Nearly any historian with an interest in U.S. history will have a great deal to say about the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Widely hailed as one of the most successful government programs in U.S. history, the CCC equipped more than 3 million men ages 18-25 with jobs which provided real-world skills that solved environmental problems, rebuilt (and built) infrastructure, and became largely accredited with helping to dig the country out oThe Great Depression. Under the direction and training of the U.S. Forest ServiceNational Parks Service, Department of the Interior, and the USDA, CCC employees:

  • fought forest fires
  • planted more than 3 billion trees
  • cleared and maintained access roads
  • re-seeded grazing lands
  • implemented soil-erosion controls
  • built wildlife refuges, fish-rearing facilities, water storage basins, and animal shelters.

Democratic President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s “New Deal” included an appropriation by Congress to institute the CCC.


Modeled after Civilian Conservation Corps, then made up-to-date for today’s world, this new, replicable government program will be modeled and improved upon here in Iowa, then eventually leased to other states to help them. The fact that we get to be the first state to model Civilian Restoration Corps should come as a point of pride and a fun talking point that will put us on the map as problem solvers, humanitarians, and people who know and value our history. “Heal the Heartland; heal the nation; heal the world.” It all starts with the heart.

The CRC Program will create thousands of new jobs across the state, while drawing upon and bringing money to the hands of inventers, entrepreneurs, engineers, horticulturalists, Master Gardens, and partners across the business world in order to make this plan better and more feasible. We live in the “If you build it, they will come” state: if you elect Sondra Wilson as Iowa Governor, this is Iowa’s just reward.

  Iowa Citizens may sign up to join a CRC team through their local County office or CRC’s online portal. Here are the six different teams people can sign up for, depending upon their preferences and interests:

Team #1: “Gardens Across Iowa!” —Teams will install highly-efficient food and herbal gardens throughout every town and city across Iowa using the most efficient, creative techniques Gardens Across Iowa! can find. The best techniques are added into the Gardens Across Iowa! App™, which helps Master Gardeners, Plot Owners (members of the public), and In-School Program Directors manage the gardens after they’ve been installed. The Gardens Across Iowa! program will enable the State of Iowa to expand Iowa’s Right to Garden ActREAD MORE.

Team #2: “FarmHire” – Allows rural Iowans to apply through a portal to hire well-paid entry level farmhands and experienced renovators to help spruce up the farm and fix up barns and outbuildings. READ MORE.

Team #3: “Solar Installers” – Teams will install solar power, cool roofs, thermal curtains, and other low-cost, energy saving measures to homes and rental properties in order to reduce energy bills for homeowners and renters. C.R.C. will prioritize installing solar on apartment complexes to reduce energy bills for all Iowans. The Solar Installers leg of the CRC program goes hand-in-hand with the Crop Diversity and Enrichment Act, which will greatly benefit Iowa’s farmers.. READ MORE.

Team #4: “Road Repairers” – Fixing crumbling roads and bridges – Construction crews will be able to expand operations through hiring C.R.C. employees who are interested in construction work. Fixing crumbling roads and bridges; construction crews will be able to expand operations through hiring C.R.C. employees who are interested in construction work.

Team #5: “Apartment Improvers” – READ MORE.

Team #6: “Trail Trimmers” – Creates and improves trailways, restroom areas, and other recreational outdoors-related infrastructure… READ MORE.

The CRC Voucher Program – Allocated to CRC-Certified Business Leaders who … READ MORE.

 

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A Replicable Model

C.R.C. will be modeled in Iowa. It will be designed so that it can be replicated in other states and other countries. Although the core model will be the same, C.R.C. can be customized to meet the needs of local communities.

 

Community Garden Logistics

  • Building highly-efficient food and herbal medicine gardens throughout every town and city across Iowa, thereby guaranteeing access to the right to garden to all Iowans. C.R.C. employees will:
    1. Research the most efficient gardening techniques yet discovered,
    2. Create database entries for numerous types of herbs and garden crops, then enter them into the database that is being used to create Gardens Across Iowa! App,
    3. Our App Developers will use the entries to finish developing the App so that it operates as intended;
    4. Business sponsors will help fund the founding of Civilian Restoration Corps. Sponsors receive in-store certificate, in-app advertising enhanced by location services, and they make special offers available exclusively through the app. Customers receive special offers once/month from each sponsor via thanking them for sponsoring Gardens Across Iowa,
    5. The App will be help our team to engineer and develop a model garden which we are seeking to have located on the Iowa State University Campus, on the northwest side of the walkway which connects Beardshear with Curtiss Hall – see Figure 1. between the Agro. Plants which require more sunlight will be located on the south side of the garden, and hoses will be automated to make the garden as hands-free as possible. Rain caches will feed into soaker hoses used for straw bail gardening,
    6. Garden will be monitored and improved until peak efficiency;
    7. Expand and Improve Iowa’s Right to Garden Act;
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Figure 1: Proposed location for C.R.C.’s Model Garden

Install Solar Power and Energy Reduction Measures onto Homes and Rental Properties

  • Install solar arrays and provide energy reduction measures onto qualifying homes and rental properties throughout Iowa.

 

I am elected Governor of Iowa, we will initiate and model here in Iowa.