June 2025

Neighborhood Quarterly Social Gathering! We enjoyed pizza and popsicles on Father's Day at Glendale Park while sharing neighborhood updates and plans for the year ahead. 

April 2025

In collaboration with Backyard Abundance, we hosted a free workshop and neighborhood conversation on transforming outdoor spaces and yards into thriving, resilient, and low-maintenance landscapes. Special thanks to Fred Meyer, Jen Kardos, and other Backyard Abundance facilitators for facilitating this stellar event.  Thank you also to Linda and Linda from 100 Grannies for sharing about the Good Neighbor program. This event was supported through a City of Iowa City PIN grant.

Check out this great article from the Cedar Rapids Gazette that highlights this event along with a subsequent seed share hosted by Jen Kardos.

October 2024

Mobile Workshop 2! Funded in part by the AARP Challenge Grant with support from Plan + Place.
We are thrilled to share that our neighborhood association is a collaborator on a 2024 #AARPCommunityChallenge Grant in partnership with a non-profit, Plan + Place! Thank you to AARP Livable Communities and AARP Iowa for selecting us. We conducted two mobile workshops focused on walkability and civic engagement in the neighborhood.

Click on these  two links to learn more about the history of our neighborhood! By Morningside Glendale resident Bill Whittaker:

• • History of the Second Johnson County Fairgrounds, 1891–1922, Iowa City 

  • A History of the Morningside-Glendale Neighborhood, Iowa City

Click on the image to the left to view the workshop slide presentation.

September 2024 

Neighbors helped to install bus shelter art as part of the City of Iowa City's Climate Action and Outreach Division Climate Fest events. Thanks especially to Diane Platte for organizing the project.

• Mobile Workshop 1: Safety Walk Audit 

• Neighborhood Party