This do-it-yourself program helps communities prepare to become Colorado Creative Districts.
Las certificaciones ayudan a las pequeñas empresas propiedad de minorías, veteranos y mujeres a ofertar y a ganar contratos con los gobiernos locales, estatales y el gobierno federal.
The Cannabis Business Loan Fund is an opportunity for social equity licensed cannabis businesses to receive lending capital to build and improve their current business operations.
The Cannabis Business Office is excited to announce a new educational program that offers vertical specific content to social equity cannabis businesses at no cost.
This program is made up of a coalition of partners across the state that share important messaging about preserving and protecting our state’s natural resources.
This credit enhancement helps small and medium-sized businesses in Colorado access loans that they would otherwise not get because they do not have enough collateral.
These loans provide up to $250 million in working capital loans to Colorado small businesses negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
This program certifies communities that contribute to our state’s economy through creativity, culture, and the arts.
This credit enhancement is for businesses that typically struggle to get access to a bank loan.
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 database of filmable locations across Colorado allows filmmakers to search by town, county, and type of location.
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 directory provides listings of outdoor recreation businesses 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.
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.
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 loan helps businesses in rural areas by giving loans and loan guarantees.
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 free certification helps frontline workers become Colorado experts and grow their Colorado-style hospitality.
This program encourages development in economically distressed areas of the state through tax incentives.
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 award honors Colorado-based companies that have exported products or services for at least two years.
This award recognizes minority-owned for-profit businesses that contribute to the economic diversity and success of minority communities in Colorado.
This program supports HUBZone-certified small businesses in designated areas of the State by providing them with preferential treatment in awarding federal contracts.
International Trade Readiness for Small Businesses online training course provides a peek into resources available through our partners at the World Trade Center Denver to reach international markets.
This directory is Colorado’s most comprehensive database of certified minority-owned businesses.
This program will provide one-time scholarships to 2024 high school graduates and equivalent completers that reside in Colorado for use in the 2024-2025 academic year, and will prioritize those who pursue an in-demand or high-priority postsecondary pathway as indicated by Colorado’s labor market index data.
Identify which certifications will help your small minority, veteran- and women-owned business bid on and win contracts with local, state, and federal governments.
This national competition helps high school students learn about poetry by memorizing and performing it.
The Professional Pathways Program program is a tier based professional networking and development program for film students across the state.
Cannabis Business resources that include banking options and pro bono legal support
This program provides free technical assistance, consulting, and funding to help rural communities create economic development strategies.
Free one-on-one consulting services to help you build a successful business at 15 community-based full-time centers and more than 70 part-time centers across Colorado.
The following lenders are possible sources of funding for small businesses in Colorado.
Free and low-cost training workshops to help existing and new businesses grow and prosper in Colorado.
This award honors a frontline tourism worker from each of Colorado’s eight travel regions.
