APPROVED AS OF June 2008

1.Archuleta County Economic Development Association

Contact:  Bart Mitchell, 970-731-1443
Date Project First Approved:  January 20, 1994
Promotes economic development in Archuleta County.

2.Archuleta County Job Training (Education Center)        

Contact:  Rosalind Marshall, 970-264-2835  
Date Project First Approved:  October 10, 1996
Provides employment training

3.Boys & Girls Club of La Plata County

Contact: Eileen Wasserbach 970-563-4517
Date Project First Approved: May 10, 2007
Provides youth development and job training

4.Colorado Housing Inc.

Contact: Julie Simmons,  970-264-6950
Date Project First Approved:  July 13, 2006
Provides self-help affordable housing

5. Cornerstone, Community Radio Project

Contact: Jeff Pope, 970-564-9727
Date Project First Approved: May 8, 2008
Infrastructure project to purchase and renovate Basin Industrial Bank Building in Cortez

6.Dolores Community Center

Contact: Ed Merritt Jr.
Date Project First Approved: November 8, 2007
Infrastructure project for Community Center and community kitchen

7.Dolores County Development Corporation

Contact:  Dan Fernandez, 970-677-2283
Date Project First Approved:  March 11, 2003
Community development project to set up Dolores County Business Park

8.Dove Creek Community Health Clinic

Contact:  Dianne Smith, 970-677-2291
Date Project First Approved: March 20, 2001
Provides primary medical care to Dolores County residents, many of whom do not have health insurance.

9.Dr. Mary Fisher Medical Foundation

Contact:  G. R. Brashur, 970-731-4086
Date Project First Approved: March 20, 2001
Provides medical care to Archuleta County residents unable to afford health insurance

10.Durango Adult Education Center, Inc.

Contact:  Paulette Church, 970-385-4354
Date Project First Approved:  July 21, 2003
Community development project

11.Durango Arts Center

Contact: Leah Sheley
Date Project first Approved: Jan. 2008
Community development project

12.Durango Discovery Museum

Contact:  Peggy Zemach 970-422-2034
Date Project First Approved:  July 21 2003
Community development project

13.Durango Public Library

Contact Person: Sherry Tabor 970-375-3389
Date Project First Approved: May 10, 2007
Community infrastructure project

14.Fort Lewis College Foundation

Contact Person: Margaret Gray 970-247-7177
Date Project First Approved:  September 12, 2007
Community infrastructure project

15.Habitat for Humanity of La Plata County

Contact Person:  970-382-9930
Date Project First Approved:  September 12, 2007
Affordable housing project

16. Housing Solutions for the Southwest

Contact Person: Kim Welty 970-259-1086
Date Project First Approved: March 12, 2008
Project provides technical assistance services to reduce homelessness

17.La Plata Community Development Corporation

Contact Person: Reid Ross, 970-247-1436
Date Project First Approved:  July 13, 2006
Provides land for affordable housing projects

18.La Plata Economic Development Action Partnership

Contact:  Jack Llewellyn, 970-259-1700
Date Project First Approved:  August 8, 2000
Economic development marketing

19.Mancos Public Library

Contact: Patsy Smith, 970-533-7569
Date Project First Approved:  March 8, 2007
Provides cultural and economic benefit to Mancos Valley region

20.Mercy Health Foundation

Contact: Karen Midkiff, 970-764-2800
Date Project First Approved:  September 28, 1995
Provides medical care to needy county residents, capital,
construction & program costs for facilities

21.Mountain Studies Institute

Contact Person: Koren Nydick 970-247-7071
Date Project First Approved: September 12, 2007
Construction and economic benefit project

22.Pinon Project

Contact: Virginia Howey 907-564-1195
Date Project First Approved:  May 10, 2007
Job training and workforce programming

23.San Juan 2000  (San Juan County Development Association)

Contact:  Jen Ader-Brill, 970-387-5101
Date Project First Approved:  November 16, 1998
Provides Job retention and creation

24.San Juan Symphony

Contact Person:  Katy Myrick  970-382-9753
Date Project First Approved:  September 12, 2007
Community enhancement project

25.Southwest Colorado Mental Health Center

Contact:  Bernard Heath, Jr., Ph.D.  970-259-2162
Date Project First Approved:  January 20, 2004
Construction of Acute Treatment Unit/Triage/Detox Facility

26.Southwest Conservation Corps

Contact Person:  Harry Bruell, 970-259-8607
Date Project First Approved: March 9, 2006
Provides job training

27.Southwest Memorial Hospital Foundation

Contact:  Chuck Bill 970-564-2141
Date Project First Approved:  January 20, 2004
Provides medical care to Montezuma and Dolores Counties residents, unable to afford health insurance

28.SW Zone Marketing/Administration (Region 9 EDD)

Contact:  Ed Morlan, 970-247-9621
Date Project First Approved:  October 1, 1989
Provides economic development in five counties in SW Colorado
and Administrator  for Southwest EZ

Please note - Region 9 EDD is the sponsoring and managing agent for the following project:
a. Southwest Small Business Development Fund
Contact:  Ed Morlan. 970-247-9621
Date Project First Approved:  April 1, 2002
Provides business assistance

b. Southwest Workforce Center Training Fund
Contact: Ed Morlan, 970-247-9621
Date Project First Approved: November 7, 2001
Provides employment training

29.Valley Wide Health Services

Contact:  Peggy Micklich, 719-589-5161
Date Project First Approved:  March 22, 2001
Provides medical care to residents of Southwest Colorado, unable be afford health care

30.Volunteers of America – Colorado Branch

Contact:  John Gamble, 970-259-1021
Date Project First Approved:  January 18, 1996
Southwest Safehouse:  A safehouse for victims of abuse
Durango Community Shelter:  Shelter for the homeless.

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