(March 29, 2023) – Officials with Diamond Vogel and Keep Iowa Beautiful, Wednesday, announced the grant awards for the 2023 Paint Iowa Beautiful program. The program provides free paint to a wide variety of public service projects throughout Iowa. In the 20-year partnership with Keep Iowa Beautiful, Diamond Vogel has awarded over 13,270 gallons of paint for 1,438 community projects in Iowa.

In addition to paint projects, join over 30 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 July 31st, 2023 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/. The first 35 communities who sign up will be awarded a $50 reimbursement that can be utilized to purchase supplies for the pick-up event.

2023 Paint Awards (local list):

(By Community; Organization name; Areas to be painted; Name of person submitting)

• Anita; Anita Economic Development; The Weathervane Cafe; Cheryl Sokol
• Atlantic; SHIFT ATL; Cass County Fair Livestock Barns (4 total); Sunnyside Pool House; SHIFT ATL Flipper House; Jessie Shiels
• Corning; Corning Public Library; Exterior areas on the front, west side of the library as well as some on the roof line.; Alyssa Ogburn
• Council Bluffs; CHI Health Mercy Hospital; Therapy Garden Wall on CHI Health Mercy’s campus; Abby Jares
• Denison; Denison Parks & Rec; Park Restrooms (outside and inside) Multiple; Dugouts; Scorers Box; Concession Stand; Brian Kempfert
• Glenwood; Glenwood Public Library; Upstairs section of the library; Tara Painter
• Hamburg; Hamburg Hometown  Pride; 1404 Washington Street; Elaine Howard
• Manilla; Manilla Chamber of Commerce; gazebo in the arboretum and building on Main Street; Virginia Rasmussen
• Missouri Valley; Missouri Valley Chamber of Commerce; Building on 408 E Erie St and building on 418 E Erie St; Jeannie Wortman
• Panora; Guthrie County Historical Village; Museum Building at the Historical Village; Kristine Jorgensen
• Red Oak; SAVE OUR DEPOT INC; Kitchen, 2 small hallways, 1 very long hallway/handicap entrance; Jolene Crawford
• Shambaugh; Local Governmental Agency; City Hall; Post Office; Playground shelter; Sandra L. Bilokonsky
• 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)
• Union County; Union County Historical Society; Three buildings within the Historical Village – Depot, Blacksmith Shop, and Mill Shed; Ruth Leiser
• 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.