Cheyenne Downtown
Development Authority
121 W 15th St., Suite 200
Cheyenne Wyoming 82001
Phone: 307 - 433 - 9730
New Freedoms Edge Brewing Co. Micro Brewery Coming Soon!
We are in the licensing phase of opening our new microbrewery in the historic Tivoli Building. We expect to be open in February 2012. Check back often for updates.
Home Brew Supply Store now open online
Located in the heart of Cheyenne Wyomings Central Business District, Freedom's Edge Brewing is your one stop shop for all of your brewing needs. Our large inventory of grains, hops yeast and equipment, as well as educational materials are of the highest quality at low prices.
Cheyenne Winter Farmers' Market is held inside the sunny and cozy lobby of the Historic Cheyenne Depot Museum in downtown Cheyenne, promoting Wyoming and regional farm products. The market is a growers and producers market. While the average farm product travels thousands of miles to reach the consumer, Cheyenne Winter Farmers' Market specializes in bringing the freshest, locally produced foods and farm products to our local residents. Vendors and their products hail from Wyoming, Northern Colorado and Western Nebraska. For the November and December markets, fresh apples and cider will be brought directly from a farm on the Colorado Western Slope.
2011-2012 Winter Market Season:
Dates: Saturdays: November 5, December 3, January 7, February 4, March 3, March 31 Time: 10 AM - 2 PM Location: Cheyenne Depot Museum Lobby
Products featured at the Cheyenne Winter Farmers' Market will include:
Locally-raised winter vegetables and fruits, while available, Gourmet local mushrooms
HISTORIC PLACEMAKING
A Strategy for Invigorating Downtown Cheyenne
What is Historic Placemaking?
The City of Cheyenne is launching the Downtown Cheyenne Historic Placemaking Project next week as a follow up to the successful Buildings, Business & Bankers Conference held this past October. Placemaking encompasses both the ways in which people experience and enjoy their community and how they shape it. In short, the Placemaking initiative is about enlivening downtown so that it strengthens people's connections to each other and to Cheyenne's historic building stock, thereby generating economic activity, returns for property owners and investors, and public revenues. While mindful that large scale initiatives can exert a transformative effect, Placemaking also recognizes that the cumulative impact of numerous small scale improvements can also produce significant changes, including creating jobs and invigorating current champions for downtownwhile welcoming new ones.
What Should I Expect?
The Historic Placemaking Project is a four-month effort to be completed by the end of July 2011. It will include many opportunities to hear from the people who live, work, and play in Downtown Cheyenne, along with others who bring valuable insights into downtown's needs and share a stake in its future.
Goals of the project include:
Involving a wide range of people and organizations to bring different perspectives to the table
Reaching agreement on the major issues and opportunities affecting Downtown Cheyenne's near-term future and the means by which to address them
Launching new partnerships and initiatives to accelerate downtown revitalization.
Partnering for Success
The City Planning Office, in conjunction with the Cheyenne Downtown Development Authority and the Cheyenne Historic Preservation Board applied to the State Historic Preservation Office for a grant that would make this project possible.We look to involve anyone and everyone who has an interest in revitalizing downtown, including civic groups, grassroots restoration organizations, and arts aficionados who are willing to partner for success.
Our facilitators for this process are Elaine Carmichael from Economic Stewardship, Inc., and Tom Gallagher with Heritage Directions, LLC.
We would like to hear your comments and concerns about the project! Please click here to send us an e-mail with your questions comments and concerns. Along with what you would like seen done in Downtown Cheyenne.
Programs
Clean & Safe Cheyenne
The DDA and City each fund a portion of the Clean & Safe program to improve the visual appearance of Downtown.
A full-time crew is employed year ‘round and with one additional employee for the summer months. The work force is on duty six days a week performing tasks such as picking up trash from the sidewalks, alleys and designated parking lots, maintenance of the parking garage and Depot Square Plaza, keeping the public trash receptacles and furniture clean and free of graffiti, snow removal at intersections and power washing sidewalks. (Read More)
DDA Services to Downtown Businesses
Architect Assistance: The DDA will provide architectural and/or engineering assistance to help define a full range of improvements and the costs of those improvements. This program allows a maximum of eight (8) hours of assistance by a licensed professional at the rate of $80 per hour. (Read More)
The Downtown Cheyenne Mercantile Association strives to foster communication, encourage joint efforts, increase profitability and enhance awareness of individual downtown businesses while promoting downtown pride. (Read More)
