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4 Colorado counties granted $630,000 to upgrade record systems
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Four counties in rural Colorado will receive over $630,000 to modernize their record systems through a state grant program. Phillips, Moffat, Clear Creek and Baca counties will use the funds to provide digital access to records, maintain and upgrade recording technologies, and properly index historical documents, officials said. The grant awards were announced on Thursday. …
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Colorado unveils first proposal to spend $826 million in broadband funds
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Colorado is taking the first step towards using $826.5 million in federal funds to make high-speed internet universally accessible in the state. The federal government allocated over $826.5 million to Colorado in June as part of the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment program, which funds broadband infrastructure in all 50 states. Last week, the Colorado Broadband Office published the first…
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Colorado transportation projects awarded $42M in federal funds
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Dozens of transportation projects throughout Colorado are set to receive more than $42 million in grants, Gov. Jared Polis announced Thursday. Federal funds will support projects in 37 communities across the state, beginning next year through 2026. Projects that were awarded the grants ranged from replacing aging highway infrastructure to constructing bike paths to adding…
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Colorado granted over $826M to bring high-speed internet to all residents
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The federal government is allocating over $826.5 million to Colorado to make high-speed internet universally accessible in the state. The money comes from a $42.45 billion grant program, providing funding for broadband infrastructure to all 50 states, Washington D.C. and five U.S. territories. The Department of Commerce announced each state and territory’s grant amounts on Monday. …
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Grant program to fund wildfire-resilient homes passes Colorado legislature
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In the last three years, Colorado has endured the three largest wildfires and the single most destructive wildfire in the state’s history. On Saturday, lawmakers passed a bill they hope will help prevent future disasters. House Bill 1273 seeks to create a grant program to incentive homeowners to make their houses more resilient against wildfires. The grants would fund…
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Snyder bill seeks to incentivize wildfire-resilient homes | FOCUS ON THE SPRINGS
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Marc Snyder was mayor of Manitou Springs when the Waldo Canyon fire devastated the city, killing two people, destroying 346 homes and becoming the most destructive wildfire in state history at the time. Since the 2012 fire, Colorado wildfires have only become more common and more catastrophic. In the last three years, the state has endured…
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Colorado grant program awards $1.3 million to reduce barriers to the outdoors
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More than two dozen organizations throughout the state received over $1.3 million from the latest round of Outdoor Equity Grants announced on Thursday. The grant program uses revenue from the state lottery to support organizations that reduce barriers to Colorado’s outdoors for underserved youth and their families, funding outdoor education programs and conservation opportunities. “We…
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Pueblo awarded $774,000 through state’s new public safety grant program
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The city of Pueblo will be awarded $774,000 to help improve public safety and reduce crime, thanks to Colorado’s new Safer Streets Grant Program. The grant program was created by Senate Bill 1, passed by the state legislature in May. The bill allocated $10.3 million for grants to fund neighborhood improvements designed to increase public safety,…
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Colorado offers $6.9 million in grants for fentanyl investigations
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Law enforcement agencies throughout Colorado can now apply for grants to fund investigations into fentanyl-related deaths, injuries and supply chains. Applications opened Tuesday for $6.86 million to be distributed through the Synthetic Opiate Poisoning Investigation and Distribution Interdiction Grant Program – created by the passage of House Bill 1326 in May, a sweeping measure to…
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Federal grants open for electric school buses, state grants on the way
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Tens of millions of dollars in grants are available to Colorado school districts seeking to replace diesel school buses with electric-powered, zero-emission alternatives. Gov. Jared Polis, local leaders and representatives of the Environmental Protection Agency gathered at an Aurora elementary school on Wednesday to promote the electric school bus grants, urging school districts to take…
