Barton City Improvement Association

07/17/2026

Do you have ideas and time and effort to implement them? Please come to our open meetings. We're ALWAYS looking for new faces to participate, get involved, and be a part of this amazing community.

It's our belief that if you live here or are a long time vacation resident, everyone should "take a turn" it's amazing to see what this organization does and new faces always bring new ideas to the table.

Next meeting 8/12/26 at the Eagles in Barton City. All are welcome.

07/06/2026

07/06/2026

Food, beer tent, vendors, games, glitter tattoos, music and more. The parade this year was OUTSTANDING!!!

07/06/2026

What an OUTSTANDING Biggest Little 4th in the North we had. We sure hope everyone had an AMAZING time! We'll be brainstorming new and improved ideas for next year as well.

We THANK YOU, yes you, every single person who bought an ad, volunteered for literally the dozens of spots, picked anything up, ran around getting things, brainstormed, bought a bracelet, anything you did is what made this possible.

We've created a QR code that you can scan and donate firework funds directly to all year long, share with your neighbor, your friend, anyone. We're doing our best to make it so much more user friendly. This goes directly into a BCIA bank account and appropriated for the fireworks.

07/01/2026

We're so close friends!!! We are excited for this amazing time together as a community and we hope everyone comes and enjoys the horseshoe tournament on Friday 7/3, check out the cookshack for some morning snacks and lunch time opportunities.

The parade line up is looking awesome. Thank you again to the amazing amount of volunteers we've had this year, for judging floats, setting up, kids games, beer tent. None of this is possible without all of YOU GUYS 🤩

Dan The Smokin Man and Hammer & Nail Restaurant will be in the park following the parade for your culinary delights.

Carnival Style kids games will also be in the park.
Field kids games will be in the baseball field (think sack races) and announced (check the book for time)
Beer tent will be poppin with DJ's

We're so EXCITED - Happy 250th and Biggest Little 4th in the North

06/25/2026

Looking for a couple of judges for the parade floats.

Caveat: Can not be in the parade and can not have very close family or friend with people in the parade (for obvious reasons)

Let us know! Super informal, no requirements other than the above and good taste of course :)

06/25/2026

THANK YOU! We got all the beer tent volunteer spots filled. YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!!

06/25/2026

Want to lend a hand? Sunday 7/5/26 at 1:00 p.m. we need as many hands as possible to put this beautiful little park back together after the holiday festivities. Please let us know if you can come and help.

Many hands make light work. Cheers to the 250th birthday of American and the Biggest Little 4th in the North.

06/23/2026

The flower barrels all over town look BEAUTIFUL! Thank you so much for helping keep our town gorgeous

06/23/2026

Do you guys remember that all the parades of yesteryear used to end with the clowns (local and visiting families would volunteer to dress up as clowns, get their face painted and walk at the end of the parade just being silly) and it was a core memory for most.

If you or anyone you know has clown outfits and face painting ability ... we've been thinking for next year it would be AWESOME to bring the clowns back to the parade. Let us know if you know someone or multiple people who just love to add fun and memories.