DOLA's Sustainable Main Streets Initiative Named Finalist in ColoradoBIZ Magazine's 2011 Sustainability Champion Awards

Congratulations to DOLA's Office of Community Development for its work on the Sustainable Main Streets Initiative (SMSI), which was launched in April of 2010.  The SMSI was chosen as a finalist for ColoradoBIZ Magazine's 2011 Sustainability Champion Awards.

Chosen among dozens of entries, the SMSI, which has focused efforts on four pilot communities: The Five Points Neighborhood, the Town of Fowler, the City of Monte Vista and the City of Rifle, was recognized for meeting criteria in the areas of environment, economy, innovation, society and education.

To read more about the awards and this important recognition, go to 2011 Sustainability Champion Awards - ColoradoBIZ Magazine.

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.

Reminder to local governments: time to submit budgets to DLG

Now that both the budget deadlines and holidays have passed, it is time for local governments to submit their adopted budgets to DLG.

There are resources on budgeting on our website at www.dola.colorado.gov/budgets.  There, you will find a checklist of the statutory requirements of budgeting to ensure that DLG receives all of the necessary documents and data.

Once all of your documents are compiled (either in paper, or hopefully, as PDF documents) there are two ways to get them to us. Our preferred option is by using our electronic filing method where you submit the PDF document of your budget (we have successfully received PDF documents upward of 800 pages) with the district name and Local Government Identification Number (LGID) included both in the name of the document itself, and in the email subject line.  The other option would be to mail a paper copy, however, in the interest of saving costs, time and preserving resources, we encourage using our electronic filing method.

There is a full list of instructions on our e‑filing page at www.dola.colorado.gov/e‑filing You are able to see our guidelines on naming your document, using PDF documents, and look up your LGID number on our budgeting website ‑ www.dola.colorado.gov/e‑filing.

Note: Please send only one government per email [e.g. XYZ Metropolitan District No.1 ‑ 6 need to send an individual email for each individual district ‑ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.], if there is a parent government that includes the budget of another local government [e.g. City of Biggsville includes the budget of the Biggsville Urban Renewal Authority or Local Improvement District, or other...] please note in the email that the budget of the other government/s is included (and include that local government's LGID as well).

Of course if you need of additional help, please contact Jarrod Biggs at 303.866.4493, jarrod.biggs@state.co.us or Cynthia Thayer at 303.866.5601, cynthia.thayer@state.co.us.
Contact information is also on the budgeting page.