Bennet Announces $158 Million For Colorado Priorities in Senate Appropriations Bills

Fifty-six Colorado Projects Requested by Bennet Recommended for Inclusion, Totaling $115 Million for Colorado Communities

Washington, D.C. – Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet announced that he secured $158 million in Colorado priorities in the Fiscal Year 2022 Senate appropriations bills. Fifty-six Colorado projects that Bennet requested were included  in various appropriations bills and would direct over $115 million to Colorado communities. In total, $158 million in funding for Colorado projects were included in the various appropriations bills. The Senate is expected to vote on the bills by the end of the year either individually or as a combined package.

“As we recover from the worst public health and economic crisis in a century, this funding will help meet the needs of Colorado communities across the state,” said Bennet. “From expanding access to health care to building affordable housing and creating good-paying jobs, these investments will help rebuild our economy to deliver opportunity to every Coloradan.”

Bennet-Secured Colorado Priorities in Senate Appropriations Bills

Project

Location

Amount $

Submitted By

Adams State University/Colorado State Mechanical Engineering Partnership

Alamosa

1,100,000

Bennet and Hickenlooper

Big Canyon Water Line

Dove Creek

1,760,000

Bennet

Boys & Girls Clubs Mental Health Initiative

Statewide

2,000,000

Bennet and Hickenlooper

CareerWise Curricula Design Accelerator

Denver

750,000

Bennet and Hickenlooper

City of Craig's Affordable Housing Project

Craig

979,000

Bennet

City of Craig Water & Wastewater Emergency Generators

Craig

1,080,000

Bennet and Hickenlooper

City of Durango and Archuleta County Bus Purchase

La Plata and Archuleta

522,000

Bennet and Hickenlooper

Clinica Family Health's Pecos Rehabilitation and Modernization

Adams

5,407,000

Bennet

Coal Mine Methane Solutions

Redstone

1,200,000

Bennet and Hickenlooper

Colorado West Healthcare System’s Early Childhood Education Center at Community Hospital

Grand Junction

2,000,000

Bennet

Colorado Wildfire Risk Reduction and Resilient Forests Project

Statewide

3,650,000

Bennet

Community Based Crime Reduction (CBCR) Partnership

Denver

420,000

Bennet

Community Justice Navigator

Leadville

495,000

Bennet

Crisis Intervention Response Initiative

Boulder

255,000

Bennet and Hickenlooper

Crowley County Water Tower Construction

Crowley

7,000,000

Bennet

Denver’s Youth Crisis Response

Denver

384,000

Bennet and Hickenlooper

Durango Hotel Conversion Affordable Housing Project

Durango

3,000,000

Bennet and Hickenlooper

Eagle County Transit Improvements

Eagle

1,201,000

Bennet and Hickenlooper

Easterseals Colorado Center for Inclusive Employment and Programs

Colorado

980,000

Bennet and Hickenlooper

Foot Patrols with Community Organizations

Denver

122,000

Bennet and Hickenlooper

Generational Opportunities to Achieve Long-Term Success (GOALS) Housing Program

Castle Rock

1,000,000

Bennet and Hickenlooper

Grand Valley Transit Bus Replacement

Grand Junction

1,223,000

Bennet and Hickenlooper

Gunnison Valley Rural Transportation Authority Fleet Expansion

Gunnison

1,460,000

Bennet and Hickenlooper

H.O.M.E. (Holistic Offender Mental Health Engagement)

Denver

160,000

Bennet

JILA Modernization Project

Boulder

$950,000

Bennet and Hickenlooper

Lake County Community Justice Center

Leadville

3,575,000

Bennet and Hickenlooper

Larimer County Boys and Girls Club’s Collaborative Childcare Campus and Community Hub

Fort Collins

1,500,000

Bennet

Logan County and Centennial Public Health’s Sterling Permanent Housing Project

Logan

550,000

Bennet

Minturn Water Tank Project

Minturn

1,000,000

Bennet and Hickenlooper

Moffat County Courthouse

Craig

4,650,000

Bennet

New Dental Clinic & Services for Children of Low-Income Families

Commerce City

100,000

Bennet and Hickenlooper

Parkview Medical Center Comprehensive Care Initiative

Pueblo

500,000

Bennet and Hickenlooper

Pikes Peak United Way Family Success Center

Colorado Springs

250,000

Bennet

Rangely Renewable Energy Project

Rangely

5,000,000

Bennet and Hickenlooper

Regional Inpatient/Residential Treatment Solution

Durango

150,000

Bennet and Hickenlooper

Regional Rural 911 Telecommunications and Data Program Expansion

Fremont and Custer

1,601,000

Bennet

Roaring Fork Valley Permanent Supportive Housing Project

Glenwood Springs

750,000

Bennet

Rocky Ford Health Clinic Renovation & Expansion

Rocky Ford

250,000

Bennet

Safe Outdoor Spaces program

Aurora

1,224,000

Bennet and Hickenlooper

San Luis Valley Early Childhood Initiative

Alamosa

110,000

Bennet

Soil Carbon Solutions Center

Fort Collins

1,000,000

Bennet and Hickenlooper

Southern Ute Enhanced Outcrop Methane Capture

Ignacio

2,500,000

Bennet and Hickenlooper

Southwest Colorado Regional Investigative, Search, Rescue and Recovery Capabilities Enhancement

Durango

166,000

Bennet

Summit County System-wide Mental Assessment Response Team

Summit County

423,000

Bennet

Tepeyac Elyria-Swansea Clinic

Denver

2,000,000

Bennet and Hickenlooper

TGTHR’s Affordable Housing Project

Denver

2,000,000

Bennet

The Schriever Fitness Center at Schriever Air Force Base

Colorado Springs

30,000,000

Bennet

Town of Hayden’s Entrepreneurial Center

Hayden

2,867,000

Bennet

Town of Rico Central Sewer System

Rico

2,500,000

Bennet and Hickenlooper

Town of Walden Old Valve Replacement

Walden

90,000

Bennet

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) South Platte River & Tributaries, Adams & Denver Counties, Colorado Project Pre-Construction Engineering & Design (PED)

Denver

400,000

Bennet and Hickenlooper

United States Air Force Academy's High-Bay Vehicle Maintenance

Colorado Springs

4,300,000

Bennet

Ute Mountain Ute Kwiyagat Community Academy

Towaoc

2,000,000

Bennet

Ute Mountain Ute Housing Improvement Project

Towaoc

2,000,000

Bennet and Hickenlooper

Vail Transit Bus Replacement and Charging Infrastructure

Vail

1,650,000

Bennet and Hickenlooper

Western Slope Community Clinic & Urgent Care

Palisade

1,000,000

Bennet and Hickenlooper