Columbia Heights MN - HeightsNEXT - A Sustainable Community

HeightsNEXT is a sustainable community movement in Columbia Heights, MN. Public events introduce neighbors, network volunteers, and engage civic leaders. Working across organizations, HeightsNEXT promotes green technology, resilience, sustainability, justice, and equality. Learn more…

HeightsNEXT is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.

Minnesota Green Step Cities

Service Projects

A gardener stands by a rain barrel painted with pollinators and garden gnomes. — City Gardens

Gardeners at the Blooming Sunshine food forest in Columbia Heights, MN — Food Forest

Columbia Heights, MN Mayor's Monarch Pledge — Mayor’s Monarch Pledge

Pet Bed Workshop — Pet Bed Workshop

Street Cleanups — Street Cleanups

Sustainable Gardening

Garden Tour — Garden Tour

Residents trade their houseplants at the Columbia Heights plant exchange. — Plant Exchange

Continued Learning

Birdscaping Clinic — Birdscaping Clinic

Fix-It Clinics — Fix-It Clinics

Stories From Our Neighborhood — Stories From Our Neighborhood

Community Celebrations

Columbia Heights Art in the Park — Art in the Park

Cheers for Beers — Cheers for Beers

Community Picnic — Art & Info Fair

Dog Day — Dog Day

Fire & Ice Plunge — Fire & Ice Plunge

Holiday Train — Holiday Train

Jamboree — Jamboree

A girl at the 2021 Columbia Heights, MN Monarch Festival holds a butterfly cutout while examining Monarch caterpillars on milkweed leaves. — Monarch Festival

PRIDE Festival — PRIDE Festival

Truck or Treat — Truck or Treat

HeightsNEXT

City of Columbia Heights

Columbia Heights Lions Club

Fridley-Columbia Heights Rotary Club

First Lutheran Community Church

Southern Anoka County Assistance (SACA)

Anoka County

East Side Neighborhood Services

A Community of Respect

We are striving to create a sustainable community for everyone. That means respect for all cultures, genders, skin colors, sexual orientations, ages, body types, and abilities. We are an organization that strives for inclusion, equality, and safety for everyone to be themselves and work together as a community.