WHY WE LOVE OUR COMMUNITY

Sunset Beyond the Storm, Wellington Heights #WHCRIA

Welcome to the Wellington Heights of Cedar Rapids within Linn County Iowa. We are a community that collectively believes in family, friends, and fun. This site is created with residents, visitors, the city of Cedar Rapids, and YOU in mind.

Years go by

“Why is the community revitalizing? We recognize the need for engagement with each other is super important to keeping us safe, connected, and neighborly. The alternative is higher crime, frustration, and we aren't able to attract the people who would enjoy our neighborhood as much as we do at affordably priced housing."

What is even better about the southeast side of Cedar Rapids, Iowa is we are on track to invite even more amazing activities, and opportunities, and best of all YOU are a part of the connection.

Ways to get involved

Whether choosing an event, volunteer time, or one of our many groups. There is often something interesting going on our side of the city of Cedar Rapids.

“We love family. We are friends. We have fun."

Single? No problem. In southeastern Cedar Rapids, we engage together creating an atmosphere of family through opportunities. Children or not there is a variety either within our geography or within the city.

The neighborhood includes downtown and adjoining communities that make up the soul of our spirit. Including NewBo City, state of the art modern library, green spaces with benches, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, African American Museum, Theater CR, Paramount, CSPS, Amphitheater, Fat Wally’s an old school pool and dart hall on 2nd with full size and quarter tables, restaurants for any appetite, and much more.

Czech Villiage full of heritage to home cooking. A walk across the river away.

Ways to get involved

As this website grows so will connections. Ideas are a business network list for brick-and-mortar entrepreneurs available to hire within our immediate geography. Sponsors from local businesses and individuals supporting the costs of this site. Including swag to brag. 100% of proceeds go back into the neighborhood for programming and event fun.

Please consider shopping our sponsors to show thanks. Creating revenue for this website's expansion for the benefit of our community.

Volunteer opportunities

Local community theater to Redmond Park. Beautification Committee of Wellington Heights with its many neighbors and organizations like the Master Gardeners, Kids on Course from the Zach Johnson Foundation, and local businesses like M Lawn Service working together to improve areas of our community, such as, Peace Corner donation Garden to the Little Library Project and more.

For updates scroll through on our website here and subscribe to the YouTube channel. Help us reach a 1000 subs to gain access to funds for improvements to children activities, purchase little library books, more.

There is something for everyone. If not, we LOVE and APPRECIATE suggestions.

Neighbor Kim Phillips 😁 donated time to develop the website for the community. Spotlighting the southeast side of Cedar Rapids, Iowa in Wellington Heights.

The goal is to showcase the best and brightest we have to offer as a community.

Wellington Heights welcomes everyone to find their niche. Enjoy living and playing on our sweet established historic South Eastern side of Linn County.