City Of Maquoketa

City of Maquoketa, a municipal government entity headquartered in Maquoketa, Iowa, acts as a federal grant recipient focused on airport infrastructure, wastewater treatment, and historic preservation projects. The city has received 25 federal grants and sub-grants (92% as prime recipient) totaling $14.2 million obligated, with all recent activity concentrated in civilian infrastructure and community development programs rather than federal contracting vehicles.

The city's customer concentration is heavily weighted toward Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration programs. The top five customer agencies account for 80% of awards, led by the FAA Central Region (9 awards) and the FAA broadly (7 awards), with the Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service, Rural Housing Service, the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration, and the National Park Service rounding out the active set. Recent award activity centers on three parallel FAA-funded runway reconstruction and surface management projects at Maquoketa Municipal Airport: a $1.65 million Airport Improvement Program grant (CFDA 20.106) awarded August 8, 2024 for the construction phase of a 497-foot runway rebuild (completion date August 7, 2028); a $212,648 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Airport Infrastructure Grant (CFDA 20.117) awarded July 13, 2026 to reseal and resurface 3,300 feet of existing runway pavement (completion date July 12, 2030); and a $237,089 Airport Improvement Program grant awarded July 10, 2026 to acquire one blower attachment snow removal equipment (completion date July 9, 2030). Beyond airport work, the city received a $904,787 Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Grants Program award (CFDA 15.966) from the National Park Service on October 1, 2025 to administer subgrant funding for historic property rehabilitation in residential and commercial districts (completion date April 30, 2029), and a $4.4 million cooperative agreement from EPA Region 7 for wastewater treatment plant upgrades including bio-phosphorus removal and disinfection system replacements (award date April 1, 2023, completion date June 30, 2025).

Award velocity has remained modest and flat — one award in 2022, one in 2023, two in 2024, two in 2025, and two in 2026 — reflecting the city's limited federal footprint relative to large federal contractors. The city also appears as a sub-recipient on three awards: a disaster debris-removal sub-grant from the Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Department (April 21, 2025) and a modern energy lighting project sub-award from the Iowa Economic Development Authority (June 1, 2024).