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Pitkin County reviews 2026 Healthy Community Fund recommendations, reallocates $50,000 to emergency assistance
Summary
Staff presented CGRC recommendations for the 2026 Healthy Community Fund. The board reduced a recommended award to Farm Collaborative from $75,000 to $25,000 and directed $50,000 be moved into a Community Assistance Fund to preserve emergency capacity; staff said the plan would spend down roughly $200,000 of fund balance under current CGRC picks.
Sam Landersgesper, deputy director of human services, and Lisa Yorker, grants analyst, presented the Citizen Grant Review Committee27s recommendations for the 2026 Healthy Community Fund and the fund27s budget context.
Landersgesper said the program had total revenue of about $4.3 million this year and a net discretionary pool of roughly $1.75 million after mandated contracts and set-asides. The CGRC recommended spending down part of the fund balance to meet some…
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