What is an Idea Challenge?

Essentially it is the equivalent of a grant. You put up a sum of money that is awarded to an idea or project to be implemented in the area surrounding your project.

This is not a ploy where you dangle a prize to get free ideas. Offer value to those who choose to participate. Create a educational program that to help workshop potential participants ideas or to create an idea and then the culmination is to award one of the ideas with the money to bring it to life.

When you look at our offerings, the Create an Idea Challenge can be implemented as a first step to almost any of larger engagement.

Think of this as a way to support the People aspect of the equation.

People are one of the most important factors. Not only looking at demographics to understand if the customer exists in this market to support your business but also as a city how do you improve the experience for current and future residents. Ultimately jobs grow cities but companies choose to locate where they know they can attract the talent they need to grow and be successful.

Here some examples of problems you could solve with an Idea Challenge

How do you go from a city where people won't pay a $5 cover charge at a bar for live music to a thriving cultural hub?

We want more public art

We need more music venues

We want more community created events

We want more parklets

We want more "cool" restaurants and bars

The question you should always ask is "How can you make it sustainable for the leaders, doers and creatives that already exist in your city to be able to build a sustainable life there and continue doing cool things?"