Press Release

The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) and the Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) have announced 16 regional teams, representing 169 rural communities, as participants in the Colorado Rural Resiliency and Recovery Roadmap program.

The Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) has announced that the national initiative Built for Zero has certified Fremont, Colorado as the 12th community in the country to functionally end veteran homelessness, and the Division of Housing (DOH) awarded $2.85M through the Colorado State Housing Board (SHB) for affordable housing in May.

The Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) Division of Housing (DOH) has published a new website to simplify obtaining emergency rental assistance as well as upcoming homeowner relief, and awarded $6.025M through the Colorado State Housing Board (SHB) for affordable housing in June.

The Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) Division of Housing (DOH) awarded $3.69M through the Colorado State Housing Board (SHB) for affordable housing in April.

The U.S. Census Bureau has announced its final population count of the 2020 Census and Colorado comes in at 5,773,714, getting one additional seat in the United States House of Representatives.

The Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) Division of Housing (DOH) in March launched the new Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP), received $800K from Kaiser Permanente and awarded $2.06M for affordable housing.

Colorado Main Street, a program of the Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) Division of Local Government (DLG), has launched the Heritage Energy Pilot Project offering interagency collaboration to combine quality historic preservation with statewide energy goals.

The Economic Development Administration (EDA) announced last week that it has awarded a $2.3 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) to help rural Colorado communities develop economic recovery and resiliency plans.

The Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) through the Division of Local Government (DLG) recently awarded $13.28M for 27 Energy and Mineral Impact Assistance Fund (EIAF) Tier II grants for a wide range of projects across the state.

As Colorado recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic and the largest wildfires in its history, the 2020 Resiliency Framework offers a path for the State to identify solutions, implement changes and track progress, in an effort to return to conditions better than before and prepare for future conditions.