As your Representative in Congress, it’s so important to me to serve every corner of our district and hear directly from our communities about their needs and what we can do to support them.
After meeting with local leaders and nonprofit groups, and hearing directly from people across our district, I am using my position in Congress to advocate for millions of dollars in federal funding for 15 local projects that help address our communities’ needs including 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 the essential services families rely on, I’m working on projects that address our community’s needs, like expanding access to affordable child care and ensuring every family has a safe place to live.
Each year my office reviews several funding requests proposed by members of our community. These 15 projects will have an impact on the lives of people throughout Colorado’s 7th Congressional District from Lakewood to Salida and everywhere in between. I will keep working until we can bring these projects across the finish line.
I’m fighting for federal funding to complete these projects for our community:
Bright Start Early Learning:$1,985,096 to help build a new childcare facility serving Lake County.
Colorado Department of Corrections:$1,500,000 to help rehabilitate a closed childcare facility that will serve 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 that will serve Cripple Creek.
Teller County Government:$4,000,000 to expand wastewater capacity and move treatment infrastructure 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 so we can respond quicker.
Town of Alma: $3,000,000 to replace the town’s ineffective wastewater treatment infrastructure to enhance local water quality, protect ecosystems, and mitigate contaminating drinking water.
City of Arvada:$14,809,239 to improve a sanitation system to ensure access to clean drinking water and protect public health.
Jefferson County Parks and Conservation: $1,000,000 to create a buffer on either side of roadways on evacuation routes to improve safety in cases of wildfires and other emergencies.
Chaffee County Sheriff:$1,000,000 to support construction of a new 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 work serving 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 help create a community hub where low-income households at risk of homelessness can access government resources and services.
City and County of Broomfield:$1,800,000 to make safety improvements around Birch Elementary School by adding ADA ramps and curb extensions.
City of Lakewood:$2,202,416 for the Colfax Safety Project to improve 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 fund affordable housing for seniors and families in the Wheat Ridge and Arvada communities.
