The House has Arrived in Mapleton! Quick Recap: Mapleton Housing and Community Improvement, a branch of MCDC (Mapleton Community Development Corporation) purchased a property on 8th Street in Mapleton in December of 2022. The group started working with Homes for Iowa in January of 2024.� According to the Homes for Iowa website: Homes for Iowa has been working to train offenders, reduce recidivism (reincarceration) and benefit Iowans since 2019. Mapleton Housing has also worked with SIMPCO (Sioux

Iowa Time Machine ⏰: On January 21, 1839, the Iowa Territory's Legislative Assembly created Iowa City to relocate the capital from Burlington to a more central location. Iowa City officially served as Iowa’s capital city from 1841 until 1857. The Territorial Legislature sent out two men, John Ronalds and Chauncey Swan, in May of 1839 to select a location along the Iowa River in what became Johnson County. The men selected a site overlooking the river, and a survey laying out the town from Brown