Washington,
July 7, 2025
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Meg MacLaren
(202-945-2800)
Today, U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) announced she has requested millions of dollars in federal funding for 15 community projects across Colorado’s 7th Congressional District. Pettersen’s projects include efforts to expand access to affordable child care, bolster wildfire prevention efforts, upgrade critical water infrastructure, and more.
“At a time when the Trump administration continues to make life more expensive for hardworking families and rip funding away from essential services, I’m working on projects that will address our community’s needs – like expanding access to affordable child care and ensuring every family has a safe place to live,” said Pettersen. “These projects will make a positive difference in the lives of people throughout Colorado’s 7th Congressional District from Lakewood to Salida and everywhere in between. I’ll keep fighting throughout the appropriations process to secure the funds to support these community-driven initiatives.”
The Community Project Funding allows members of Congress to submit funding requests for initiatives based in their districts. Though each member can submit up to 15 requests, no request is guaranteed. The projects championed by the Office of Representative Pettersen are as follows, in no particular order:
Bright Start Early Learning: $1,985,096 to help build a new childcare facility in Lake County.
Colorado Department of Corrections: $1,500,000 to help rehabilitate a closed childcare facility in Cañon City.
Boys & Girls Club of Chaffee County: $1,285,200 to help fund the construction of a new Boys Girls Club facility to provide after-school and summer programs for kids in Buena Vista.
Town of Cripple Creek:$1,300,000 to fund the construction of a new childcare facility in Cripple Creek.
Teller County Government: $4,000,000 to expand wastewater capacity and move treatment infrastructure so that it is no longer located in a designated floodplain to help protect the facility from flood damage.
Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control:$5,000,000 to fund a program researching satellite data to help detect wildfires sooner and respond quicker.
Town of Alma: $3,000,000 to replace the town’s ineffective wastewater treatment lagoons with a new mechanical treatment facility to enhance local water quality, protect ecosystems, and mitigate contaminating drinking water.
City of Arvada:$14,809,239 to improve a sanitary sewer interceptor to ensure drinking water is not contaminated and protect public health.
Jefferson County Parks and Conservation:$1,000,000 to create a fuel break buffer on either side of roadways to decrease risk of wildfires and increase safety on emergency and evacuation routes.
Chaffee County Sheriff: $1,000,000 to support the costs of construction to fully retrofit a newly purchased property into a Sheriff headquarters and command center, which will house the core of their law enforcement operations, interrogation, armory, evidence storage, records, and response vehicles.
Porchlight, A Family Justice Center:$848,749 to expand Porchlight’s ability to serve survivors of domestic violence by covering rental expenses for a large facility and the salaries of a Bilingual Navigator and an Operations Coordinator for one year.
City of Lakewood:$1,000,000 to facilitate the creation of a community hub providing government resources and services to low-income households at risk of homelessness.
City and County of Broomfield: $1,800,000 to construct safety improvements around Birch Elementary School to add ADA ramps and curb extensions.
City of Lakewood: $2,202,416 for the Colfax Safety Project to enhance safety along the corridor, including: sidewalks, improved pedestrian crossings, amenities, medians, traffic signals, enhanced bus facilities, access control, lighting, and landscaping.
Foothills Regional Funding: $2,000,000 to help create affordable housing for seniors and families in the Wheat Ridge and Arvada communities.
Find more information about Pettersen’s projects by clicking here.
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