Programs and Funding

  • Advance Colorado Procurement Expo
    This annual trade show helps businesses showcase their goods and services to local and state government agencies.
  • Bid Advance Response Program
    This program is a 6-month mentoring program to help small minority-, women-, and veteran-owned businesses understand and win government bids.
  • Colorado Credit Reserve
    This credit enhancement is for businesses that typically struggle to get access to a bank loan.
  • Commerce City Community Bridge Program
    This program offers free help, through English and Spanish speaking consultants, to start or expand a business in Commerce City.
  • Creative Forces Program
    This program places creative arts therapies in the Pikes Peak region for veterans, service members, and their families and caregivers.
  • Global Trade Activator Program
    This four-month training program helps minority-, women-, and veteran-owned businesses develop and implement their global trading strategy.
  • Governor’s Minority Business Awards
    This award recognizes minority-owned for-profit businesses that contribute to the economic diversity and success of minority communities in Colorado.
  • Minority Business Consulting
    Minority-, women- or veteran-owned businesses can receive free one-on-one consulting services to help you understand all of the certifications available to you.
  • Minority Business Directory
    This directory is Colorado’s most comprehensive database of certified minority-owned businesses.
  • Native Film Workshop Grant
    This grant supports an annual workshop that helps motivate and inspire native students who are struggling to find a passion in high school.
  • Pathway to Certifications
    Identify which certifications will help your small minority, veteran- and women-owned business bid on and win contracts with local, state, and federal governments.