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Thornton staff unveils first annual strategic grant plan after $35 million in 2024 awards
Summary
The city introduced a new annual strategic grant plan to match concept‑ready projects to funding opportunities, increase grant readiness and track outcomes; staff reported 27 awards in 2024 totaling $35 million (including a $25 million RAISE award).
Rebecca Abrahamson, the city’s grant program manager, presented the proposed annual strategic grant plan and said the purpose is to align grant opportunities with known city projects and priorities.
"The purpose of it is to help us identify specific grant opportunities and match those up closely with projects that we know are in need and projects that we know align with, the priorities that we wanna accomplish as a city for our community," Rebecca said. She described a six‑step approach: identify likely grant opportunities, align them with concept‑ready projects, do…
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