Sixty-two projects requested by Hickenlooper receive initial backing
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper today announced that $92,035,000 in funding for projects across Colorado have been included in the fiscal year 2023 federal appropriations bills. Hickenlooper specifically requested funding for 62 of the projects through the congressionally directed spending (CDS) process.
“These projects will help drive much-needed investments across Colorado. Congress must get this done to help build affordable housing, boost public health, provide clean water, and much more,” said Hickenlooper.
To qualify, CDS requests must be submitted by local governments or non-profits. Senators may then submit these projects for consideration in one of the nine annual funding bills that accept CDS requests. Congress will now negotiate final appropriations bills — both the House and Senate will have to conference their respective versions and vote on the final package before this funding becomes law. Hickenlooper will continue pushing to make sure Colorado funding remains in the final package as it moves through Congress.
Last year Hickenlooper secured $100.4 million for 64 projects across Colorado, helping fund projects that address priorities across the state including investments in affordable housing, clean energy, health care, and more.
Of the $92 million total for Colorado in the proposed FY 2023 bills, Hickenlooper secured $66.6 million in funding for 62 projects. A full list of the fiscal year 2023 requested projects is available below. Projects in italics were requested jointly with Senator Michael Bennet.
Location | Name of Project | Requester | Funded Amount |
Adams | Building Apprenticeship Pathways in Education and Healthcare | CareerWise Colorado | $1,500,000 |
Aspen | Community Incubator Kitchen | The Farm Collaborative | $966,000 |
Aurora | El Alba Cooperative Commissary Kitchen | El Alba Cooperative | $150,000 |
Aurora | Denver and Arapahoe Methane Disposal Site | City and County of Denver | $150,000 |
Beulah | Beulah Water Works District for New Raw Water Storage Tank | Beulah Water Works District | $380,000 |
Boulder | Sustainable Mobile Office | The Latino Chamber of Commerce of Boulder County | $250,000 |
Boulder | Housing and Services Hub for Youth Experiencing Homelessness | TGTHR Boulder | $2,000,000 |
Boulder | Affordable Housing Modular Factory | City of Boulder Department of Housing & Human Serv | $506,000 |
Boulder | Town of Superior for Granular Activated Carbon System at Water Treatment Plant | Town of Superior | $1,280,000 |
Clifton | Clifton Community Campus | Mesa County | $2,500,000 |
Clifton | New Doors to Health | Marillac Health | $2,500,000 |
Colorado Springs | El Paso County LED Retrofit Energy Efficiency Project | El Paso County | $445,000 |
Colorado Springs | U.S. Air Force Academy Cemetery Expansion | U.S. Air Force Academy | $3,400,000 |
Colorado Springs | Peterson Space Force Base North Gate Access and Safety Improvements | Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) | $500,000 |
Cortez | Montezuma County Community Intervention Program | Montezuma County | $361,000 |
Craig | Community Kitchen Small Business Incubator | Craig Chamber of Commerce | $500,000 |
Creede | Lower Willow Creek Micro-Hydro Electric Generation Project | City of Creede | $425,000 |
Delta | Delta Dispatch System Upgrade | Delta County | $500,000 |
Delta | City of Delta for North Delta Water Line Replacement | City of Delta | $380,000 |
Delta | Mobile Integrated Healthcare | Delta County Ambulance District | $233,000 |
Denver | Medication-Assisted Treatment Expansion | City and County of Denver | $1,650,000 |
Denver | Access to Justice Initiatives for Rural Colorado | Colorado Access to Justice Commission | $627,000 |
Denver | Substance Use Navigator Program | City and County of Denver | $187,000 |
Denver | Denver Sheriff Department Housing Navigation Program | City and County of Denver | $750,000 |
Denver | Night Moves Youth Violence Prevention | City and County of Denver | $350,000 |
Denver | Denver District Attorney’s Office Human Trafficking Unit | City and County of Denver | $178,000 |
Denver | Community-Based Violence Intervention Program | City and County of Denver | $799,000 |
Denver | Economic Development for Black Communities | Black Business Initiative | $800,000 |
Denver | I-70 Remnant Parcels for Community Restoration | Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver | $1,550,000 |
Denver | Archway Communities Park Hill Campus Rehabilitation | Archway Housing & Services | $3,000,000 |
Denver | Mile High United Way United for Families Initiatives | Mile High United Way | $1,500,000 |
Denver | Center for Employment Opportunities | Center for Employment Opportunities Colorado | $330,000 |
Denver | Inner City Health Center Expansion Project | Inner City Health Center | $2,820,000 |
Durango | Fort Lewis College Small Business Development and Entrepreneurship Programming | Fort Lewis College | $401,000 |
Durango | Collaborative Nursing Workforce Education Degree Program | Fort Lewis College | $1,300,000 |
Fort Collins | Transfort Maintenance Facility Upgrades and Repairs | City of Fort Collins, Transfort | $1,500,000 |
Fort Morgan | The Morgan County Block Commissary Kitchen | Morgan County Diversification Foundation Inc. | $257,000 |
Fort Morgan | Using Simulation in a Rural Community College Nursing Program | Morgan Community College | $274,000 |
Golden | Solidified Natural Gas Methane Emission Capture and Conversion | Colorado School of Mines | $1,150,000 |
Greeley | High Impact Innovative Affordable Housing | Greeley-Weld Habitat for Humanity | $2,557,000 |
Greeley | Career Pathways Program for Essential Healthcare Workers | Banner Health Foundation | $717,000 |
Haxtun | Haxtun Health Main Street Clinic | Haxtun Hospital District | $2,000,000 |
Hugo | Critical Access Hospital Replacement | Lincoln Community Hospital | $3,000,000 |
La Plata | Substance Abuse Treatment Facility | La Plata County | $1,825,000 |
Meeker | Rio Blanco Law Enforcement Training Center | Rio Blanco County | $350,000 |
Mesa | Town of De Beque for Wastewater Treatment Plant | The Town of De Beque | $1,246,000 |
Monte Vista | Rio Grande Emergency Disaster Resources | City of Monte Vista | $827,000 |
Naturita | West End Housing & Blight Remediation Project | West End Economic Development Corporation | $900,000 |
Naturita | Town of Naturita for Wastewater Treatment Plant Lagoon Upgrade and Collection System | Town of Naturita | $1,250,000 |
Northglenn | Clean Energy for Northglenn Facilities | City of Northglenn | $800,000 |
Otero | Town of Cheraw for a Regional Consolidation Project | Town of Cheraw | $1,625,000 |
Pinewood Springs | Pinewood Springs Emergency Resiliency Microgrid Project | Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association | $425,000 |
Pueblo | Pueblo Crime and Accident Scene Scanner | City of Pueblo | $86,000 |
Pueblo | YWCA of Pueblo Childcare Center Development | YWCA Pueblo | $1,500,000 |
Rifle | Rifle In-Car and Body-Worn Cameras | City of Rifle | $317,000 |
Rifle | Wapiti Commons Affordable Homeownership Development | Habitat for Humanity Roaring Fork Valley | $1,200,000 |
Salida | Chaffee County North End Public Safety Complex | Chaffee County Government | $1,000,000 |
Thornton | Thornton Rapid DNA Instrument | City of Thornton | $171,000 |
Thornton | Thornton Crime Scene and Accident Scanner | City of Thornton | $102,000 |
Towaoc | Ute Mountain Ute Multi-Family Housing Development | Ute Mountain Ute Tribe | $2,500,000 |
Trinidad | City of Trinidad for a Drinking Water Infrastructure Project | City of Trinidad | $1,149,000 |
Vail | Inpatient Behavioral Health Facility in Rural Colorado | Vail Health | $2,705,000 |
Senate rules require Senators to publicly list all requests received and certify they do not have financial interests in any of the requests they submit for inclusion in the funding bills. For more information on CDS requests, CLICK HERE.
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