communities
Colorado
Solutions and stories in the Centennial State.
- Local Champion:
- Montezuma-Cortez School District RE-1
- Date funded:
- July 23, 2024
- Grant Amount:
- $2,400
- Local Champion:
- Montezuma County Extension Office
- Date funded:
- July 22, 2024
- Grant Amount:
- $14,400
- Local Champion:
- A Cortez local
- Date funded:
- July 16, 2024
- Grant Amount:
- $750
- Local Champion:
- A Cortez local
- Date funded:
- July 16, 2024
- Grant Amount:
- $7,200
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To help Cortez residents better understand their government and how it works, one group of locals wrote the guide.
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With aging weight room equipment making lifting unsafe for students and staff, one coach took matters into his own hands.
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Hundreds of apple trees were going unharvested in Montezuma County each year. One group of Cortez locals wanted to give growers a hand.
- Local Champion:
- Mancos Conservation District
- Date funded:
- June 28, 2024
- Grant Amount:
- $9,400
- Local Champion:
- National Veterans Hiring Association
- Date funded:
- June 28, 2024
- Grant Amount:
- $30,000
- Local Champion:
- Evangel Assembly of God
- Date funded:
- June 27, 2024
- Grant Amount:
- $17,290
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