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Bilingual Monarch Festival in Columbia Heights

Sullivan Lake Park 721 51st. Ave. NE, Columbia Heights, MN

Columbia Heights 2nd Annual Monarch Festival; Now Bilingual! (Spanish & English)On Wednesday, August 17th, starting at 5 p.m., the community is invited to celebrate the monarch butterfly. This will be a Bi-lingual, Spanish and English celebration with food trucks, games, traditional Mexican dance and music, an Encanto dance party, a monarch costume parade and an ... Read more

Columbia Heights Pride Festival

Sullivan Lake Park 721 51st. Ave. NE, Columbia Heights, MN

Join us for our 4th Annual Columbia Heights Pride Festival!Join us for music, fun, games, art, community, education, and more! The 4th Columbia Heights Pride festival was recently highlighted and on the cover of the May 19, 2022 Lavender Magazine about small-town Pride Festivals. Food trucks, vendors, and performers will be in attendance. More info ... Read more

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
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First Lutheran Community Church
Southern Anoka County Assistance (SACA)
Anoka County
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