Engagement

Solutions and stories covering how locals voice their opinions, exchange information, and contribute to the community’s future.

Solution Cortez Residents Put Their Money Where Their Ideas Are With Improvement Fund

Local Champion:: Cortez locals
Date funded:: June 24, 2022
Grant Amount:: $2,520

Solution Classwork Displays Help Cortez Residents Engage With the Schools

Local Champion:: Montezuma-Cortez School District RE-1
Date funded:: June 12, 2022
Grant Amount:: $4,015

Solution Young Taoseños Get Involved in Community Decisions by Digging Into Local Politics

Local Champion:: TK1
Date funded:: May 23, 2022
Grant Amount:: $30,000

Story Cortez Restores an Essential Community Gathering Space May 2022

Nearly a quarter century after it first opened, the Lewis-Arriola Community Center needed a little love to remain an essential community asset. With a little help from the LOR and others, the volunteer-run gathering space is ready for the next generation of celebrants.

Story Cortez’s Southside Garden Grows Greens and Community January 2022

The new community garden's 11 plots, supported with funding from LOR, will be ready for planting this spring.

Solution New Computer Stations at Cortez Library Increase Visitation

Local Champion:: Onward! A Legacy Foundation
Date funded:: October 30, 2021
Grant Amount:: $22,404

Solution Connecting Cortez: Spreading the Word About a Local Events Calendar

Local Champion:: The Daily Zu
Date funded:: October 15, 2021
Grant Amount:: $8,298

Story Bringing Lander’s VFW Post 954 Back to Life—And to the Community September 2021

After decades of use without major renovation, VFW Post 954 was showing its age. Here’s how its local leadership—with support from LOR—created a space that the entire Lander community can use.

Solution Muralist Turns Portable Classroom into Point of Pride at Central Wyoming College

Local Champion:: Central Wyoming College
Date funded:: June 18, 2021
Grant Amount:: $1,000

Solution Volunteers Award Handmade Quilts to Veterans

Local Champion:: Lander Veterans Quilts of Valor
Date funded:: June 11, 2021
Grant Amount:: $4,997

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If you have an idea for improving quality of life in Cortez or Monte Vista, Colorado; Lander, Wyoming; Libby, Montana; Questa or Taos, New Mexico; or Weiser, Idaho, use this form to start a conversation with us.