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Bar NI Ranch Community Service Fund opens fall grant applications
Chronicle-News A community funding group that focuses on improvements to the Purgatoire River Valley community, has announced its fall grant cycle is now open for funding applications. The Bar NI Ranch Community Service Fund said this month that it has opened the application period for local nonprofits to apply for project funding.
Colorado’s unemployment rate drops down to 3.3%
Colorado’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.3% last month as the state added 2,200 payroll jobs, according to new state data. Colorado’s unemployment rate in July is also the lowest it’s been since February 2020, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment said in a news release Friday.
Colorado’s cannabis industry enduring current downturn
Colorado’s legal marijuana industry is weathering its first sustained downturn since dispensaries began selling recreational weed in 2014. Dispensaries are closing.
Housing development sees a boost, city council approves $1M in developer incentives
Benjamin Mandile Reporter The Chronicle-News A housing developer incentive program approved by the City of Trinidad this year saw its first applicants receive city council approval for a total of over $1 million in developer subsidies. Trinidad City Council approved nine applications for workforce housing development incentives during a three-hour special session Monday, Aug.
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Coalition of Western states now taking stakeholder input on clean energy hub
A coalition of Western states that have formed a regional “hub” to attract hydrogen development is now taking stakeholder input on the project. The governors of Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming and Utah came to an agreement in February to form a coalition that would vie for part of the $8 billion in federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding to form a regional hydrogen hub.
Local housing development sees a boost
“Many developers have a desire to build new housing in Trinidad because they know there is a demand,” said Wally Wallace, Trinidad’s economic development director. “However, currently the cost of building exceeds the potential revenue in most cases. This program is intended to fill that gap in funding, making these projects feasible.”
Hickenlooper, Bennet announce $25M in bipartisan infrastructure bill funds to cap orphan oil, gas wells statewide across Colorado
Senate Washington, D.C. — U.S. Sens. John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet recently welcomed news that Colorado is receiving an initial $25 million in grant funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill to create jobs cleaning up orphaned oil and gas wells across the state. The funds were announced by the Department of the Interior and are a part of a new $4.7 billion federal program created by the infrastructure bill. In total, Colorado will receive at least $79 million in grants and formula funding from the program.