08/15/2025
The Melvin Area Economic Development Corp. would like to thank the Community Foundation of Osceola County, IA for awarding us $5,000 this spring to continue making improvements in Town. Earlier this summer, we posted the beautiful fencing done at the basketball court at our Melvin City Park. Also with this grant money we purchased and installed 2 privacy panels added to our Patio Park on Main. These privacy panels were created by Hirschman Fabrication of Paullina. They may be bright and shiny now, but they will slowly rust to a nice warm, patina brown in time. We want to thank our town mayor, Paul Heitritter, city council member, Mike Wynja, and just one of our good old retired buddies of Melvin, Steve Travaille, for donating their labor to install these improvements. Without the opportunity to apply for these grants from the Community Foundation of Osceola County, IA, these improvements would not be possible. Anxious to come up with a new project for next year!
