Programs and Funding

  • This grant helps teams of Colorado-based advanced industries technology businesses and nonprofits develop new large-scale projects.
  • This grant provides funding to help Colorado research institutions with applied research in advanced industries and to commercialize products and services in the private sector.
  • This program commissions artwork for people to enjoy in publicly accessible areas inside and outside of state buildings.
  • This do-it-yourself program helps communities prepare to become Colorado Creative Districts.
  • This program provides eligible semiconductor companies access to specific types of Enterprise Zone income tax credits; Colorado municipalities and counties must establish a CHIPS Zone through application to the EDC before companies can access these benefits.
  • This program teaches cultural and community leaders how to handle change in organizations, communities, and their daily lives.
  • This suite of three grants provides Colorado communities funding to develop their semiconductor and advanced industry ecosystems. The three grants can be used to fund market studies, projects and programs, and marketing activities.
  • This grant finances various projects across the state that create or revitalize mixed-use commercial centers.
  • This program certifies communities that contribute to our state’s economy through creativity, culture, and the arts.
  • This annual event is for Colorado creatives to connect, learn, and be inspired.
  • These awards honor community members for civic leadership and volunteerism in creative industries.
  • This tax credit is an eight-year job creation incentive to support competitive, multi-state, or country relocation and expansion projects.
  • This national competition helps high school students learn about poetry by memorizing and performing it.
  • This program helps communities convert buildings into affordable living and work spaces for creatives.
  • This cash incentive is a five-year program for competitive business expansion or relocation projects.
  • These missions promote foreign investment into Colorado and help Colorado companies become more globally competitive.