark playground equipment-slide and swing structure, Sully Central Park light posts | Nicholas De Penning |
| Superior | City of Superior | Interior walls of Superior Municipal Building | Sandi Bueltel |
| Swisher | Swisher Community Library | Front of building | Laura Hoover |
| Ute | City of Ute | Park Benches-Playground Equipment; Ballpark Bleachers-Bathrooms-Dugout-Wellhouse | Megan Peitsch |
| Varina | Varina Hometown Pride | Town Fire Hydrants | Richard Farrell |
| Wall Lake | Twilight Acres | twilightacresnursinghome.com | Chris Rodman |
| Wall Lake | Wall Lake, City of | Walls in the entry to gymnasium | Chris Rodman |
| Washington | Washington Chamber of Commerce | Washington County Barn Quilts | Michelle Redlinger |
| Waverly | Waverly Leisure Services | Waverly Rugby Field Goal Posts | Paul Cheville |
| Webster City | City of Webster City | Senior Citizen Building | Breanne Lesher |
| West Branch | West Branch Community Development Group | 106 E Main St.; West Branch, IA; 52358 | Nick Shimmin |
| West Burlington | Homestead 1839 | Exterior of the Leffler Barn | Tobin Krell |
| West Liberty | Muscatine County Fair | Hog Barn | Kelsey Meyers |
| Westgate | City of Westgate | Park shelter, park concession stand, park restrooms, parking area lines (handicapped accessible parking) 2 city owned buildings | Rhonda Harn |
| Whiting | Whiting Public Library | City Park – bathrooms, shelter, park benches Baseball/Softball fields – Concession stand/bathrooms Community Center | Dawn Teel |
