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Cortez

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

Solution A Cortez Gallery Gives Artists Experiencing Homelessness Supplies—and Their Own Show
Local Champion:
an individual
Date funded:
September 2, 2022
Grant Amount:
$5,060
Solution Cortez’s Noxious Weeds Guide Proves the Pen Can Be Mightier Than the Thorn
Local Champion:
Montezuma County
Date funded:
September 2, 2022
Grant Amount:
$5,400
Solution Early Learners: Training Cortez Educators to Teach Youngsters
Local Champion:
Cortez Public Library
Date funded:
August 31, 2022
Grant Amount:
$8,000
Solution New Website Helps Cortez Parents Connect Kids to Activities
Local Champion:
Cortez Area Youth Activity Center
Date funded:
August 19, 2022
Grant Amount:
$5,000
 Story Radios Help the Cortez Community Intervention Program Reach People in Need

Montezuma County launched its Community Intervention Program to better respond to noncriminal 911 calls. But in order to get the innovative program running, they needed radios to communicate with dispatch—that's where LOR came in.

Solution Cortez Eighth Graders Embark On a Year of Service
Local Champion:
Montezuma-Cortez School District RE-1
Date funded:
August 16, 2022
Grant Amount:
$9,461
Solution Lunchtime Training in Cortez Aims to Save Lives
Local Champion:
Cortez resident
Date funded:
August 2, 2022
Grant Amount:
$10,600
Solution Cortez Invests in Solving the Same-10-People Problem
Local Champion:
Montezuma Leadership Network
Date funded:
July 29, 2022
Grant Amount:
$24,700
Solution Cortez Ups Its Al Fresco Lunch and Learning Game
Local Champion:
Children's Kiva Montessori School
Date funded:
July 25, 2022
Grant Amount:
$29,990
Solution New Radios Help Cortez Bus Drivers—and Students—Stay Connected
Local Champion:
Montezuma-Cortez School District RE-1
Date funded:
July 2, 2022
Grant Amount:
$29,970

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