From The Pueblo Chieftain (Matt Hildner):
The six counties in the San Luis Valley stand to get $58.9 million from the federal stimulus bill signed into law at the beginning of the year…
The Summitville Superfund site in the mountains southwest of Del Norte will get $10 million to build a new water treatment plant…
The town of Blanca received $50,000 in loan forgiveness for a project to install water meters…
From The Pueblo Chieftain (Tracy Harmon):
Upper Arkansas Valley agencies have reaped the benefit of $29.8 million in President Barack Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act…
Other huge boons include $2 million to Fremont Sanitation District to extend sanitary sewer service to 178 homes in North Canon and $3 million in loans to Florence to upgrade its water treatment facility…
In addition, an 80-year-old water well that is showing signs of failing will be replaced by early 2010, thanks to American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds received by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. The artesian well is located on BLM land near Canon City and supplies water for 4,000 users in the Park Center Water District.