Keep Iowa Beautiful Welcomes New Associate Director Lorin Ditzler

Keep Iowa Beautiful is thrilled to announce the hiring of longtime Hometown Pride coach Lorin Ditzler as its new Associate Director.

With her extensive experience in community planning and development, coupled with her notable contributions as a community coach in KIB's Hometown Pride program, Ditzler is poised to play a vital role in the organization's mission to sustain vibrant communities throughout the state.

"With this new role, I’m excited to help support the Hometown Pride coaches and grow the program," Ditzler said. "The coaches and volunteers are doing great work out there, and I want to help tell that story and make sure they have the resources they need to keep moving forward."

Read more about the work Lorin will be doing here.

Iowans Give Back Through Pick-Up Iowa and Paint Iowa Beautiful Programs

Each year from April through July, volunteers across the state participate in Pick-Up Iowa in support of the national Great American Cleanup. Keep Iowa Beautiful has been proud to support communities in this effort, and the results speak for themselves. Congratulations to everyone doing their part in keeping Iowa beautiful!

One of the cornerstone programs of Keep Iowa Beautiful, Paint Iowa Beautiful grants paint to volunteers and organizations for community improvement projects. Keep Iowa Beautiful believes well-maintained and painted buildings reflect pride in our communities. With these examples, it's not hard to see why.

Hometown Pride Updates

Check out some of the great work happening in our Hometown Pride Communities!

Social Media Submissions

Keep Iowa Beautiful wants to share your community’s good news!

Are you proud of a completed project in your town? Do you want to show off a new mural in your downtown? Did you host a fun, exciting event for your community? We want to know about it!

Click on the button below to share short descriptions of events, projects, or news from your town! You can include pictures and captions as well. Keep Iowa Beautiful will share your post on our social media!

You Can Stop Litter!

You can help reduce litter in Iowa! 

When you see litter happening on Iowa’s roadways, call 1-888-NOLITTR (1-888-665-4887) to report littering from a vehicle.  

Please provide as much detail about the incident as possible: 

• License plate number  
• Time and specific location (street & city) 
• What was thrown from the vehicle 
• A vehicle description (color, make and model) 

Reported offenders will receive a warning letter from Keep Iowa Beautiful drawing attention to their offense. This sends the message that people, like you, are watching.