Hickenlooper secured 94 projects worth over $129 million in final bill.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper today applauded the inclusion of over $178.3 million in funding for projects across Colorado in the fiscal year 2023 federal funding bill. Hickenlooper secured $129.3 million of the funding for 94 projects through the congressionally directed spending (CDS) process.
“Coloradans know best what their communities need,” said Hickenlooper. “These projects are examples of how everyone wins when Washington listens to the needs of the people we serve.”
To qualify, CDS requests must be submitted by local governments or non-profits. Senators may then submit these projects for consideration in one of the nine annual funding bills that accept CDS requests. Congress has now negotiated an omnibus bill to fund the federal government in 2023 that includes these CDS requests.
Last year Hickenlooper secured $100.4 million for 64 projects across Colorado, helping fund projects that address priorities across the state including investments in affordable housing, clean energy, health care, and more.
Of the $178.3 million total for Colorado in the final omnibus funding bill, Hickenlooper secured $129.3 million in funding for 94 projects. A full list of the fiscal year 2023 included projects is available below.
| Location | Name of Project | Requester | Funded Amount |
| Aurora | AuMHC Acute Care Center | Aurora Mental Health Center | $2,000,000 |
| Aurora | Child and Youth Behavioral Workforce Pathway Initiative | Children’s Hospital Colorado | $668,313 |
| Aurora | Denver and Arapahoe Disposal Site | City and County of Denver | $150,000 |
| Aurora | Martin Luther King Jr. Library Expansion and Improvements | City of Aurora | $2,500,000 |
| Aurora | Waterline Replacement Program | City of Aurora | $2,800,000 |
| Aurora | Colorado Freedom Memorial Center | Colorado Freedom Memorial Foundation | $1,500,000 |
| Aurora | El Alba Cooperative Commissary Kitchen | El Alba Cooperative | $150,000 |
| Aurora | The Roots—A Community Hub for Newcomers in Colorado | Project Worthmore | $4,000,000 |
| Aurora | CU Injury and Violence Prevention Center | University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center | $460,584 |
| Aurora | Rural Public Health Certificate | University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center | $783,580 |
| Beulah | Beulah Water Works District for New Raw Water Storage Tank | Beulah Water Works District | $380,000 |
| Boulder | Affordable Housing Modular Factory | City of Boulder Department of Housing & Human Services | $506,000 |
| Boulder | Housing and Services Hub for Youth Experiencing Homelessness | TGTHR Boulder | $2,000,000 |
| Boulder | Sustainable Mobile Office | The Latino Chamber of Commerce of Boulder County | $250,000 |
| Boulder | Town of Superior for Granular Activated Carbon System at Water Treatment Plant | Town of Superior | $1,280,000 |
| Brighton | Adams County Veterans Memorial Amphitheater | Adams County | $750,000 |
| Cheraw | Town of Cheraw for a Regional Consolidation Project | Town of Cheraw | $1,625,000 |
| Clifton | New Doors to Health | Marillac Health | $2,500,000 |
| Clifton | Clifton Community Campus | Mesa County | $2,500,000 |
| Colorado Springs | Child Advocacy Center for the Pikes Peak Region | Children’s Advocacy Center | $360,000 |
| Colorado Springs | Peterson Space Force Base North Gate Access and Safety Improvements | Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) | $500,000 |
| Colorado Springs | El Paso County LED Retrofit Energy Efficiency Project | El Paso County | $445,000 |
| Colorado Springs | U.S. Air Force Academy Cemetery Expansion | U.S. Air Force Academy | $3,400,000 |
| Commerce City | 62nd Avenue and Vasquez Improvements | City of Commerce City | $4,000,000 |
| Cortez | Montezuma County Community Intervention Program | Montezuma County | $361,000 |
| Craig | Community Kitchen Small Business Incubator | Craig Chamber of Commerce | $500,000 |
| Craig | Craig Energy Center Feasibility Study | Tri State Generation and Transmission Association | $200,000 |
| Creede | Lower Willow Creek Micro-Hydro Electric Generation Project | City of Creede | $425,000 |
| De Beque | Town of De Beque for Wastewater Treatment Plant | The Town of De Beque | $1,246,000 |
| Delta | North Delta Water Line Replacement | City of Delta | $380,000 |
| Delta | Delta Dispatch System Upgrade | Delta County | $500,000 |
| Delta | Mobile Integrated Healthcare | Delta County Ambulance District | $233,000 |
| Denver | Archway Communities Park Hill Campus Rehabilitation | Archway Housing & Services | $3,000,000 |
| Denver | Economic Development for Black Communities | Black Business Initiative | $800,000 |
| Denver | Center for Employment Opportunities | Center for Employment Opportunities Colorado | $330,000 |
| Denver | Denver District Attorney’s Office Human Trafficking Unit | City and County of Denver | $178,000 |
| Denver | Substance Use Navigator Program | City and County of Denver | $187,000 |
| Denver | Night Moves Youth Violence Prevention | City and County of Denver | $350,000 |
| Denver | Denver Sheriff Department Housing Navigation Program | City and County of Denver | $750,000 |
| Denver | Community-Based Violence Intervention Program | City and County of Denver | $799,000 |
| Denver | Medication-Assisted Treatment Expansion | City and County of Denver | $1,650,000 |
| Denver | Clarion Inn Hotel | Colorado Coalition for the Homeless | $4,000,000 |
| Denver | Increased Access to Dental and Mammography/Radiology Services | Denver Health & Hospital Authority | $2,200,000 |
| Denver | I-70 Remnant Parcels for Community Restoration | Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver | $1,550,000 |
| Denver | Inner City Health Center Expansion Project | Inner City Health Center | $2,820,000 |
| Denver | Service Center for Low-Income Latino Residents | Servicios de La Raza | $2,000,000 |
| Denver | Mile High United Way United for Families Initiatives | Mile High United Way | $1,500,000 |
| Denver | Central Corridor Rail Replacement | Regional Transportation District (RTD) | $4,000,000 |
| Denver | Denver Public Library | City and County of Denver | $750,000 |
| Denver | Mothership | Urban Peak | $413,940 |
| Durango | Fort Lewis College Small Business Development and Entrepreneurship Programming | Fort Lewis College | $401,000 |
| Durango | Collaborative Nursing Workforce Education Degree Program | Fort Lewis College | $1,300,000 |
| Edwards | Inpatient Behavioral Health Facility in Rural Colorado | Vail Health | $2,705,000 |
| Empire | Water Distribution System Replacement | Town of Empire | $4,000,000 |
| Estes Park | Fire Mitigation Through Power Line Replacement | Town of Estes Park | $785,937 |
| Fort Collins | Transfort Maintenance Facility Upgrades and Repairs | City of Fort Collins, Transfort | $1,500,000 |
| Fort Morgan | Using Simulation in a Rural Community College Nursing Program | Morgan Community College | $274,000 |
| Fort Morgan | The Morgan County Block Commissary Kitchen | Morgan County Diversification Foundation Inc. | $257,000 |
| Golden | Solidified Natural Gas Methane Emission Capture and Conversion | Colorado School of Mines | $1,150,000 |
| Golden | Green Hydrogen Laboratory Equipment | Colorado School of Mines | $3,000,000 |
| Golden | Global Energy Business Park | State of Colorado | $4,000,000 |
| Granby | Highway 40 Trail Connection | Town of Granby | $1,325,000 |
| Greeley | Career Pathways Program for Essential Healthcare Workers | Banner Health Foundation | $717,000 |
| Greeley | High Impact Innovative Affordable Housing | Greeley-Weld Habitat for Humanity | $2,557,000 |
| Greenwood Village | Mental Health Day Treatment Facility | Cherry Creek School District | $1,500,000 |
| Haxtun | Haxtun Health Main Street Clinic | Haxtun Hospital District | $2,000,000 |
| Hugo | Critical Access Hospital Replacement | Lincoln Community Hospital | $3,000,000 |
| La Plata County | Substance Use Treatment Facility | La Plata County | $1,825,000 |
| Littleton | Tri-Cities Ready to Work Program | City of Littleton | $1,500,000 |
| Lyons | LEAF Lyons | Lyons Emergency & Assistance Fund | $575,000 |
| Meeker | Rio Blanco Law Enforcement Training Center | Rio Blanco County | $350,000 |
| Monte Vista | Rio Grande Emergency Disaster Resources | City of Monte Vista | $828,000 |
| Naturita | West End Housing & Blight Remediation Project | West End Economic Development Corporation | $900,000 |
| Naturita | Town of Naturita for Wastewater Treatment Plant Lagoon Upgrade and Collection System | Town of Naturita | $1,250,000 |
| Northglenn | Clean Energy for Northglenn Facilities | City of Northglenn | $800,000 |
| Northglenn | Water Treatment Plant Upgrades | City of Northglenn | $2,329,600 |
| Pinewood Springs | Pinewood Springs Emergency Resiliency Microgrid Project | Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association | $425,000 |
| Pitkin County | Community Incubator Kitchen | The Farm Collaborative | $966,000 |
| Pueblo | Pueblo Crime and Accident Scene Scanner | City of Pueblo | $86,000 |
| Pueblo | YWCA of Pueblo Child Care Center Development | YWCA Pueblo | $1,500,000 |
| Rifle | Rifle In-Car and Body-Worn Cameras | City of Rifle | $317,000 |
| Rifle | Wapiti Commons Affordable Homeownership Development | Habitat for Humanity Roaring Fork Valley | $1,200,000 |
| Salida | Chaffee County North End Public Safety Complex | Chaffee County Government | $1,000,000 |
| Silverthorne | Summit County Child Care Center | Summit County | $750,000 |
| Statewide | Building Apprenticeship Pathways in Education and Healthcare | CareerWise Colorado | $1,500,000 |
| Statewide | Access to Justice Initiatives for Rural Colorado | Colorado Access to Justice Commission | $627,000 |
| Thornton | Thornton Crime Scene and Accident Scanner | City of Thornton | $102,000 |
| Thornton | Thornton Rapid DNA Instrument | City of Thornton | $171,000 |
| Towaoc | Ute Mountain Ute Multi-Family Housing Development | Ute Mountain Ute Tribe | $2,500,000 |
| Trinidad | Drinking Water Infrastructure Project | City of Trinidad | $1,149,000 |
| Wellington | Viewpointe Lift Station | Town of Wellington | $608,000 |
| Westminster | Federal Parkway Multimodal Improvements | City of Westminster | $3,000,000 |
| Wheat Ridge | Wadsworth Boulevard Phase 2 | City of Wheat Ridge | $4,000,000 |
| Wolcott | Eagle Valley Trail | Eagle County Government | $2,000,000 |
Senate rules require Senators to publicly list all requests received and certify they do not have financial interests in any of the requests they submit for inclusion in the funding bills. For more information on CDS requests, CLICK HERE.
###