DOLA Takes Part in Georgetown Water/wastewater Upgrade Celebration

DOLA was proud to take part in a recent celebration marking vital upgrades to the water/wastewater facility serving Georgetown and Silver Plume.  Tony Hernandez, Director of the Division of Local Government (DLG), Clay Brown, DOLA Regional Manager, and Jarrod Biggs, Research Analyst, joined Georgetown and Silver Plume officials for a special ribbon-cutting event applauding construction made possible through more than $9 million in grants and financial assistance.

The water/wastewater system upgrades are the culmination of ongoing facilitation and technical assistance that helped create an intergovernmental agreement between Georgetown and Silver Plume, paving the way for improvements in water quality and infrastructure.

Tony Hernandez, Director of DOLA's Division of Local Government (far l) and DOLA Regional Manager Clay Brown (c), joined local officials from Georgetown and Silver Plume for a ribbon-cutting celebrating water/wastewater system improvements.

You can read about this important project in the Clear Creek Courant.  Photo by Ian Neligh.

Amercian Recovery & Reinvestment Act Outcome Report Now Available for the Community Services Block Grant Program

DOLA held a CSBG workshop in 2010

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provided the Colorado Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Community Action Program (CAP) Network with $8,684,648 in additional funding for FY 2009 and 2010 CSBG programs.  The Colorado CAP Network, the forty (40) entities that administer the CSBG on the local level for all sixty-four (64) counties in Colorado, have worked diligently to ensure that CSBG Recovery Act funds provide critical services to those affected by the severe economic recession.  The State CSBG office and the Colorado CAP Network have committed to providing transparent, efficient, innovative and effective services with CSBG Recovery Act funds.

CSBG workshop participants

The Colorado CAP Network has proven to be a responsible steward of Recovery Act funds.  Despite an unprecedented amount of funding, need and responsibility, CAPs have collectively expended 99.6 percent of CSBG Recovery Act funds as of December 30, 2010.  The State CSBG office worked with local CAPs in creating and executing plans to spend CSBG Recovery Act funds responsibly, so that Coloradans in need could receive the help they deserve.

Read the report.

Town of Red Cliff Celebrates New Water Treatment Facility at Ribbon Cutting

Red Cliff Mayor Ramon Montoya, left, and Charles Unseld, deputy director of Colorado's Department of Local Affairs, share the ribbon cutting responsibilities for the new Red Cliff $4.2 million wastewater treatment plant Friday in Red Cliff. Federal stimulus dollars from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act covered a majority of the project's cost. State and local grants paid for the rest. R.N. Civil Construction based in Centennial started work on the plant in 2009. The town's old treatment plant dated back to the '70s and had long been considered a scourge to the environment.

Dominique Taylor/dtaylor@vaildaily.com

Tuesday: Town of Boone to Celebrate Groundbreaking of Wastewater System Improvements Funded through ARRA

On Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010, at 1 p.m., DOLA executive director Susan Kirkpatrick, Town of Boone Mayor Bill Baker, project contractors and other local and state representatives will gather for a groundbreaking celebration for the town's wastewater treatment facility.

Location: Town of Boone Wastewater Treatment Facility 

Directions to Site:  Drive east on Highway 50 from Pueblo to Highway 96, continue 6 miles east to downtown Boone, turn left (north) in middle of town, cross railroad tracks, and first intersection is Railroad Avenue - turn right, and proceed east to edge of town, where it becomes a one lane trail.  Continue .25 miles to wastewater lagoon.