• Participants in the Colorado Dark Sky Certification Mentor program will receive 70 hours of free consulting support from DarkSky Colorado to implement activities that reduce light pollution and protect access to Colorado’s incredible night skies.
  • This toolkit helps your community or business install and promote electric vehicle charging stations along Colorado’s Scenic and Historic Byways.
  • This directory helps our state's film industry workforce showcase their skills and services to producers who are considering filming here.
  • This incentive encourages film production in Colorado with a performance-based rebate for up to 20% of qualified expenses.
  • This database of filmable locations across Colorado allows filmmakers to search by town, county, and type of location.
  • The Colorado for All - Business Showcase and Resource Fair is a community-based event showcasing small businesses and recipients of OEDIT resources. This day-long event will provide a platform for small businesses to share their success stories, access additional resources, and participate in networking opportunities.
  • This scholarship helps tourism professionals attend the Governor's Tourism Conference for the first time.
  • This scholarship helps college and university students attend the Governor's Tourism Conference for the first time.
  • This is an annual three-day event for tourism professionals and industry leaders to learn and network.
  • This position recognizes and supports Colorado musicians whose public service improves Colorado economically, socially, and culturally.
  • This program commissions artwork for people to enjoy in publicly accessible areas inside and outside of state buildings.
  • This federal program encourages long-term investments in designated low-income communities by giving investors tax incentives for investing in real estate projects.
  • This annual event consists of networking, idea sharing, and expert discussions to build and sustain the outdoor recreation industry in Colorado.
  • The laureate advocates for poetry, literacy, and literature by participating in readings and other events at the state capitol, schools, libraries, and literary festivals.
  • The Colorado Quantum Fund (CQF) for Shared Facilities provides 100% refundable tax credits to applicants making qualifying investments in fixed capital assets intended to create a shared quantum lab.
  • The Quantum Investment Tax Credit (QITC) improves access to capital for quantum companies by encouraging lenders to make favorable loans to companies by registering up to 15% of the loan in a pooled loan loss reserve. The reserve is accessible with a 100% refundable tax credit should the lender incur losses associated with those loans.
  • This fund provides helps small to medium-sized businesses negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic get loans.
  • The Colorado Startup Loan Fund provides loan capital to mission-based lenders to provide loans to Colorado entrepreneurs and small business owners needing capital to start, restart, or restructure a business, and those who are not able to obtain a loan from traditional lenders.
  • Participants in the Colorado State Parks Dark Sky Certification Mentor program will receive 20 hours of free consulting, webinars, and toolkits from DarkSky Colorado to implement activities that reduce light pollution and protect access to Colorado’s incredible night skies.
  • As a part of the federal American Rescue Plan Act, the federal government passed the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) bill to fund small business credit support and investment programs.
  • The Colorado Tourism Climate Champions Program, a pilot program in partnership with the Travel Foundation aims to provide education and expertise to Colorado destination organizations seeking guidance on climate action planning for the tourism industry.
  • This program allows organizations to submit brochures about their business or other travel information to display at Colorado Welcome Centers.
  • This tax credit helps rehabilitate historic and commercial properties.
  • This loan helps businesses in rural areas by giving loans and loan guarantees.
  • This grant helps Colorado communities plan economic development projects that create or retain permanent jobs.
  • This program contributes to effective economic development in Colorado communities and regions through a place-based, regionally driven economic development planning process.
  • This program helps Colorado artists by highlighting their work through rotating art exhibitions to the State Capitol building.
  • This toolkit offers a variety of crisis communications preparedness and recovery assets for communities and organizations impacted by natural disasters and tourism crisis situations.
  • This discounted subscription gives tourism partners access to a visual content marketing software called CrowdRiff.
  • This free certification helps frontline workers become Colorado experts and grow their Colorado-style hospitality.