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• Educate employees about the history of the neighborhood where the business is located.
  • Tips: Use the Denver Neighborhood Map to determine which neighborhood your business is in.
• Sponsor a charitable event hosted by a Registered Neighborhood Organization or Business Improvement District.
  • Tips: Use this list of Business Improvement Districts and the Registered Neighborhood Organization Map to find a BID or RNO in your area.
• Donate to or volunteer for a Registered Neighborhood Organization or Business Improvement District in your area.
  • Tips: Use this list of Business Improvement Districts and the Registered Neighborhood Organization Map to find a BID or RNO in your area. Donations should total at least $2,000 or at least 20 volunteer hours.
• Execute a good neighbor agreement with a Registered Neighborhood Organization.
  • Tips: A good neighbor agreement is a private agreement between a business and an RNO. It addresses issues such as noise, trash, parking, and other issues that could arise.
• Organize or volunteer for a community cleanup event.
  • Tips: Volunteer time should total at least 20 hours.
  • Tips: Learn more about Denver's Adopt-A-Spot Program and register your clean-up project with the city.
• Donate to or volunteer for a school or college in the community.
  • Tips: Donations should total at least $2,000 or at least 20 volunteer hours.
• Donate to or volunteer for a charitable organization that provides substance abuse treatment services.
  • Tips: Donations should total at least $2,000 or at least 20 volunteer hours.
• Donate to or volunteer for an organization that educates the public about substance abuse.
  • Tips: Donations should total at least $2,000 or at least 20 volunteer hours.
• Become a member of your local chamber of commerce.
  • Tips: Find your local chamber of commerce by searching this directory.
• Build or volunteer at a community garden in your community.
  • Tips: Volunteer time should total at least 20 hours.
• Host or sponsor a voter registration drive.
  • Tips: Find voter registration drive information here.
• Provide work opportunities for unhoused individuals.
• Buy goods or services from a locally owned business.
  • Tips: Consider things such as catering, printing, maintenance services, supplies, etc.
• Host a school supplies drive for a school in your community.
• Host a supplies drive for unhoused individuals in your community.
• Donate to or volunteer for an organization that provides free transportation services to elderly, disabled, or other individuals in your community.
  • Tips: Donations should total at least $2,000 or at least 20 volunteer hours.
• Organize or volunteer for a community beautification project.
  • Tips: Volunteer time should total at least 20 hours. Consider projects such as painting a community center, trail maintenance, planting trees, etc. Learn about participating to the Keep Denver Beautiful Program that could count toward completing this task.
• Organize an effort to shovel snow for seniors and people with disabilities in the community.
  • Tips: Volunteer time should total at least 20 hours.
• Host a food drive for a food bank that serves the community.
• Other (please describe)
  • Tips: Qualifying activities should aim to uplift the community where the business is located.