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Submit Entries for Planning & Capacity Program (United States)

Deadline: 23-Jan-25

The Great Outdoors Colorado’s (GOCO) Planning & Capacity Program recognizes that the broad, complex natural resource and outdoor recreation needs of Colorado’s communities requires a program that values thoughtful, comprehensive planning efforts to best understand the needs and opportunities and to design adequate strategies and solutions.

Through this program, GOCO will invest in research projects that develop knowledge and facilitate learning, as well as community engagement and education efforts to develop and foster networks, partnerships, and collaboratives.

GOCO plans to invest $10.3 million in local government funds and $8.6 million in open space funds to advance
projects across all base programs, including Community Impact, Land Acquisition, Planning & Capacity, and Stewardship Impact. The program invests in:

  • Planning
  • Capacity
  • Research
  • Pathways to career building opportunities for under-represented individuals
  • Education projects that explore opportunities, issues, and trends in the outdoors
Eligible Costs
  • Costs associated with project planning/coordination/implementation/communications/celebration.
  • Staff expenses incurred by the applicant and any contracted service providers for professional services directly related to project outcomes and administration.
  • Strategic planning and consulting services.
  • Staff/board development, training, and workshops.
  • Costs of surveys, engineering, design, GIS/mapping, etc.
Eligible Projects
  • Projects should encompass one or more of GOCO’s program values as identified:
    • Resource conservation: They value strategic land conservation and resource protection work. Outdoor stewardship: They support sustainability of and improvements to the state’s natural and recreational resources.
    • Community vitality: They invest in conservation and outdoor recreation efforts that support communities and quality of life.
    • Equitable access: They partner with communities to break down barriers to the outdoors.
    • Youth connections: They believe children and their families deserve opportunities to get outside and experience all the benefits of doing so.
Eligibility Criteria
  • This program is open to entities eligible to receive GOCO open space and local government funds as listed below:
    • Colorado municipality or county
    • Title 32 special district eligible to receive distributions from the Conservation Trust Fund
    • Political subdivision of the State of Colorado that includes in its mission the identification, acquisition, or management of open space and natural areas
    • 501(c)(3) non-profit land conservation organization that includes in its mission the identification, acquisition, or management of open space and natural areas, e.g., land trusts
    • Colorado Parks and Wildlife

For more information, visit GOCO.