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  • Participants in the Accessible Travel Program will receive up to 23 accessibility site assessments and free listing for all Wheel The World Verified sites on the Wheel The World website.
  • The Accessory Dwelling Unit Finance Program supports lenders who will directly support the construction and conversion of new accessory dwelling units across Colorado through low-interest loans, interest rate buy-downs and credit enhancements.
  • 2026 is a year to celebrate — Colorado turns 150 and the nation marks 250 years of independence. All across the state, you’ll find festivals, events, community celebrations and hidden gems waiting to be explored.
  • These loans provide up to $250 million in working capital loans to Colorado small businesses negatively impacted by adverse economic conditions.
  • This program certifies communities that contribute to our state’s economy through creativity, culture, and the arts.
  • This credit enhancement is for businesses that typically struggle to get access to a bank loan.
  • Participants in the Colorado Dark Sky Certification Mentor program will receive 70 hours of free consulting support from DarkSky Colorado to implement activities that reduce light pollution and protect access to Colorado’s incredible night skies.
  • This federal program encourages long-term investments in designated low-income communities by giving investors tax incentives for investing in real estate projects.
  • This fund provides helps small to medium-sized businesses negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic get loans.
  • Participants in the Colorado State Parks Dark Sky Certification Mentor program will receive 20 hours of free consulting, webinars, and toolkits from DarkSky Colorado to implement activities that reduce light pollution and protect access to Colorado’s incredible night skies.
  • This tax credit helps rehabilitate historic and commercial properties.
  • This loan helps businesses in rural areas by giving loans and loan guarantees.
  • This program contributes to effective economic development in Colorado communities and regions through a place-based, regionally driven economic development planning process.
  • The Colorado Tourism Office seeks to serve as the extended strategy and implementation team for Colorado destination organizations through Destination Blueprint. Program outcomes include increased alignment between local tourism stakeholders and completion of one or more priority tourism projects. Up to 10 destination organizations will be selected to participate.
  • The Colorado Tourism Office seeks to serve as the extended strategy and implementation team for Colorado destination organizations through Destination Blueprint. Program outcomes include increased alignment between local tourism stakeholders and completion of one or more priority tourism projects. Up to 10 destination organizations will be selected to participate.
  • This tax credit helps businesses invest in commercial vehicles and parts for vehicles.
  • This tax credit encourages investment in distressed areas of the state.
  • This tax credit encourages businesses in economically distressed communities to offer health insurance coverage to their employees.
  • This tax credit encourages enterprise zone businesses to invest in business personal property.
  • This tax credit helps businesses develop a skilled workforce in distressed communities.
  • This tax credit helps businesses in distressed communities add employees to their workforce.
  • This program encourages development in economically distressed areas of the state through tax incentives.
  • OEDIT is embarking on a two-year process to redesignate the enterprise zones associated with the Enterprise Zone Program. Per the Enterprise Zone statute, OEDIT and the Colorado Economic Development Commission are required to review the enterprise zone designations no less frequently than once every ten years
  • This tax credit helps businesses invest in research and development through a tax credit.
  • This tax exemption expands the Manufacturing Sales and Use Tax Exemption.
  • This tax credit helps businesses redevelop commercial property and rehabilitate vacant buildings.
  • This program is eight sessions, each lasting 2.5-3 hours, where a professional filmmaker works with high school teachers to cover scriptwriting, production, filming, and editing.
  • This grant funds the creation, documentation, presentation, and/or teaching of folk and traditional arts.
  • The Freight Rail Tax Credit incentivizes freight dependent businesses’ use of certain rail lines in Colorado.
  • This program supports HUBZone-certified small businesses in designated areas of the State by providing them with preferential treatment in awarding federal contracts.