Diamond Vogel and Keep Iowa Beautiful Announce 2020 Grant Awards

IOWA FALLS, IOWA (March 23, 2020) — Diamond Vogel and Keep Iowa Beautiful announced the grant awards for the 2020 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 the number one state 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 114 community projects in Iowa." Kevin Techau, Executive Director of Keep Iowa Beautiful added, "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." In the 17-year partnership with KIB, Diamond Vogel has awarded over 11,165 gallons of paint for 1,000 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 53 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 2020 PAINT AWARDS CITY; ORGANIZATION; TO BE PAINTED; CONTACT Afton; Afton Community Club; Commercial buildings; Mary Hill Allerton; International Center For Rural Culture and Art Inc; Christian Church, Victorian House, and Round Barn; David Wampler Alta; Hanover Historical Society; Buildings on Historical Site; Gene L Suhr Armstrong; City of Armstrong; City Maintenance Shop; Tracie Lang Arthur; Arthur Public Library; Children's/Adult's Section; Kailey Childers Bedford; Bedford Area Chamber; Garage doors; Cole Walters Belmond; Belmond Historical Society; Country school house; Larry Turner Boone; Harrison Township Trustees; School house; Laura Loots Calamus; Calamus American Legion; CALCO Community Center; Lance Goettsch Shimek Forest; Friends of Shimek State Forest Equestrian Trails Inc; Picnic table tops and benches; Lora P Conrad Carlisle; Chamber of Commerce/Carlisle Hometown Pride; Sidewalk mural; Gabrielle Breheny Carter Lake; Carter Lake Improvement Club; Building exterior; Mitch Rasmussen Cedar Rapids; Czech Village New Bohemia Urban Main Street District; Mural on the Novak Building; Monica Vernon Cedar Rapids; Indian Creek Nature Center; Pennigroth Barn and Sugar House; Jason Bies Center Point; Town of Center Point; Fross Park restrooms; Molly Stuelke Chariton; Van Allen Elementary School; School library and media center; Josh Morgan Chariton; Chariton Public Library; Interior of the public library; Dawn Morgan Cherokee; Cherokee County Fair Association; East Restroom Building; Peggy Corrington Churdan; City of Churdan; Water Tower and Shelter House; Krystal Kempf Clinton County; Clinton Co Agricultural Society; Livestock barns & Exhibits roof; Mary Stevenson Clinton; Gateway Area Community Center; Children's play area and murals; Theresa Rieger Colfax; City of Colfax; Women's Club Park Buildings; Wade Wagoner Council Bluffs; Council Bluffs Area Chamber of Commerce; Various homes; Turner Morgan Creston; Union County Development Association; Asphalt Art in Uptown; Mindy Stalker Cumming; Cumming Hometown Pride; Water tower; Natasha Adams Davenport; Unity House of Davenport; Historic home; Kelly O'Brien Davis County; County Agricultural Society; Picnic tables and posts; Barb Cole Dayton; City of Dayton; City Hall and Council Chambers; Sara Pieper Decorah; Seed Savers Exchange Inc; Historic Cattle Yard Fence; Heather Haynes Denison; Crawford County Women in Business Impact Organization; Crawford County Fairgrounds; Rachel Desy Des Moines; Blank Park Zoo Foundation; Blank Park Zoo; Amanda Nuzum DeWitt; Kids' Business of DeWitt Inc; Classrooms and bathrooms; Tricia Ludrof Dubuque; City of Dubuque; Storm drains; Kristin Hill Dunlap; Dunlap Mural Project; Bonsall Building exterior; Jill Schaben Dysart; Vision Dysart/Dysart Development Corporation; Street surface; Mary Behrens Eagle Grove; Eagle Grove Chamber; Building in Commercial District; Sara Middleton Elk Horn; Danish Windmill; Windmill’s Exterior Catwalk; Lisa Steen Riggs Elkader; Main Street Elkader; Alley Wall; Kate Lower Elkport; Immanuel Preservation Society; Church; Beverly Bahls Emerson; City of Emerson; Downtown buildings; Stephanie Latta Mayor Garner; City of Garner; Golf Course Club House; Daisy Huffman Glenwood; City of Glenwood Parks and Rec; Park shelters, benches and dugouts; Angie Winquist Glidden; City of Glidden; Various homes; Brooke Peterson Goldfield; Stevenson Inc; Various homes; Scott C Stevenson Goodell; City of Goodell; Community Hall storage room; Daisy Huffman Gowrie; Gowrie Public Library; Library; Lacey Spece Greene; City of Greene; Buildings in the Business District; Marnie Schmidt Guthrie Center; Main Street Guthrie Center; Williams Building; Laura Wolfe Havelock; Hometown Pride Committee; Fire hydrants; Amanda Tripp Hopkinton; City of Hopkinton; Wastewater Treatment Plant; Saarh Helle Ida Grove; City of Ida Grove; Pump House; Heather Sweeden Indianola; Warren County Historical Society; Warren County Historical Museum; Deb Taylor Jasper County; Jasper County Gun Club; Trap Houses; Teresa Arrowood Jefferson; Greene County Christian Action Resource Center; Food Pantry; Shirley Haupert Jesup; Boy Scouts Troop 95; Jesup Gazebo; Cameron Troyer Keokuk; Great River Players; Kantamneni Building; Susan Dunek Kimballton; Audubon County Economic Development and Tourism; New Genesis Art Studio; Sara Slater Lanesboro; City of Lanesboro; Shelter house; Angie Richardson Laurens; Laurens Hometown Pride; Trail Signs; Hilary Reed Le Mars; Le Mars Main Street Program; Olson Cultural Event Center; Richard Ziettlow Linn Grove; Wonders of Nature; Nature Center and various homes; Marian M McNabb Lisbon; City of Lisbon; Dugouts and facility doors; Drayton Kamberling Malvern; Mills County Fair Association; Various buildings; Mary Bolton Marshalltown; Central Iowa Fair; Show Pavilion; Shannon Espenscheid Marshalltown; Cartwright Downtown Farmer's Market; Open Air shelter; Trisha Wilder Missouri Valley; Missouri Valley Chamber; Ice house building; Jeannie Wortman Monroe; Monroe Hometown Pride; City Hall and Park Tennis Court; Kimberly Thomas Montezuma; Community Development; City Common Spaces; Abby Hubbard Monticello; Parks and Recreation Dept.; Picnic Tables; Jacob Oswald Montrose; Montrose Riverfront, Inc. (MRI); Historic Old Berry Shed; Greg Ruth Moville; City of Moville; Haskell Pool & Memorial Park; Megan Cross Nevada; Main Street Nevada; Patton Building; Henry T Corbin New Hampton; New Hampton High School; Culinary Arts Room; April Schmitt New Hampton; City of New Hampton; New Hampton Community Center; Karen Clemens New Market; City of New Market; Community Center and City Hall; Angie Tracy New Sharon; City of New Sharon; Picnic shelters and playground; Dianna Klinker New Virginia; New Virginia Hometown Pride; Old Firehouse; Nicole Wilson Newton; Newton Main Street; Benches; Erin Yeager Norwalk; Norwalk Hometown Pride; Police garage; Michael Foss Odebolt; Rural Legacy Projects; Rural Schools Museum; Carol Raasch Oelwein; City of Oelwein; Park campground; Joshua Johnson Onawa; Magic Depot Child Care Center; Magic Depot; Amanda Yanak Oskaloosa; Fine Arts and Cultural Events; Murals; Diane Ottosson Ottumwa; Wapello County 4H Expo; Dorm rooms; Lisa Richardson Parkersburg; City of Parkersburg; Parkersburg Building and Depot Park Downtown ; Aimee Allan/Chris Luhring Pella; Historical Society/Museums; General Store; Valerie Van Kooten Pleasant Hill; Parks and Recreation; Ralph Grant Memorial Stage; Rick Courcier Pocahontas; Pocahontas Hometown Pride; Murals; Suzanne Dudley Postville; Northeast Iowa Wellness and Recreation Center; Wellness Center locker rooms; Melanie Bauch Prairie City; Prairie City; Storage building; John Lloyd Reinbeck; City of Reinbeck Park Board; Shelter Houses; Julie Wilkerson Riverside; Riverside Chamber of Commerce; Downtown Store Fronts; Russell Rogerson Sac City; Sac City Chamber/Main Street; Various homes; Lance Wilhelm Shelby; City of Shelby; Little Library and various homes; Karen Schlueter Sheldon; Prairie Arts Council; Lynn Township Country School; Karin VandenBerg Sidney; Hometown Pride Fund; Mark Jewell Photography Building; Jonna Loewe Spencer; Clay County Heritage; Parker Museum and Duroe Building; Stephanie Horsley St Ansgar; Community Betterment; Historical downtown building; Sommer Falk Stanley; Stanley Fire and EMS; Overhead doors on Station; Joe Bahe Stanton; City of Stanton, Iowa; Mural and crosswalks; Jenna Ramsey State Center; Development Association; School house museum; Everett Halsted Story City; Story City Greater Chamber ; Antique Carousel Pavilion; Karen Hermanson Tabor; Tabor Hometown Pride; Tabor City Park Restrooms; Susan Shepherd Urbandale; Urbandale Parks and Recreation; Culverts, fences, garden posts; Jan Herke Vinton; Vinton Parks and Recreation; Vinton Skate and Activity Center; Matt Boggess Walcott; City of Walcott; Crosswalks, stop bars, and curbs; Paul Stagg Walford; City of Walford; Baseball Diamond dugouts; Janet L Gann Waterloo; City of Waterloo; Bicycle lane and bicyle boxes; Mohammad Elahi Waverly; Leisure Services Parks Dept.; Storage Facility; Garret Riordan West Liberty; Muscatine County Fair; Fairground buildings; Kelsey Morris West Union; City of West Union; Crosswalks and bike shares; Kathleen Guyer Winterset; American Legion Post 184; Legion Hall; Jason Kems