Poky Hometown Pride

07/22/2025

Congrats to Cindy Arnold for being the winner of the Signed Bob Cunningham Art Raffle! This fundraiser was conducted by Hometown Pride in support of Hudson’s Crew Splash Pad Project. We are happy to share that just over $2,100 was raised in support of the project!

07/14/2025

We want to give a big thank you to Pocahontas State Bank for their donation of $250 to the Heritage Park patio project! It has already been enjoyed during Art in the Park and will be enjoyed plenty this weekend for the 155th Celebration!

06/26/2025

We want to give a big thanks to United Bank of Iowa for their donation of $500 to our Heritage Park patio project! We appreciate the partnerships this project has brought about to keep Pocahontas looking beautiful!

06/23/2025

We have another donation to spotlight for our patio project! Thanks to Availa Bank for their donation of $500 for this project! We appreciate your support to beautify our downtown!

06/17/2025

Some Hometown Pride members put up new artwork on the south side of On Point Dance Studio last week! This mural used to be on the west shelter house at Elbert Park, but luckily had been stored for the winter and survived the fire late last year. It has a new home on Main Street during the warmer months!

06/15/2025

We want to give a big thanks to the Pocahontas Women’s Club for supporting our new patio seating area that will be installed soon at Heritage Park in front of the new mural! They generously gave $500 to support this project. We are so grateful that community organizations can work together to make projects happen in our small town!

Pictured are Lynn Buske of the Women’s Club, alongside Parker Aden and Corinne Peterson of Hometown Pride.

05/29/2025

Two classes of PAC May Term students teamed with the Pocahontas Pride group to participate in the state-wide Keep Iowa Beautiful annual "Pick Up Iowa" activities. This occurred on May 28, 2025. The Pocahontas Community Area School District and the City of Pocahontas furnished safety vests, gloves, and bags. There were two middle school groups, each with 17 students who worked in the morning (9:00-11:00am) and a second shift worked in the afternoon (1:00 - 2:30pm). The 34 students, two teachers (Megan Bensen and DJ Schnell) and four members of the Pocahontas Hometown Pride group (Dick Gruber, Bonnnie Wood, Corinne Peterson, and Helen Beneke) cleaned the following areas: north on 225 Street (north from the court house), with one group who went east on airport road and south on 230th Street to Princess Park and the other group went west on airport road and south on highway #4. The afternoon group went west and east of highway #3 cleaning the roadsides. Elbert Park and Princess Park were also cleaned.

Thanks to Megan Benson & DJ Schnell for organizing and supervising this day- long volunteer activity. The Hometown Pride members appreciate the work completed by the two sections of May Term students.

05/22/2025

Members of the Pocahontas Hometown Pride crew were busy this afternoon planting flowers in several flower pots in public spaces throughout the community! If you are interested in getting involved with keeping Pocahontas beautiful and improving the community, message our page to join our activities!

05/20/2025

We are still looking for some donors to help partner with us on funding the handicap accessible seating area! If you are interested please message our page or contact Parker Aden at [email protected]

We are SO EXCITED about the new mural that finished up this weekend at Heritage Park! Anyone who knows Pocahontas knows that Heritage Park is a gathering space for multiple events throughout the summer. This mural is a very exciting addition!

Pocahontas Hometown Pride Committee will be installing a handicap accessible seating area in front of the mural within the next month thanks to a grant from the Pocahontas County Foundation and local partnership funding. We will host a dedication ceremony for these new additions on Friday, July 18th at 5:30 as part of the 155th Celebration! During this time we will also open the time capsule and put some new items back in. Mark your calendars for this fun, historic event and plan to stay for the Corn on the Cob eating contest after!

Be sure to tag us in any pictures you take with friends and family in front of it!

11/13/2024

Looking to get involved in the community? Come to our next Pocahontas Hometown Pride meeting tonight at 5 PM at the Pocahontas Library Meeting Room! We will be discussing our grant application for the Pocahontas County Foundation Grant as well as other projects we plan to tackle next year in the community.