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.
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.
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, owner-occupied commercial properties.
This grant helps Colorado communities plan economic development projects that create or retain permanent jobs.
This loan helps businesses in rural areas by giving loans and loan guarantees.
This program helps Colorado artists by highlighting their work through rotating art exhibitions to the State Capitol building.
This discounted subscription gives tourism partners access to a visual content marketing software called CrowdRiff.
An annual day-long event for businesses to learn about cybersecurity and risk management.
This grant provides funding to Colorado businesses that were disproportionately impacted by the pandemic and did not receive meaningful access to federal loans and grants under the CARES Act.
This tax credit covers up to 50% of a qualified business’ conversion costs to employee ownership (up to $150,000.00). Check the program page to learn more about the recently expanded program.
This tax credit helps businesses invest in commercial vehicles and parts for vehicles.
This tax credit encourages investment in distressed areas of the state.
This tax credit encourages businesses in economically distressed communities to offer health insurance coverage to their employees.
This tax credit encourages enterprise zone businesses to invest in business personal property.
This tax credit helps businesses develop a skilled workforce in distressed communities.
This tax credit helps businesses in distressed communities add employees to their workforce.
This program encourages development in economically distressed areas of the state through tax incentives.
This tax credit helps businesses invest in research and development through a tax credit.
This tax exemption expands the Manufacturing Sales and Use Tax Exemption.
This tax credit helps businesses redevelop commercial property and rehabilitate vacant buildings.
This program is eight sessions, each lasting 2.5-3 hours, where a professional filmmaker works with high school teachers to cover scriptwriting, production, filming, and editing.
This grant provides financial support to help communities start and host successful film festivals in Colorado.
This series of events addresses the need for community engagement and education during COVID-19 by providing webinars to the creative film and media community.
These awards honor community members for civic leadership and volunteerism in creative industries.
OEDIT is seeking stakeholder input on HB22-1418 Extension Of Certain Unused Tax Credits concerning the extension of the period for which unused and expiring colorado Job Growth Incentive (JGTIC) and Enterprise Zone (EZ) income tax credits may be carried forward to subsequent years.
These scholarships help high school students pay for educational and experiential film programs.
The program helps organizations and tourism businesses advertise to consumers through tour operators in other countries to promote their destinations.
This tax credit is an eight-year job creation incentive to support competitive, multi-state, or country relocation and expansion projects.