TuesdaySeptember 9, 2025

Indigenous-led nonprofit seeks to create ‘resilience and innovation hub’ in Iowa City

Great Plains Action Society is seeking to purchase several parcels bordered by Maiden Lane, Gilbert Court and East Benton Street
By: John LohmanAnnie Smith Barkalow|September 9, 2025
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    • A rendering of nonprofit Great Plains Action Society's urban Indigenous-led resilience and innovation hub, which is flanked to the east and west by Gilbert Court and Maiden Lane and to the south by East Benton Street in Iowa City. The proposed project spans approximately one acre.

    A rendering of nonprofit Great Plains Action Society's urban Indigenous-led resilience and innovation hub, which is flanked to the east and west by Gilbert Court and Maiden Lane and to the south by East Benton Street in Iowa City. The proposed project spans approximately one acre. CREDIT SHOEMAKER & HAALAND

    An Indigenous-led nonprofit organization focused on environmental and social justice issues, as well as the reclamation and restoration of land, is seeking to purchase an acre of real estate just south of downtown Iowa City.

    Great Plains Action Society, a 501(c)(3) that helps organize and rebuild Indigenous communities throughout the Midwest, plans to create an urban Indigenous-led resilience and innovation hub using the existing buildings at 804, 810 and 824…

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