23 Mar 2020

Diamond Vogel and Keep Iowa Beautiful Announce 2020 Grant Awards

By Bill Jackson
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.
20 Jan 2020

Keep Iowa Beautiful Photography Contest Winners

By Bill Jackson

IOWA FALLS, IOWA (January 20, 2020) — Keep Iowa Beautiful (KIB) announced the winners of the 10th Keep Iowa Beautiful Photography Contest aimed at raising awareness of Iowa's natural and environmental beauty. KIB wants to learn what resonates with Iowans based on the photographs they share through this annual photography contest.

23 Sep 2019

Keep Iowa Beautiful Annual Photography Contest

By Bill Jackson

IOWA FALLS, IOWA (September 23, 2019) — With Fall here, it's time to take a photo of your favorite place in Iowa and enter Keep Iowa Beautiful's 10th Photography Contest aimed at raising awareness of Iowa's rural and urban beauty. This photo contest offers both amateur and experienced photographers an opportunity to tell Iowa's story in a fun, engaging way during your favorite season.

12 Aug 2019

Keep Iowa Beautiful Receives Grant from ITC Midwest

By Bill Jackson

PRESS RELEASE (August 12, 2019) — Keep Iowa Beautiful received a $7,500 grant from ITC Midwest to encourage student volunteerism for community service throughout Iowa. The grant will be used to support the Keep Iowa Beautiful (KIB) programming to connect community-service needs with the personal interests and values of students.       

03 Jun 2019

Keep Iowa Beautiful Announces New Executive Director

By Bill Jackson

DES MOINES, IOWA (June 3, 2019) — The Keep Iowa Beautiful Board of Directors has appointed Kevin W Techau as the new Executive Director of Keep Iowa Beautiful. He was re-elected to the KIB Board in 2017 and served as Vice-Chair in 2018. He was originally elected to the Board in 2005 and served as Chair from 2006-2013.  

29 Apr 2019

Gerald F Schnepf Leaving Keep Iowa Beautiful

By Bill Jackson

DES MOINES, IOWA (April 29, 2019) — After serving as Executive Director of Keep Iowa Beautiful since it was founded in 1999, Gerry Schnepf is stepping down from that post. "Iowan's have a great deal of pride in Iowa and I share that pride," said Gerry. "Hopefully, my efforts over the past four decades have helped to build that Iowa pride." Gerry's many years of service to Iowa have included:

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