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Engagement

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

Solution Giving Santa a Spotlight Keeps Kids in Libby Safer
Local Champion:
Libby Area Business Association
Date funded:
August 31, 2022
Grant Amount:
$4,500
Solution Signal Boost: Libby Dam Introduces Public Wi-Fi to Grow Visitation
Local Champion:
Libby Dam Cooperative Association, Inc
Date funded:
August 23, 2022
Grant Amount:
$2,500
Solution Cortez Eighth Graders Embark On a Year of Service
Local Champion:
Montezuma-Cortez School District RE-1
Date funded:
August 16, 2022
Grant Amount:
$9,461
Solution Libby Builds a Basketball Court for Budding NBA All-Stars
Local Champion:
Libby K-12 Schools
Date funded:
August 1, 2022
Grant Amount:
$10,000
Solution Cortez Invests in Solving the Same-10-People Problem
Local Champion:
Montezuma Leadership Network
Date funded:
July 29, 2022
Grant Amount:
$24,700
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

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

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