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2022 Build With Bags Grant Recipients

New park benches, planters and picnic tables will help to beautify parks and schools throughout Iowa this spring and summer, courtesy of the Iowa Grocery Industry Association’s Build with Bags program.

Eight Iowa communities will be receiving grants of up to $2,000 to purchase items made from recycled plastic bags. Items include park benches made by Plastic Recycling of Iowa Falls. One park bench represents approximately 10,600 bags that won’t end up in the landfill.
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A total of 23 applications were submitted from which eight winners were selected by a committee of representatives in support of the Build with Bags program. Each committee member individually scored the applications. The scores were then combined for an overall point total. This year, the top eight applicants with the most points received grants totaling $15,397.

2022 Grant Recipients

Organization Name

Grant Amount

Project

Local Grocer

Briar Cliff University

$2,000

Four picnic tables for the Bishop Mueller Complex at Briar Cliff University

Mike Haiar, store director, Sioux City Hy-Vee

Fonda Hometown Pride Committee

$1,987

Three picnic tables for School Park in Fonda

Kent Woods, owner/manager, Wood’s Supermarket

City of Grand Mound

$1,792

Five trash receptacles along new walking path at community ballpark

Thomas Baumgartner, store director, Randy’s Neighborhood Market

City of Imogene

$2,000

Two picnic tables and two benches for between downtown Imogene and Wabash Trail

Aaron O’Brien, grocery manager, Shenandoah Fareway

Jasper County Conservation Board

$1,918

Six park benches for Mariposa Park

Steve Tielbur, grocery manager, Newton Fareway

Letts Hometown Pride Committee

$2,000

Five trash receptacles for around City of Letts

Matt Schweizer, district store director, Muscatine area Hy-Vee stores

Lexi’s Puppy Patch

$2,000

Two ADA picnic tables for Lexi’s Puppy Patch

Brian Davis, store manager, Creston Hy-Vee

Winneshiek County Conservation Board

$1,700

Three benches and two picnic tables for Lake Meyer Park

Harold Youngblood, grocery manager, Decorah Fareway

​Applications were evaluated based on set criteria that included a statement of need for the grant and the community’s own plastic bag recycling efforts. Grant applicants were also asked to verify the recycled plastic content in the products they were looking to purchase and to obtain an endorsement letter from a local grocer who is supportive of the community’s project and recycling plans.
Geographic location also played a factor as the committee sought to disperse the grant awards around the state of Iowa. Local Iowa grocers played an important role in making the grants possible. Store representatives throughout the state wrote letters of support that led to their communities being selected to receive a grant.
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