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Department of Public Information & Community Resources
Reference: Big Little Idea Contest
To: Mayor Richard N. McLean and Members of City Council
Through: Clint Blackhurst, Acting City Manager
Prepared By: Kristen Chernosky, Director of Public Information & Community Resources and Kaitlin Gault, Senior Communications Specialist
Date Prepared: April 17, 2017
PURPOSE
To approve six winners of the City of Brighton's Big Little Idea contest, awarding each recipient $500 to implement their idea to create and implement an idea that will make Brighton a better place to live, work, play and learn.
BACKGROUND
On January 9, 2017 the City of Brighton's Public Information Office announced the Big Little Idea contest. The Big Little Idea contest is a city-sponsored contest that awards $500 each to six citizens, nonprofits or teams that reside in Brighton city limits to create and implement ideas that will make Brighton a better place to live, work, play and learn. The deadline to submit Big Little Idea proposals was April 1, 2017.
The City of Brighton received seventeen (17) applications for the Big Little Idea contest and staff reviewed each application to verify that it met the stated criteria for use of the funds. Six winners were chosen by a judging panel consisting of two city council members and appointed city staff. Winners were selected based on the criteria for originality, connection to the community, and creativity. Any contest winner who either does not complete the Big Little Idea project on or before Dec. 16, 2017 or does not use all of the $500 prize money to complete the project must return the balance of the prize money to the City of Brighton. If a recipient is unable to complete the project by the deadline, or for any other reason withdraws from the contest, the judging panel may designate an alternate winner from those who submitted applications to receive the cash award.
Contestant winners may supplement the $500 cash award with their own fund...
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