great outdoors colorado
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New High Line Canal trail improvements, all-terrain wheelchairs make open space accessible in Aurora
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Melissa Chavez grew up hiking, camping and fishing, excited for her children to experience the same things she did. Then her son, Anthony, was born with Joubert Syndrome – a rare genetic condition that left him unable to do most of the things she grew up doing. For the first several years of Anthony’s life,…
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New High Line Canal trail improvements, all-terrain wheelchairs make open space accessible in Aurora
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Melissa Chavez grew up hiking, camping and fishing, excited for her children to experience the same things she did. Then her son, Anthony, was born with Joubert Syndrome — a rare genetic condition that left him unable to do most of the things she grew up doing. For the first several years of Anthony’s life,…
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New High Line Canal trail improvements, all-terrain wheelchairs make open space accessible in Aurora
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Melissa Chavez grew up hiking, camping and fishing, excited for her children to experience the same things she did. Then her son, Anthony, was born with Joubert Syndrome — a rare genetic condition that left him unable to do most of the things she grew up doing. For the first several years of Anthony’s life,…
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Denver receives nearly $500,000 in grants for outdoor projects
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The City and County of Denver was awarded nearly half a million dollars in grants on Friday that will support two outdoor projects. Denver was awarded two grants that totaled $445,750 from Great Outdoors Colorado. The organization was established in 1992 by Colorado voters and invests a portion of the state’s lottery proceeds to support…
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Great Outdoors Colorado offers ‘100 Things to Do Before You’re 12’
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Great Outdoors Colorado is encouraging kids to go “Wild” this summer. Generation Wild is kicking off its second year. The four-year effort is aimed at motivating a generation of kids who are “over-scheduled, over-screened and over-protected.” The campaign on Tuesday is expected to unveil its “100 Things to Do Before You’re 12” for this summer. You…
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Bill on Great Outdoors Colorado gets opposition based on prairie dogs, coyotes
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Cole Wist, the House assistant minority leader, thought it would be easy Thursday morning when he brought the bill to effectively extend funding for Great Outdoors Colorado to the floor for preliminary approval. Senate Bill 66 reauthorizes a state agency that collects and disperses money from the state lottery. The Colorado Lottery Division is expected to…
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It’s time to invest in Colorado’s great outdoors
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Coloradans recently celebrated the arrival in our state of the prestigious Outdoor Retailer show, which relocated to Colorado in large part because our citizens and elected officials have expressed strong support for our public lands. The show itself is expected to bring more than $45 million annually to Colorado’s economy. The Outdoor Retailer show is…
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GOCO says open space applicants can include water-rights mapping in grants
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Great Outdoors Colorado wants to know that when it gives out a grant that applicants aren’t wading into a bog of red tape that could tie up conservation and low-impact recreation projects. GOCO is making a water rights mapping software part of the deal to ensure local governments, land conservation groups or Colorado Parks and…
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New energy office head named
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Citing her work with traditional and renewable energy, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper appointed Kathleen Staks executive director of the Colorado Energy Office, effective Jan. 20. She will replace Jeff Ackermann, who was recently appointed to the Public Utilities Commission. “Kathleen will be pivotal in helping us work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders to ensure that Colorado…
