Link Christian Community Development is a 501c3 formed in 2011 from a church partnership between Harvest Vineyard Church and Orchard Hill Church, as well as the support of the Walnut Neighborhood Association (WNA).  Christian Community Development Association, or CCDA, has been an invaluable national vehicle of training, connection, and inspiration for Link and its CCD philosophy of neighborhood revitalization and wholistic development.  Link is also a part of Eastern Iowa CCDA, a regional faith based network of partners committed to cultivating healthy neighborhoods.

Over the past 12 years, Link’s network has grown into many dynamic partners who have been focusing and strategizing together in Waterloo, Iowa’s Walnut Neighborhood for wholistic neighborhood development and the flourishing of all involved.  

Try Pie and Youth Art Team are two youth development programs that were incubated within the Link Network and have since become their own nonprofits, now serving and partnering across the broader community.  In the most recent years, the focus in the Walnut Neighborhood has been on affordable housing, historic preservation, and economic development through partners such as Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity, JSA Development, and the City of Waterloo.  

In the ongoing work of neighborhood transformation, Link is committed to building a strong social fabric, helping us to build healthy relationships and engage neighbors and partners toward a flourishing community.