DES MOINES, IOWA (March 28, 2022) — Diamond Vogel and Keep Iowa Beautiful announced the grant awards for the 2022 Paint Iowa Beautiful program. The program provides free paint to a wide variety of public service projects throughout Iowa.
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 and 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, Exterior cinder block wall; Merissa Lewiston
La Porte City; La Porte City FFA Historical and 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, Locker room hallway; 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 and 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; "two cattle barns on the Harrison County Fairgrounds | seven 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 HowardMount 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 climbing 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 and 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) two 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
"The partnership with Keep Iowa Beautiful allows Diamond Vogel to assist and work with many local volunteers that help build communities, making Iowa one of the best states in the nation to live," said Doug Vogel, Vice-President, Marketing, of the Iowa based company. "Governor [Kim] Reynolds will be signing a proclamation designating April as Keep Iowa Beautiful month and we are pleased to do our part by awarding paint to 154 community projects in Iowa."
"Over the years, the Paint Iowa Beautiful program has awarded paint grants to projects in every county in Iowa," said Kevin Techau, Executive Director of Keep Iowa Beautiful. "The program provides the paint for beautification and clean-up projects that improve the economic vitality and cultural climate of Iowa communities in every corner of Iowa."
In the nineteen-year partnership with Keep Iowa Beautiful, Diamond Vogel has awarded over 12,564 gallons of paint for 1,286 community projects in Iowa.
In addition to paint projects, join over 50 communities participating in Keep Iowa Beautiful's Pick Up Iowa annual program by cleaning up litter and trash along Iowa's roadsides, neighborhoods, streets, school grounds, parks and streams. Encourage your community mayor, city council or county supervisors to announce several days or a week as PICK-UP YOUR COMMUNITY. Pick-Up Iowa is being held through June 30th, 2022 on any dates that work for your community. To participate you must register your group/organization at https://keepiowabeautiful.org/get-involved/community-outreach-opportunities/pick-up-iowa/. Registered participant groups are eligible for a limited supply of free cleanup supplies donated by Keep Iowa Beautiful.
About Diamond Vogel
Diamond Vogel is an Iowa based, family owned company started in 1926 by Andrew Vogel. It serves thirteen states with seven manufacturing facilities and forty service-center outlets providing Architectural Finishes, Industrial and Original Equipment Finishes and Home Decorating Products. www.diamondvogel.com.
About Keep Iowa Beautiful
Keep Iowa Beautiful was established in 2000 by Governor Robert D Ray and Donald F Lamberti, becoming the 23rd State Affiliate of Keep America Beautiful. It is a 501c3 charitable organization working with citizens, neighborhoods, and communities in improving the vitality and cultural health of the state of Iowa. KIB is helping build stronger communities to develop sustainable futures. For more information see our web page at www.keepiowabeautiful.com.
