Cheyenne Community Challenge
Supported by Microsoft
$50,000
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Laramie County
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12 Ideas
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ChangeX will help you to start a new community project in your neighborhood. Our $50,000 challenge is dedicated to helping you build thriving and sustainable communities across Laramie County.
How it works
- Select an idea listed below and register to get your project page
- Use your project page to complete the 30 Day Challenge
- Submit a photo and your action plan
- Once you're active let us know what impact you are having
Who can apply
- You want to start a ChangeX idea to improve your local community
- You're passionate about building a thriving community where you live in Cheyenne
- You are an individual, an existing local group or a community organization
What you get
- Seed funding to start your selected idea
- Free starter resource pack, mentorship and technology tools to get started
- Additional impact funding, once you report back on the social impact of your active project
Explore & Pick an Idea to Start
Explore and select an idea that you want to start in your community
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Funding available
KaBOOM!
Transform everyday spaces in your community in to PLAYces for all kids.
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Funding available
SOUP
Host a regular micro-granting dinner to celebrate and support creative projects in your community.
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Funding available
Recycle Across America
Start recycling right with standardized recycling labels for your school that will help you to improve recycling and save your school money.
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Funding available
Grow Remote
Help to increase employment opportunities in regional areas by connecting companies, remote workers and local communities.
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Funding available
Poetry in the Park
Organize a regular community gathering in your local area to celebrate a love of the written or spoken word.
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Funding available
Bee Friendly Farming
Promote pollinator health on your farm and receive recognition and consumer support for it.
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Funding available
Grow it Yourself
Start growing food at home and share the joy of growing food with others.
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Funding available
Repair Café US
Organize a free meeting place in your community to repair things instead of throwing them away.
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Funding available
Rooted in Cheyenne
Cultivating a greener, healthier and more livable community by planting trees as we all stay at home
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Funding available
The Last Plastic Straw
Start a grassroots campaign to reduce and eliminate wasteful plastic straws from our communities.
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Funding available
Community Fridge
Start a community fridge in your community to share good food that would otherwise go to waste.
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Funding available
Pollinator Partnership
Invite pollinators to your neighborhood by planting a pollinator friendly habitat in your garden, farm, school, park or just about anywhere!
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people have already joined the
#CheyenneCommunityChallenge
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Why are people starting these ideas?
The Cheyenne Community Challenge is an opportunity for communities to come together to create thriving communities across Laramie County. We’re excited to support local action across Cheyenne and to see the collective impact we can have in building healthier, more sustainable communities.
- Holly Beale (Microsoft Datacenter Community Development Team)
