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The Pikes Peak Association of Realtors has $13,000 in Colorado Association of Realtors Housing Opportunity Foundation grants for nonprofit affordable housing organizations.
Applications will be accepted through June 27.
To be eligible for the money, organizations must be based in the Pikes Peak region, have a housing related mission and be a […]

The Pikes Peak region could receive money to help prevent foreclosures and promote affordable housing.
The region is slated to receive a $116,404 grant that is funneled through the Westminster-based Colorado Rural Housing Development Corp. The money will be used primarily in Denver, but will also help expand its initiatives […]

The State Historic Fund has awarded 60 historic preservation grants totaling $7,124,311, and portions of that money will fund four El Paso County projects.
The Drennan Community School Building preservation project was awarded $199,736. Located in rural El Paso County, the building will be renovated for municipal use and […]

The Governor’s Energy Office has selected 12 matching grant award recipients for the 2008 Colorado Energy Star New Homes program.
Colorado Springs Utilities, representing the City of Colorado Springs, was one of the winners.
The program encourages city and county officials to work with residential builders to help them earn the U.S. […]

The Governor’s Energy Office has awarded $350,000 in grants to eight organizations for “New Energy Economic Development,” or NEED, efforts.
NEED grants must be used to develop emerging technologies that could attract additional investment to Colorado’s growing energy-efficiency and renewable-energy industries.
Tom Plant, director of the energy office, said the grant program […]

Two different funding mechanisms are now available through the Downtown Development Authority for those interested in downtown development projects.
The programs, tax increment financing through reimbursement contracts and challenge grants, require an application and review process.
The deadline for challenge grant applications is April 30. Applications for TIF are ongoing.
Application […]

The El Paso County Department of Human Services has applied to receive $492,786 in Community Services Block Grants for 2008 and 2009.
The federal CSBG grants are awarded annually to provide county emergency and self-sufficiency services to low-income families.
The Pikes Peak Community Action Agency and the Salvation Army’s emergency shelter will provide […]

Energy Outreach Colorado is anticipating that energy bills for low-income families will increase 23 percent this year, thanks mostly to a reduction of federal money for assistance.
Last winter, between Nov. 1 and April 30, the nonprofit organization said low-income people in Colorado paid about $608 for heat and electricity.
This winter, the figure is expected to […]

The Salvation Army announced today that it has received a $100,000 Daniels Fund grant to support The Salvation Army’s R.J. Montgomery New Hope Center, the organization’s downtown homeless shelter at 709 S. Sierra Madre St.
“This gift will enable us to continue services to those most in need in Colorado Springs,” said Major Don Gilger, El […]

The Colorado Springs Symphony Orchestra Foundation has given $500,000 to the Bee Vradenburg Foundation to disperse in support of the Colorado Springs Philharmonic.
CSSO Foundation Board Chair Mary Ellen McNally said transferring the money to the Bee Vradenburg Foundation was the “perfect” way to ensure responsible management and disbursement of money in future years.
The Bee Vradenburg […]