Laramie Main Street Alliance (LMSA) is excited to celebrate 15 years of serving Downtown Laramie with a crowdfunding campaign, set to launch Thursday, October 15th. The campaign will be hosted through The Local Crowd, a community based crowdfunding platform that allows individuals to support local initiatives.
The mission of Laramie Main Street is to preserve historic Downtown Laramie while enhancing its economic and social vitality. In the last 15 years, Main Street has ensured economic development, historic preservation, marketing, and business coaching services remained free to any entrepreneur or property owner downtown. As a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, it relies on tax-deductible donations and income from events like Laramie Brewfest to make this possible. This campaign is crucial to helping the organization continue to meet mission-critical expenses and recoup losses from those events not taking place this year.
“We’ve had so many local businesses support us in this effort and provide amazing incentives and cash matches to our crowdfunding campaign. We are excited to launch on the 15 year anniversary of our organization and engage the community in our efforts to revitalize downtown.”
“This year we weren’t able to put on our biggest fundraising event, Brewfest, so we’ve had to get creative on obtaining funding to meet our operating expenses and continue to provide services to downtown businesses.” Explained Trey Sherwood, LMSA Executive Director. “We’ve had so many local businesses support us in this effort and provide amazing incentives and cash matches to our crowdfunding campaign. We are excited to launch on the 15 year anniversary of our organization and engage the community in our efforts to revitalize downtown.”
The campaign goal is to raise $20,000 by November 15th. Visit laramiemainstreet.org/15years to donate and view the rewards from local businesses available in exchange for your contribution. There are also many cash matches available from local sponsors so contributions double their impact!
An advance thank you to our community for preserving Downtown Laramie’s history, supporting local businesses and raising funds for 15 more years of development, celebration, and love for our town!