DES MOINES, IOWA (April 8, 2019) — Diamond Vogel and Keep Iowa Beautiful announced the grant awards for the 2019 Paint Iowa Beautiful program. The program provides free paint to a wide variety of public service projects throughout Iowa. This is the second year Diamond Vogel agreed to expand the paint allocation to include Iowa's 70 state parks. 2020 will mark the 100th anniversary of Iowa's state park system. "Governor Kim Reynolds has signed a proclamation designating April as Keep Iowa Beautiful month and we are pleased to do our part by awarding paint to 104 community projects in Iowa," said Doug Vogel, Vice-President, Marketing, of the Iowa based company. "The partnership with Keep Iowa Beautiful allows Diamond Vogel to assist and work with the many local volunteers that help build communities, making Iowa the number one state in the nation to live." Gerald Schnepf, Executive Director of Keep Iowa Beautiful added, "The Paint Iowa Beautiful program helps us increase our assistance to neighborhoods, communities, historic projects and other public service organizations in improving the attractiveness and beauty of our home areas. These projects definitely improve the beauty of Iowa, its countryside and its communities." In the 16-year partnership with KIB, Diamond Vogel has awarded over 10,488 gallons of paint for 887 community projects in Iowa. About Diamond Vogel Diamond Vogel is an Iowa-based, family- owned company started in 1926 by Andrew Vogel. It serves 13 states with seven manufacturing facilities and over 65 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.
2019 PAINT AWARDS
City or County; Organization; Areas to be painted; Contact: Ackley; Ackley Heritage Center; 1800 house and schoolhouse; Barb Kreimeyer Algona; City of Algona; Mural in downtown pocket park; Jacob Tjaden Alta; Buena Vista County Fair; Grandstand and ticket booth; Jennifer Launderville Ankeny; Crocker Elementary PTO; U.S. map game in school yard; Carrie Dueker Auburn; Auburn Hometown Pride; Reiman Park Gazebo; Jane Barto Belle Plaine; Preston's Historic District; Roadside Museum buildings; Mary Preston Belmond; Iowa Specialty Hospital ; Clinic waiting and exam rooms; Marc Legge Benton County; Benton County Conservation; Benton County Parks; Karen Phelps Bondurant; Community Foundation; School bus barn; Ted Bzdega Boone; County Convention Bureau; Caboose Visitor Center; Kris Blocker Britt; Hancock County Ag Society; Building/Show Ring and Barns; James Legge Burr Oak; Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum; Exterior of museum building; Barbara OLson Carlisle; Carlisle Hometown Pride; Carlisle City Hall; Paige Moorman Cedar Rapids; Ushers Ferry Historic Village; Telephone Cooperative; Ann Cejka Chariton; Lucas County Fair Association; Overflow barn; Kim Etter Cherokee; Hanover Historical Society; Machine shed; Arlin Hinkeldey Churdan; Churdan; City Hall and Post Office; Krystal Kempf Clarence; Clarence Main Street; Five crosswalks; Jennifer VanOort Clarion; Clarion Pride; Homes in Clarion; Peggy O'Neill Colfax; City of Colfax Iowa; Building, Bridges & stand; Wade Wagoner Colfax; Colfax Main Street; Barn Quilt Project; Stuart Patterson Columbus Junction; Park/Recreation Commission; Swinging Bridge Restoration; Mallory Smith Columbus Junction; Columbus Roundy PTO; School Maintenance Bus Barn; Kelli Totemeier Corning; City of Corning; Crosswalks; Janice Leonard Correctionville; City of Correctionville; Mercantile & Shoppe; April Putzier Decorah; Seed Savers Exchange Inc.; Historic Fences; Heather Haynes Des Moines; Blank Park Zoo; Night Eyes Displays; Julia Lantz Des Moines County; Friends of County Conservation; Old Zion School; Kevin Moore Drakesville; Betterment Committee; Park picnic tables/bandstand; Sharon Roland Dubuque; City of Dubuque; Storm drains; Kristin Hill Durant; Downtown Revitalization; Park benches, fence & lamp; Brooke Lerma Dysart; Vision Dysart ; Street surface; Mary Behrens Eagle Grove; Veterans Memorial Tower; Cement elevator tower; Daryl Watts Essex; Shenandoah/Essex Police; Various homes; Kim Juarez Exira; Economic Development ; Salon & American Legion Post; Sara Slater Farragut; City of Farragut; Park Playground & Main Street; Kay Wing Forest City; Park and Recreation; Park shower house; Barb Smith Forest City; Winnebago Historical Society; Heritage Park/MansionMuseum; Jim Oulman Galva; Economic Development Corp.; Main Street exteriors and mural; Anne M. Johnson Gilmore City; Gilmore City Hometown Pride; Main Street City Gazebo; Chris McKee Grand Mound; Home Town Pride; Ball Park stand & pump house; Don Kent Guthrie Center; County Fair Foundation; Shower, tables & displays; Jolene Sheeder Havelock; Hometown Pride Committee; City Hall Door & Fire Dept Door; Amanda Tripp Hopkinton; City of Hopkinton; Library; Sarah Helle Ida Grove; Ida Grove Public Library; Library; Angela Scales Indianola; Chamber of Commerce; Murals; Brenda Easter Indianola; Keep Indianola Beautiful; Salem Court Alley; Mary Richards Iowa County; Iowa County Conservation; Round House at Lake Iowa Park; Shelley Berger Jasper County; Jasper County Conservation; Ashton Observatory; Keri Van Zante Jefferson; Jefferson Park and Recreation; Russell Park Shelter; Vicy Lautner Kellogg; Hometown Pride Committee; Park cabin decks; Tammy Machin Livermore; City of Livermore; Park shelter house; Sharon Grimm-Berte Manning; Hausbarn-Heritage Park; Craftsman-style farm house; Marsha Clausen Manson; Economic Development/C of C; Main Street facades/exteriors; Thelma McGough Mason City; Mason City Chamber of Comm; Interactive sidewalk paintings; Allyson Krull Mason City; North Iowa Fair Association; Fair grounds buildings; Lori Arends Milo; Milo Hometown Pride; Buildings on Main Street; Diane Hall Missouri Valley; Chamber of Commerce; Building exterior; Jeannie Wortman Missouri Valley; City of Missouri Valley; Picnic Tables in the city park; Zach Olinger Montrose; Montrose Riverfront, Inc.; Planters & picnic tables; Greg Ruth Moorland; Moorland Park Board; Community Center; Delia Hoffman Moville; Woodbury County Fair; 2 hog barns & 1 restroom; Randy Hayworth New Albin; City of New Albin; Fire Department Building; Debra Stantic Newell; Fire Department and City; Fire Station and City Hall; Melinda Buchholz Newton; Centre for Arts & Artists; Mural; Linda Klepinger Nora Springs; Parks and Recreation Board; Park Picnic Shelter; Emily Dykstra Norwalk; Norwalk Hometown Pride; Day Care building; Mike Foss Oelwein; City of Oelwein; Campground shower & shelter; Joshua Johnson MA Osborne; Clayton County Conservation; Milwaukee Caboose; Molly Scherf Oskaloosa; Iowa Fair & Exposition; 4-H & FFA animal barns; Erica Antolik Palmer; Palmer Hometown Pride; Community Center; Samantha Condon Pierson; City of Pierson; Comm Building/Fire Station; Jeanette Beekman Pocahontas; Pocahontas Hometown Pride; Main Street Wall Art; Eric List Polk County; Boys/Girls Clubs of Central IA; E.T. Meredith Jr. Club building; Amanda Franze Prairie City; City of Prairie City; Park shelter, restroom & kiosks; Sue Ponder Riceville; Wapsi-Great Western Trail; Four-Six recycled doors; Juliet O'Keefe Rolfe ; Rolfe Hometown Pride; Golf course--maintenance shed; Barbara Bennett Sac City; Sac City Hometown Pride; Warehouse; Bruce Perry Sheldon; Prairie Arts Council; Historical Park; Karin Kay VandenBerg Sioux Rapids; Sioux Rapids Area Historical; Historical theater floor; Ginny Smith Spencer; Park & Recreation Department; School House picnic tables; Delray Bredehoeft Stockton; Stockton, City of; Water plant, City Hall & Shelter; Patrick Baker Swea City; North Kossuth; Softball Field Dugouts; Chris Stevens Terril; Terril Public Library; Terril Memorial Building; Jan Torkelson Walker; City of Walker; 200 Block of Greene Street; Connie Helms Wall Lake; East Sac County Schools; Play Country playground; Chris Rodman Walnut; Community Center ; West Gym; Amanda Lebeck Wapello; Wapello Hometown Pride; Basketball court; Kathleeen Barrick Waverly; Waverly Leisure Services; Golf Course wooden bridges; Tab Ray Westside; City of Westside; Maintenance Building; Michell Simons Winneshiek County; County Conservation; Historic Farmstead; Barbara Schroeder Woodbine; Woodbine Main Street; Community building ; Deb Sprecker Worthington; City of Worthington; Community Center & City Hall; Lauren Manternach 100th Anniversary State Parks Awards: Grinnell; Friends of Rock Creek State Park; Informational sign posts; Dorothy Raymond Hamburg (Rural); Friends of Waubonsie State Park; Picnic tables, benches, shelters; Rebecca Castle Harpers Ferry; Friends of Yellow River State Forest; Visitors Headquarters; Cindy Heffern Harpers Ferry; Friends of Yellow River State Forest; Office building near cabin; Kelli & Scott Boylen Lee & Van Buren Counties; Friends of Shimek State Forest Equestrian Trails, Inc. (FOS); Picnic tables & wooden posts; Lora P Conrad, FOS Board Member Madrid; Ledges State Park; Bathroom & check in building; Klint Peterson McGregor; Friends of Pikes Peak State Park; Peak Inn, benches, planters, fire rings, board walk areas, tables; Joan Burns Mount Vernon, Linn County; Friends of Palisades-Kepler State Park; Pit vault latrines and restrooms; Gail Brown Sioux City; Friends of Stone Park; Stone lodge & water tower; Jeffrey Olson Ventura; McIntosh Woods State Park; Park Open Shelter; Tammy Domonoske Waterloo; George Wyth State Park; Tables, shelters and benches; Amanda Lynch
