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Pursue grants and partnerships with local, state, and national organizations to leverage staff time and available resources.
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4.14Grants and Partnerships
Progress
On time
- Not started
- Planning
- Implementation
- Continuous
Description
Building relationships and facilitating collaborations both internally (e.g., across City departments) and externally (e.g., regionally) benefit the City's pursuit of additional funding for projects.
Tasks
What are we doing?
- 10/30/2025
Preparing: Denver Regional Council of Governments Building Policy Collaborative Grant Application
- 11/15/2025
Filing: 2024 Elective Pay for Clean Energy Investments
Elective Pay is a mechanism for entities that do not pay taxes (for example, local governments) to benefit from federal Clean Energy Tax Credits. In 2025 we plan to file for Elective Pay for the City's clean energy investments placed into service during 2024, including: 1) electric vehicles; 2) electric vehicle charging infrastructure; and 3) a solar project at the City's Wastewater Treatment Plant.
- 11/17/2025
Preparing: Colorado Energy Office Local IMPACT Accelerator grant application
The City of Longmont is part of a regional effort that was awarded an Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG). With this funding, the Colorado Energy Office is offering Local IMPACT Accelerator grants to support local governments with policy adoption to bolster local resilience, reduce emissions, and improve air quality. Longmont's application will apply for support in the transportation sector.
- 12/31/2026
Facilitating: Northern Colorado Grant Colleagues
Grant Coordinators from Northern Colorado communities (including Longmont, Fort Collins, Greeley, Loveland, Kersey) meet monthly to share tips and ideas, discuss opportunities and strategize everything related to grants. The group grew from two (Fort Collins, Longmont) initially to now more than 12 across the region. Several of the State of Colorado's Regional Grant Navigators (through the Governor's Office) also now regularly join our monthly meetings.
What has been done?
- 07/14/2025
Submitted, Approved: Final Report to the Colorado Energy Office on the Electric Vehicle Charging Station grant
With the completion and approval of the Final Report to the Colorado Energy Office, the City will receive $172,000 as reimbursement for the installation of electric vehicle charging stations for the City's Fleet vehicles at four City sites: Service Center (Sherman St); Operations (Airport Road); Waste Services (Martin St); and Parks (Sunset St).
- 05/06/2025
Submitted, Awarded: Greater Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) Community Impact Grant
This $350,000 grant will fund the installation of a splash-pad at Kensington Park as a neighborhood cooling and gathering place.
- 04/30/2025
Submitted, Approved: Final Report of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART grant
With the completion and approval of the Final Report to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the City received the full reimbursment of this $800,000 grant. We also received formal notice of grant closure from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in July 2025.
- 04/30/2025
Submitted, Awarded: Colorado Department of Transportation Nonattainment Area Air Pollution Mitigation Enterprise Community Clean Transportation Assistance Grant
A collaboration with unincorporated Boulder County, this $3,946,800 grant is for three multimodal improvement projects to support the greater Colorado Highway 119 Safety, Mobility and Bikeway Project - including specifically the Hover and 119 Corridor Pedestrian Improvements in Longmont ($900,000).
- 02/21/2025
Submitted, Awarded: Colorado Statewide Internet Portal Authority Digital Services Grant
This $396,000 grant will help upgrade the City's technology systems to offer residents a single sign on to access their multiple digital accounts, increasing the City's ability to provide efficient and effective services to our community members.
- 01/30/2025
Submitted, not awarded: Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment Local Water Assistance grant
If awarded, this $25K grant would have funded the replacement of a water valve at the City's Nelson-Flanders water treatment facility, a valve that is needed to help manage the impacts of spring run-off.
- 01/20/2025
Submitted, not awarded: 2025 Bloomberg Mayors Challenge
If selected, this proposal would have included the City of Longmont in the 2025 Bloomberg Cohort for further support (technical and financial) to improve a core city service, e.g., transportation, public safety.
- 01/07/2025
Submitted, not awarded: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART Environmental Water Resources Project Grant
We applied for this grant to construct a 1-acre wetland to help cool wastewater effluent from the City of Longmont's Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) before it enters the St. Vrain Creek. Utilizing this nature-based solution, the City of Longmont will improve in-stream water quality by lowering WWTP effluent temperature, reducing effluent nutrient load, and increasing habitat connectivity. The State of Colorado recently passed Senate Bill 24-037 to study green (nature-based) infrastructure for water quality management. The University of Colorado Boulder and Colorado State University are leading Senate Bill 24-037; both have expressed their support for the City of Longmont’s innovative project, including their intention to study it as a model within Colorado. If awarded, this grant would have provided the City $3,131,300 for this project. However this USBR grant program was discontinued in January 2025.
- 12/27/2024
Submitted, Awarded: Colorado Energy Office Clean Air Program grant
This $485,898 grant award will help fund several projects at the City's Wastewater Treatment Plant needed to enhance the systems for methane re-capture which, once compressed, fuels the City's Sanitation Trucks.
- 12/20/2024
Filed, completed and received: 2023 Elective Pay for Clean Energy
Elective Pay is a mechanism for entities that do not pay taxes (for example, local governments) to benefit from federal Clean Energy Tax Credits. The City of Longmont currently earns Alternative Fuel Credit payments for our renewable natural gas fueling facility at the Wastewater Treatment Plant (years 2022, 2023, 2024). We filed for Elective Pay for electric vehicles that were purchased and put into service by the City of Longmont's Fleet during 2023, and received payment.
- 12/06/2024
Submitted, Awarded: Safe Streets for All Grant
We submitted this grant application, for $1.2 million, to further develop the the City of Longmont's Vision Zero Action Plan and implementation studies. Vision Zero is a priority of City Council and prioritizes safety for all on Longmont's streets.
- 11/22/2024
Submitted, Awarded: Colorado Energy Office Community Accelerated Mobility Program grant (CAMP)
This $1.5 million grant is a collaboration of several local governments (Town of Superior, City of Louisville, City and County of Broomfield, Unincorporated Boulder County) with the City of Longmont as Lead Applicant, and the support of the nonprofit Commuting Solutions. Awarded the maximum, full amount in November 2024, it will establish a regional e-bike share program in concert with transit hubs and multi-modal connectivity among these communities.
- 11/08/2024
Completed, not submitted: US Department of Energy Methane Emissions Reduction grant
This $10 million grant proposal, led by Jane Turner, the City's Air Quality and Gas Manager, was a collaboration of 5 counties, 8 municipalities, 11 community-based organizations, and multiple research partners, including the National Center for Atmospheric Research and Colorado State University. Its aim was to analyze air quality monitoring data to identify the greatest sources of methane emission in the Northern Front Range region, including Adams and Weld counties. Unfortunately the proposal was ultimately not submitted due to a technical problem.
- 10/18/2024
Submitted, not awarded: American Public Power Association (APPA) Demonstration of Energy & Efficiency Developments (DEED) grant proposal
This grant, if awarded, would have provided $125,000 in additional funding to the City's Whole Home Health program.
- 10/01/2024
Submitted, not awarded: Colorado Statewide Internet Portal Authority Digital Services Grant
If awarded, this grant ($721,016) would have been used to update and integrate the City of Longmont's technology and data systems across departments. These technology innovations would have increased the City's ability to provide efficient and effective services to our community members.
- 09/30/2024
Submitted, Awarded: Clean Fleet Vehicle & Technology Grant
This grant from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment provides $95,000 towards the cost of a new sanitation truck that uses Renewable Natural Gas (RNG). This renewable source of fuel is generated from methane recapture at the City of Longmont's Wastewater Treatment Plant, and more than half of the City's sanitation trucks run on RNG. This additional truck will thus be valuable in helping meet the City's Sustainability and Affordability goals.
- 08/01/2024
Submitted, Awarded: Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) Application for Implementation
In collaboration with the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG), we are part of a regional effort to apply for the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG). This program provides $5 billion in grants to develop and implement ambitious plans for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other harmful air pollution. With support of a 2023 Planning Grant, our regional team developed a Priority Climate Action Plan that was the basis of our full Implementation Grant Application submitted April 1, 2024.
- 05/24/2024
Submitted, not selected: Resilient Water, Harnessing Solar Energy for Sustainable Treatment and Community Resilience
We submitted this application to the Offices of Colorado's Senators Bennet and Hickenlooper via the Congressionally-Directed Spending process in February, 2024. We requested $1,853,690 to support the installation of floating solar arrays at the City's Nelson-Flanders Water Treatment Plant, to mitigate water treatment challenges while providing a valuable source of clean energy. While not a guarantee of funding, our proposed project was selected by the Senators to move forward to congressional committee for consideration.
- 05/24/2024
Submitted, not selected: Enabling Caring Communities - Digital Transformation for Human Connection
We submitted this application to the Offices of Colorado's Senators Bennet and Hickenlooper via the Congressionally-Directed Spending process in February, 2024. We requested $461,929 to implement an integrated technology solution that would provide data-driven support across City departments, to promote community safety and care services. While not a guarantee of funding, our proposed project was selected by the Senators to move forward to congressional committee for consideration.
- 05/21/2024
Submitted, not awarded: Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships, Virtual Power Plant, Full Application
In collaboration with the Platte River Power Authority (PRPA) and its three other owner communities (Fort Collins, Loveland, and Estes Park), the City of Longmont applied for a $32 million grant. This comprehensive application followed positive feedback from the U.S. Department of Energy on our Concept Paper, which proposed integrating distributed monitoring and control systems across the regional grid. The project aims to partner PRPA and its owner communities with customers by linking distributed energy resources like battery storage, electric vehicles, and smart thermostats into a regional virtual power plant. This initiative will support the transition to renewable energy sources.
- 03/14/2024
Initiated: Northern Colorado Grant Collaborators
Grant Coordinators from Northern Colorado cities (including Longmont, Fort Collins, Greeley) meet regularly to share tips and ideas, discuss opportunities and strategize everything related to grants.
- 01/11/2024
Submitted, Accepted: Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships Concept Paper, Virtual Power Plant
In collaboration with the Platte River Power Authority (PRPA) and its other 3 owner communities (Fort Collins, Loveland, Estes Park), we are applying to the U.S. Department of Energy for $30.4 million to integrate distributed monitoring and control systems across the regional grid. This project will further partner PRPA and its owner communities with customers, linking distributed energy resources like battery storage, electric vehicles, and smart thermostats into a regional virtual power plant, thus aiding the transformation to renewable energy sources. The Concept Paper is the first phase of this grant application.
- 01/11/2024
Submitted, Denied: Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships Concept Paper, Substation Hardening
In collaboration with the Platte River Power Authority and the City of Fort Collins, we are applying to the U.S. Department of Energy for $12.9 million to support substation upgrades, including the oldest substations in Longmont. The Concept Paper is the first phase of this grant application.
- 09/15/2023
Submitted, Not Awarded: Toyota Sustainable Mobility Challenge Award
A collaboration of City Departments (Transportation, Sustainability, Data & Analytics, Community & Neighborhood Resources, Strategic Integration) worked together to apply for this Toyota Sustainable Cities Prize in support of safe and equitable strategies for the incorporation of electric bikes as part of the City's multi-modal transportation plan.
In collaboration with the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG), the City of Longmont is part of a regional effort that was awarded an Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG). The City of Longmont is now applying for a subaward ($900,000) that will increase the City's staff capacity to update and implement new building codes that emphasize decarbonization, as well as participate in the regional Building Policy Collaborative.