Awards & Honors

2009 True West magazine's #1 Western Town 
         #5 Western Town, 2008 
         #4 Western Town, 2007

#8 Best Place to Raise a Family, Children's Health magazine, 2009.

#1 Cleanest Air City, 2009, 2005, 2006, 2007 (American Lung Association) 

2009 American Cowboy magazine's Reader's Choice Awards:   
     Best Rodeo: Cheyenne Frontier Days
     Best Art Event: Cheyenne Frontier Days Western Art Show and Sale 
     Best Overall Event: Cheyenne Frontier Days

2009 American Cowboy magazine names Cheyenne one of the "20 Best Places to Live the West" and highlights Cheyenne Frontier Days, Big Boy, Bit-O-Wyo Ranch, the Cheyenne Depot Museum, and Terry Bison Ranch. 

New Supplier Member of the Year 2004, Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Society of Governmental Meeting Planners (SGMP).

5 th Best Convention & Visitor Bureau Website 2003, Successful Meetings magazine.

Best Visitor Services program in 2001, Western Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus.

2005 Distinguished Cheyenne Leadership Award to Janet Cowley, Cheyenne Area CVB Director of Convention Sales.

Above and Beyond Award to Darren Rudloff and the Cheyenne Area CVB from Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve ( Wyoming Chapter), 2004.

Certified Destination Management Executive (CMDE) designation to Darren Rudloff from the Destination Marketing Association International (formerly IACVB), 2005.

Darren Rudloff Board membership: Membership Committee of Destination Marketing Association International; Wyoming Travel Industry Coalition; Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce.

Shantelle Dedicke: Member of Rocky Mountain Chapter of PCMA; Society of Government Meeting Planners; Hospitality, Sales, and Marketing Association International (HSMAI); Meeting Planners International (MPI); Boy Scout Committee Member and merit badge counselor; Leadership Cheyenne 2009-2010.

Jill Pope: Board President of Special Friends. 

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