• Art in Public Places
  This program commissions artwork for people to enjoy in publicly accessible areas inside and outside of state buildings.
• Call Yourself Creative Program
  This do-it-yourself program helps communities prepare to become Colorado Creative Districts.
• Colorado Community Revitalization Grant
  This grant finances various projects across the state that create or revitalize mixed-use commercial centers.
• Colorado Creates Grant
  This grant helps organizations and communities create art and cultural activities through general operating support funding.
• Colorado Dark Sky Certification Mentor Program
  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.
• Colorado Music Strategy
  This program commissions artwork for people to enjoy in publicly accessible areas inside and outside of state buildings.
• Disproportionately Impacted Business Grant
  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.
• Employee Ownership Tax Credit
  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.
• Folk and Traditional Arts Project Grant
  This grant funds the creation, documentation, presentation, and/or teaching of folk and traditional arts.
• International Trade Readiness for Small Businesses
  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.
• Job Growth Incentive Tax Credit
  This tax credit is an eight-year job creation incentive to support competitive, multi-state, or country relocation and expansion projects.
• Pathways to Government Contracts and Consumer Connections
  This directory is Colorado’s most comprehensive database of certified minority-owned businesses.
• Poetry Out Loud
  This national competition helps high school students learn about poetry by memorizing and performing it.
• Programa de Subsidio para Negocios Desproporcionadamente Afectados
  El Programa entrega recursos para negocios en Colorado que fueron desproporcionadamente impactados por la pandemia de COVID-19 y no han tenido un acceso significativo a programas de préstamo o subsidios a nivel federal o estatal bajo los recursos de CARES Act.
• Small Business Leading Edge Training
  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.
  
• Small Business Loans
  The following lenders are possible sources of funding for small businesses in Colorado.
  
  
  
• Small Business Training Workshops
  Free and low-cost training workshops to help existing and new businesses grow and prosper in Colorado.
• State Trade Expansion Program Grant
  This grant helps small businesses expand internationally by funding international business development activities.
• Strategic Fund Job Growth Incentive
  This cash incentive is a five-year program for competitive business expansion or relocation projects.