April 8, 2026 Imagine Grinnell will host its next Free Tree Distribution on Friday, May 15, offering a variety of fruit trees and shade trees to residents across Poweshiek County. The initiative is part of Imagine Grinnell’s ongoing work to support a healthier environment and expand tree canopy across the community. Fruit trees will be [...]
January 5, 2021 The Grinnell Community Ice Rink is currently being installed at the south end of Ahrens Park! Please be patient with us as we work to get this commodity to you all! More information about the ice rink can be found by following this link: https://www.grinnelliowa.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1082
October 14, 2020 Imagine Grinnell will kick off the 1000+ Trees Grinnell initiative with a public planting event on October 24th beginning at 10AM. As part of its mission to turn imagination into action to create a more vibrant, sustainable, and healthy Grinnell, Imagine Grinnell is leading the effort for the replacement of community trees [...]
September 23, 2020 Imagine Grinnell has convened community volunteers and City partners to form the 1000+ Trees Grinnell initiative to replace trees lost during the August 10th derecho. A significant portion of the Grinnell tree canopy fell victim to the storm as well as the previous emerald ash borer infestation. As part of its mission [...]
August 24, 2020 As COVID-19 continues to make a global impact, a coalition of local partners aims to help slow the spread of the novel coronavirus right here in Grinnell by encouraging and enabling mask-wearing. More than 30 states now mandate face-coverings in public and while Iowa is not on this list, the [...]
June 21, 2018 Community members and business leaders met at Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co. Wednesday for an initial meeting to reveal the results of the childcare analysis being conducted by First Children’s Finance. According to a 2017 report from the Center for American Progress, Poweshiek County was declared a Childcare Desert. In an effort to address [...]
