Iowa Heartland Habitat Featured in The Gazette

We were honored to be featured in a recent article published in the Cedar Rapids Gazette. Read it to find out more about our holistic neighborhood revitalization efforts and hear from some of the neighbors in our community!

Excerpt from the article:

"Given the impact [Iowa Heartland] Habitat’s work has had on these two Waterloo neighborhoods, Iowa Economic Development Authority Director Debi Durham has said she wants to expand these efforts across Iowa."

FULL ARTICLE HERE

Join us for Jessica's home dedication on Tuesday, April 16 at 4pm. All are welcome! We are proud of her hard work and can't wait to celebrate with her. Mark your calendars and plan to attend.

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Neighborhood News

Residents of Iowa Heartland Habitat's focus neighborhoods—Walnut and Church Row— have been actively working on projects and activities in their respective neighborhoods. We took a day to bring together residents from both neighborhoods, to pause and re-center our focus through a training on Authentic Community Engagement. Our facilitators for this training were from the Lupton Center, a group that has worked in the historic South Atlanta neighborhood in Atlanta, GA for many years.

One resident shared, "After yesterday I feel energized and hopeful for our neighborhood and my work in the community. I feel I have a starting point and tools that can actually be put to use and that I understand."

Each week as part of her work in the neighborhoods, Jenna Petersen, our Neighborhood Impact Coordinator, leads prayer walks.

Paul Greene and Diane Highnam joined her recently on a Church Row prayer walks and as they walked they also picked up trash.

Jenna said, "My observation today was that I realized we are loving our neighbors as ourselves through the trash pick-up. I picked up trash on others' properties just like I picked up trash in one of our empty lots. I felt like I was really living out the truth of the Bible and what Jesus teaches about truly serving others on today's prayer walk."

Board Member with Heart

As a dedicated board member and homeowner selection committee member, Tina Hummel serves as a passionate advocate for Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity's mission and vision. At home dedications, Tina knows she has accomplished her goal of changing lives.

Tina finds inspiration not in a single moment, but in the multitude of times Iowa Heartland Habitat improves lives for those in genuine need through its work. Her favorite quote, "Everything happens for a reason," reminds her to trust in God's greater plan through all of life's ups and downs.

Outside of her Iowa Heartland Habitat roles, you can find Tina spending time with her husband and son, listening to music, working out with audiobooks, watching Kansas City Chiefs football, shopping at TJ Maxx and taking naps.

Insulation Made from Recycled Blue Jeans donated to Iowa Heartland Habitat

Blue Jeans Go Green transforms old denim into new useful products, such as building insulation, thermal packaging insulation, pet bed inserts, and more. Recently, they delivered, at no cost, an entire semi trailer worth of building insulation made of 80% recycled denim for Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity to use as we build and insulate houses. The insulation is the same size and for all purposes identical to what we would normally install - so it is a perfect donation for us! We estimate the trailer load will insulate 7 houses.

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Thanks to you, our donors, Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity positively impacts the economy of our entire community.

As we invest your donations, those dollars ripple across Iowa’s Heartland:

$ We spend money on businesses and services (construction materials, office supplies, etc.).

$$ Thanks to our spending, those businesses spend more on employees, materials, etc.).

$$$ Those employees now have more money and can increase their household spending.

For every dollar invested by Iowa Heartland Habitat in 2022, $1.64 was injected into our local economy!

Thank you for trusting in us.

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Before and After Videos

404 Allen St. Church Row Neighborhood

414 Allen St. Church Row Neighborhood

419 Almond St. Walnut Neighborhood

All three of these beautifully renovated homes are on the market and available to become your next home! All proceeds from the sale of these homes go to fund our mission of building homes, communities and hope. Find listings for these houses here.

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