Mohave County approves three CDBG projects after residents push for Dolan Springs, Colorado City funding

The Mohave County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 17 approved the county’s three allowable Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) projects for fiscal year 2026 after extended public comment and debate over how the county ranks applications.

Residents from Dolan Springs and representatives of a nonprofit bike‑park effort in Colorado City urged the board to prioritize local needs. Tim Bonnie, fire chief for Lake Mohave Ranchos Fire District, said his station sheltered roughly 200 people during a prolonged power outage and that his department needs building repairs to maintain emergency sheltering capacity. “We housed almost 200 people for a week and a half,” Bonnie said in public comment, recounting past emergency responses.

Community Council leaders and volunteers described long‑running maintenance needs at the Dolan Springs Community Council hall, which they said operates on original 1968 systems and serves as a polling place, food distribution site and meeting space. “We are asking for critical life and safety modernization so we don’t have to close…