Programs and Funding
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- Available resources and educational programming to support Colorado business owners on their journey to becoming an employee-owned company.
- 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.
- The Employee Ownership Tax Credit to Strengthen and to Thrive program is available to newly established Colorado-headquartered employee-owned businesses to offer financial support through a tax credit program to ensure ongoing success
- 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.
- OEDIT is embarking on a two-year process to redesignate the enterprise zones associated with the Enterprise Zone Program. Per the Enterprise Zone statute, OEDIT and the Colorado Economic Development Commission are required to review the enterprise zone designations no less frequently than once every ten years
- 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.
- Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies (CEDS) reflect a region’s commitment to a capacity-building plan designed to foster regional economic prosperity. These plans outline specific goals and objectives for maintaining a robust economic ecosystem through the implementation of measurable goals.
- 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 grant funds the creation, documentation, presentation, and/or teaching of folk and traditional arts.
- The Freight Rail Tax Credit incentivizes freight dependent businesses’ use of certain rail lines in Colorado.
- This program helps Colorado-based advanced industries technology businesses expand into other countries.
- This award honors Colorado-based companies that have exported products or services for at least two years.
- 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.
- This program supports HUBZone-certified small businesses in designated areas of the State by providing them with preferential treatment in awarding federal contracts.
- This program helps address Colorado’s housing shortage by supporting the development and expansion of the state’s innovative housing manufacturing businesses through grants and loans.
- The program helps organizations and tourism businesses advertise to consumers through tour operators in other countries to promote their destinations.
- These trade shows provide an opportunity for destination marketing organizations to join the Colorado booth.
- 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 tax credit is an eight-year job creation incentive to support competitive, multi-state, or country relocation and expansion projects.