**APPLICATIONS FOR 2026 GRANTS ARE NOW OPEN**
Decisions on funding will be made on an ongoing basis until the program budget is reached.
About our Resident Grants: Localworks is here to engage you as residents and provide you opportunities and small grant funding to make your neighborhood the perfect place you call home. Localworks offers both Block Party Grants and Dumpster Grants for you to utilize to clean up your neighborhood, engage with your neighbors, and/or both. Grants are not limited to one or the other, so if your neighborhood would like to apply for both, we highly encourage this. What better way to celebrate a day of cleaning up the neighborhood than with a block party?
**APPLICATIONS FOR 2026 GRANTS OPEN FEBRUARY 1st**
*Please submit your application at least two weeks before your earliest desired dumpster day weekend.
We cannot deliver a dumpster on the weekend immediately following the day we receive your application.
Decisions on funding will be made on an ongoing basis until the program budget is reached.
Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Sometimes, our neighborhoods start to accumulate junk. Debris piles accumulate, couches sit on porches, overgrown bushes need pruning, and everything needs a good raking. Dumpster Grants is your chance to get your neighbors to work together and fill a dumpster with all of this junk. Get to know your neighbors and help tidy up the neighborhood!
Pictured: 20-yard dumpster
Allowed: Yard trimmings and debris, furniture, general trash, small appliances without batteries
*IMPORTANT*
Materials NOT Allowed: concrete, dirt, rocks, brick, construction materials, tires, paint, electronics, batteries, appliances without removable batteries, appliances with freon, TVs, hazardous waste (e.g. flammable, explosive, toxic, corrosive), biomedical waste (e.g. needles, syringes, lancets), propane tanks, motor oil, or gasoline.
Due to new permitting requirements from the City of Wheat Ridge, all dumpsters must now be placed on the street rather than in a residential driveway.
If your application is accepted, Localworks will apply for a permit on your behalf.
**APPLICATIONS FOR 2026 GRANTS OPEN FEBRUARY 1st**
Decisions on funding will be made on an ongoing basis until the program budget is reached.
Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Please ensure you submit a Street Closure Request to the City of Wheat Ridge at least 10 business days before your block party.
Strong neighborhood connectivity means a stronger community, so Localworks provides you opportunities to celebrate with, get to know or reconnect with your neighbors. Through our Block Party Grant program, Localworks reimburses Wheat Ridge residents up to $150.00 to cover event-related costs for Block Parties or other neighborhood gatherings.
Accepted applicants will be notified via email, and are reimbursed up to $150.00 for block-party-related expenses. Following your block party, grant recipients must submit receipts (photos or scans are acceptable) to Localworks for reimbursement. Localworks does not reimburse for alcohol.
There are two steps to the application process:
Many neighborhoods have annual block parties, and we have seen some very creative and fun activities to get you started on your planning:
To help our Block Party Grants go further, Localworks has created our Block Party Library: a collection of specialty event equipment for residents to reserve and borrow for free, enhancing their block parties or other neighborhood events.
The Block Party Library has items that residents may not have the means or desire to purchase or rent for themselves, including: 10×10 tents, folding chairs, tables, large bluetooth speakers, projectors, inflatable projector screens, bouncy houses, yard games (giant connect four, giant Jenga, ladder golf), and a bubble machine.
Click here to learn more about our Block Party Library, check out our full inventory, and reserve items for your own block party.
Questions?
Reach out to Adeline at amann@wearelocalworks.org