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How to Encourage Healthy Living in Your Community

Posted on May 21, 2024   |   Updated on September 30, 2025
Peyton Garcia

Peyton Garcia

People walk and bike in Wash Park on a sunny fall day.

People walk and bike in Wash Park on a sunny fall day. (John Leyba / The Denver Post / Getty Images)

Trying to coordinate a community clean-up? Dreaming of a new neighborhood art project? Passionate about healthy, active living and eager to spread the word and encourage others? The City of Denver wants to help you help your community!

Any Denverite can get up to $500 in funding (or up to $1,500 for eligible groups) from the city when you apply for a micro-grant through the Denver Community Active Living Coalition to host an event or initiative that inspires walkability, rollability, bikeability, and other means of an active, healthy lifestyle.

What You Need to Know:

  • Your project must be located within the City and County of Denver
  • Your project must be completed within 90 days of receiving funding
  • A review committee will approve (or reject) your project proposal based on how it ranks in these six rubric categories: location, feasibility, equity, innovation / long-term impact, community alignment, and connection to the theme of active living. (See the full grading rubric here.)
  • Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until all funds are spent
ℹ️ Learn more about Denver’s micro-grants

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