Effective community planning ensures thoughtful development that protects public health, safety, and well being; preserves and enhances local history and culture; cultivates economic vibrancy; and conserves natural resources.
The Department of Local Affairs’ (DOLA) Colorado Main Street Program has designated the Town of Akron as an official Main Street community. Akron joins 25 other cities and towns in the Colorado Main Street Program, which offers support for community-led downtown revitalization and helps communities thrive by providing a customizable framework to focus efforts, energy, and resources to create a more vibrant community.
The agricultural ecosystem is heavily entwined with the State’s economy, infrastructure, water, and natural resources. Nearly half of Colorado’s land area is used for agricultural production that supplies food, fiber, and energy products.
Population growth, economic growth, and consumerism all contribute to the increased production of solid and hazardous waste. This in turn negatively affects human and environmental health due to air, water, and soil pollution, and co-occurring impacts of climate change.
The State of Colorado’s Office of Emergency Management is asking individuals who have been impacted by one or more disasters that occurred since 2018 to share their experiences by completing a Disaster Survivor Survey. Survey responses will help the Office of Emergency Management and partner agencies better understand, address and respond to disaster events.
In late 2023, the Department of Local Affairs in partnership with the Office of Economic Development and International Trade Rural Opportunity Office launched funding through the Rural Technical Assistance Program. Each of the Regional Community Teams that took part in the Resiliency Roadmaps Program were eligible for this non-competitive $41,000 award to advance a component of their Roadmap strategies – fulfilling our promise to communities that these plans would not just sit on a shelf.
