DENVER –  Governor Hickenlooper announced today during a press conference, the History Colorado State Historical Fund has awarded 40 grants for historic preservation projects, totaling more than $4.2 million for their latest grant round. This brings the total amount of State Historical Fund dollars that have been awarded to communities across the state to more than $7.9 million for the state fiscal year 2016. Also today Hickenlooper publicly announced the appointment of the State Historical Fund director, Steve W. Turner, as Colorado’s new State Historic Preservation Officer.

DENVER – The State of Colorado through the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) and  History Colorado, has issued preliminary approval letters to 13 commercial building owners under the new Commercial Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program. These rehabilitation projects, that follow the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation, are spread across eight counties. They are the first to take advantage of the new transferable state income tax credits which are part of the Job Creation and Main Street Revitalization Act.

DENVER –  The History Colorado Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation has awarded funding to 13 local governments totaling $138,505  to aid in their historic preservation efforts. These counties and municipalities are among the 52 local Colorado governments whose historic preservation programs have been certified by the National Park Service through History Colorado for meeting national preservation standards.