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Colorado

Solutions and stories in the Centennial State.

Solution Medical Supplies Enhance Cortez’s Athletic Training Program

Local Champion:: Montezuma-Cortez School District RE-1
Date funded:: February 21, 2025
Grant Amount:: $5,000

Solution Instrument Repairs and Upgrades Grow Cortez’s Community Band

Local Champion:: Four Corners Community Band
Date funded:: February 21, 2025
Grant Amount:: $3,800

Solution Skeet Houses Expand Shooting Sports in Cortez

Local Champion:: Cortez Trap Club
Date funded:: February 18, 2025
Grant Amount:: $9,900

Solution A Journalism Program Prepares Monte Vista Students to Become Storytellers

Local Champion:: A Monte Vista local
Date funded:: February 14, 2025
Grant Amount:: $6,035

Solution A Collaborative Support Program Keeps Cortez Families Safely Housed

Local Champion:: A Cortez local
Date funded:: February 14, 2025
Grant Amount:: $10,000

Solution A Playground Creates a Therapeutic Space for Cortez Families

Local Champion:: Housing Authority of Montezuma County
Date funded:: February 10, 2025
Grant Amount:: $3,037

Solution A Trap and Release Program Aims to Reduce Cortez’s Feral Cat Population

Local Champion:: Rachel's Forgotten Felines Rescue
Date funded:: February 7, 2025
Grant Amount:: $6,960

Story

How Fenceless Ranching is Transforming Land and Water in the West January 2025

Colorado's Badger Creek Ranch is using electric collars to guide cattle to water—and away from sensitive areas.

Solution An Awarness Campaign Grows the Cortez Literary Scene

Local Champion:: Four Corners Writers
Date funded:: January 27, 2025
Grant Amount:: $8,000

Solution An Archery Program Teaches Cortez Youth New Skills

Local Champion:: Dirt ‘N’ Nails Farms Inc
Date funded:: January 27, 2025
Grant Amount:: $7,508

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