Welcome to Villisca.com - Villisca is a small, rural community nestled in the hills of southwest Iowa. We are a community of people with diverse interests and backgrounds; a community of individualists; and certainly a community with a unique history. We have a story to tell and we hope as you visit the various pages on this website, you will get to know us better and learn more about making this a place to call home, to grow a business, to visit.

MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN 2010

Volunteer

Community Development
read the Villisca Economic Development Initiative report

The start of a new year presents an opportunity to take a fresh look at the past 365 days and the coming 365. When looking back at the past 365 for the community of Villisca, what was accomplished and what was started is impressive and it is exciting to see what the next 365 days will hold. What was accomplished was done because people got together and chose to make a difference and indeed did just that.

year-end tax planning?

Remember our Villisca churches and charities
click here for contact information for V churches and charities.
Scholarships can be set up through the Villisca Education Association
Endowments can be set up through the Montgomery County Community Foundation visit www.omahacf.org, click on Southwest Iowa for more information

Villisca is a Horizons Community

What does that mean? It means that Villisca is a part of a program that helps motivate and train community members to look at their community with a new perspective and to identify ways to help Villisca thrive.

" Horizons explores perceptions about and sources of poverty; it isn't always just about lack of money.
" Horizons builds stronger community leadership; leadership is as important as good roads, great schools and clean water.
" Horizons embraces the entire community; everyone is needed and everyone has something to contribute. For communities to thrive, everyone must thrive.

learn more on the Horizons Page

ACTION GROUPS
Pay it Forward - The Armory - Teen Programs - Food Safety

check out the new Villisca Municipal Power Plant web page. There is important information about rebate programs available to Villisca residents through the VMPP and CIPCO.

Congratulations to Schafer Automotive on their anniversary of doing business in Villisca. See more on the business page.

Click here to learn more about VAFA

click here to link to the video of The Homecoming - when you get on the page - scroll down to the Video produced by Michael Barnes, Homecoming Revisited. This is the 8 mm film recently found by Leyton Croxdale that records the photographing of the Pulitzer Prize Photo.

Come on home to Villisca

There are a several business locations available for sale in Villisca. Contact Dick or Gloria Kline at Crawford Real Estate or Bill Jacobs at Century 21 for more information.

Small business assistance available from the Rural Development Center, 712-623-5521 or info@enterprisingiowans.com

Visit the Villisca blog at www.villisca.typepad.com - Things are happening here in Villisca and this is one of the ways we can keep you up to date. We've also established a "Group" for Villisca Alumni and Friends" on Facebook.

Villisca is on Hwy 71, 4 miles south of Hwy 34. Surrounding communities include Stanton, Red Oak, Clarinda and Corning. It is about an hour from Omaha and 1 1/2 to 2 hours from Des Moines and Kansas City allowing residents to enjoy the joys of rural life and yet have access to the cultural, entertainment and shopping advantages of city life.

On the Family Album Page

Obituaries, Births, Engagements
Marriages, Anniversaries
Milestone Birthdays
Villisca Alumni
by the decades
30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s

This quote is attributed to Bill Gates - in considering Villisca economic development - it has a story in it "We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction." ~~Bill Gates

To the right is a note received by e-mail from the Rundles. It has been no easy task to get some technical difficulties resolved so we could get the new site up and running. We do want to thank Kelly and Tammy for all their efforts to get this done.

Be sure to see the news from Fourthwall Films at villiscamovie.com They have had their own new news to share in the last couple weeks. They will be going nationwide with sales around October 20 so look for it at your local store.

Villisca: Living With a Mystery can also be rented online through thru Netflix. And, in the midwest, it can be rented at Family Video stores and some independents so look for it there as well.

A note from the Rundles:

"Congratulations on a great job on the villisca.com website. We are VERY HAPPY that villisca.com will be used to promote the City of Villisca, and the Chamber of Commerce. It is as it should be.

"We launched villisca.com in the late 90s to make the public aware of our documentary "Villisca: Living with a Mystery". From the beginning, we had it in the back of our minds that once the documentary was finished, we would donate the domain to the town. The timing could not be more perfect!

"This has been a fulfilling week indeed: The news of plans for Heritage Days 2007, the official establishment of the Villisca Historical Society, Inc. (we launched the Villisca Historical Society's website www.villiscahistory.org over the weekend, and it will continue to add content in the coming weeks), and the City's official website villisca.com is now officially transferred. Villisca holds a special place in our hearts, and seeing villisca.com's NEW content pleases us more than you could know.

"The website looks great, and the town should be very proud of the work you have done. We will raise a glass of wine to you, the City, the Chamber, and the Villisca Historical Society tonight! Wonderful things are taking place, and we are happy to have played a part in some small way.

"Just wanted to send our happy congrats to all of you!

~~Kelly and Tammy Rundle"