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Cortez

Solutions and stories from the heart of the Four Corners region.

Solution Cortez Community Members Buoy Educators’ Spirits With a Thank-You Lunch

Local Champion:: Cortez Teacher Appreciation Committee
Date funded:: April 18, 2022
Grant Amount:: $5,820

Solution Cortez Cultural Center Helps Local Artists Reach New Customers With E-Commerce

Local Champion:: Cortez Cultural Center
Date funded:: March 25, 2022
Grant Amount:: $15,502

Solution Wildlife Fencing Protects Crops in Cortez From Deer and Elk

Local Champion:: Montezuma Land Conservancy
Date funded:: March 25, 2022
Grant Amount:: $25,000

Solution Southwest Open School Installs a Greenhouse That Supports Year-Long Growing

Local Champion:: Needful Provisions Inc. and Southwest Open School
Date funded:: March 24, 2022
Grant Amount:: $13,608

Solution Cortez’s New Swim Blocks Provide an Economic Boon

Local Champion:: Cortez Water Dragons
Date funded:: March 23, 2022
Grant Amount:: $29,995

Story Cortez’s Southside Garden Grows Greens and Community January 2022

The new community garden's 11 plots, supported with funding from LOR, will be ready for planting this spring.

Solution A New Cortez Business Center Provides Affordable Coworking and Office Space

Local Champion:: Cortez Area Chamber of Commerce
Date funded:: January 14, 2022
Grant Amount:: $23,084

Solution Crisis Response Pilot Program Addresses Health Disparities in Cortez

Local Champion:: Montezuma County
Date funded:: December 29, 2021
Grant Amount:: $17,157

Solution Technology Improves Access to Mountain Biking for Cortez Youth

Local Champion:: High Desert DEVO
Date funded:: December 17, 2021
Grant Amount:: $2,140

Story A New Bike Tech Training Program Comes to Cortez November 2021

All that Cortez's Southwest Open School needed to launch its new bike mechanic program was a shop. That's where LOR came in.

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