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IISC/Clinton

Partnership Kickoff

Please join us in launching a special year-long collaboration between the University of Iowa and the Clinton community!

September 9, 2022

Candlelight Inn Restaurant

511 Riverview Dr, Clinton

Social Hour 4:30-5:30 | Program 5:30-6:00pm

Free and open to the Public
Food and beverages will be provided
Please RSVP by September 9th
One attendee will be chosen randomly to win two tickets to the October 9th Homecoming game against Northwestern! RSVP is required to enter the drawing. Must be present to win.

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We're thrilled to announce a special partnership between the University of Iowa and the Clinton community for the 2022-23 academic year.

Through the Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities (IISC), the UI’s foremost community engaged-learning program, more than 100 faculty and students will collaborate with local leaders and residents to complete 15-20 projects in Clinton during the academic year.

The social event will include an overview of the upcoming project collaborations and be and opportunity for UI faculty and students to talk with Clinton residents. We hope you can help us get the partnership off to a great start.

University of Iowa faculty and students will have a full day experiencing Clinton and meeting with local officials and residents.

UI teams come from departments across campus, including: Business, Law, Planning and Public Affairs, Visual Arts, Cinema Arts, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Library & Information Science, Geography, and more.

City of Clinton staff will provide a community tour, the teams will hear from local alumni living in and around Clinton, and we'll celebrate the completion of our first project of the partnership with a ribbon cutting ceremony for a new mural installation. The day's activities will conclude with the social event at the Candlelight Inn.

IISC projects in Clinton

Project collaborations for the 2022-23 partnership focus on local needs and opportunities on a variety of topics including: housing, Liberty Square development, public art, trails, stormwater management, regional branding & marketing, local history, and many more.

The IISC-Clinton partnership builds on track record of successful individual project collaborations over the last several years. Past collaborations can be viewed here or by clicking thumbnails of a few examples below.

Downtown Mural

YMCA Adaptive Reuse

Economic Development