Iowa League of Cities

June Cityscape is here with an added bonus, the Annual Conference & Exhibit Brochure, which highlights all the amazing workshops, sessions, and events going on throughout conference in September! We also have articles on how to be ready for flood funding, how the University of Iowa is partnering with cities, and a new League resource on marketing your city. Read it today!

https://mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=865469&p=1&view=issueViewer

In honor of America 250, the League is inviting cities to participate in the Best Decorated Patriotic City Hall/City Building Contest. Decorate your city hall or another city-owned building, snap a photo, and submit it by June 29 to [email protected]. Cities are encouraged to get creative and involve staff, volunteers, or community members in the decorating process.

This year, the Small City Workshop Series returns to in-person sessions across the state! Join us June 25 in Manchester from 5:30-8 p.m. for Community Communications with League staff and Ginger Wander, Elgin City Clerk for simple, practical solutions to inform and engage your residents.
https://iowaleague.org/workshops-events/small-city/

Join the Iowa League of Cities on Friday, June 12 at Otter Creek Golf Course in Ankeny for the eighth annual Iowa League of Cities Golf Tourney, a fundraiser for the Tim Shields Endowment Fund. Supporting the Tim Shields Endowment Fund helps further the endowment’s purpose in providing education and leadership development for local elected and appointed officials. Register to Play:
https://reg.eventmobi.com/Golf-Tourney-2026

Excited to see you all at the League’s annual Nuisance Abatement Conference on May 21 at the Hilton Garden Inn West Des Moines!
https://iowaleague.org/workshops-events/nuisance-conference/

Great to meet with our partners from Iowa State Association of Counties and Iowa Association of School Boards yesterday! We appreciate the opportunity to connect, collaborate, and continue working together on issues that matter to Iowa communities and schools.

Iowa cities can get in the game

For over twenty years, Keith Murphy and the WHO 13 Sports team have celebrated our state’s good-natured rivalry game between the University of Iowa and Iowa State University football teams by shining a spotlight on the best part of Iowa, its small towns. Now, we’re opening up the process for towns to apply to be a host of an RVTV Cy-Hawk street party. Learn more at the link below.

Want to score a FREE registration to the League’s Annual Conference & Exhibit in Bettendorf?

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What’s your favorite conference memory or what are you most excited to learn or experience this year?

On June 2, we’ll randomly select a winner to receive a FREE registration to our 2026 Annual Conference (Sept. 23–25 in Bettendorf)!

Don’t miss your chance, share your answer below and you’re entered to win! 👇

Two city leaders, Devin Quindel, the utility billing clerk in Polk City who has been on the job for just two years, and Bruce Visser, the mayor of Atkins for over eight years, both said the same thing. Be prepared to learn new things. And be open to it. And the mayor added, attend Iowa League of Cities conferences.

New episode out now:
https://iowaleague.org/leading-iowa-good-government-in-iowas-cities/