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Committee votes to add up to $300,000 to 2025 grant cycle, aims for $750,000 total
Summary
The committee voted to ask commissioners to reallocate most of an unspent $450,000 Upper Arkansas Forest Fund payment into the current competitive grant round, and directed staff to refine an accelerated timeline for awards this summer.
The Chaffee County Common Ground Grants Committee voted April 16 to ask county commissioners to reallocate up to $300,000 of an unspent $450,000 payment from the Upper Arkansas Forest Fund into the 2025 competitive grant cycle, and to carry the remaining obligations into 2026.
Committee members said the move would substantially increase available grant dollars for projects this summer and spring. Ben Doon, participating by video, described the Upper Arkansas Forest Fund as a multilayered, multiyear award and said the grantee has confirmed it can defer the remaining payment into next year if the county amends the agreement. Doon also supplied a spreadsheet…
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