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Colorado Governor’s COVID-19 Council on Economic Stabilization and Growth: Recommendations

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A list of committee recommendations and status items from the Colorado Governor’s COVID-19 Council on Economic Stabilization and Growth. Items include a statewide marketing and education campaign to help businesses, nonprofits and gig workers access federal resources, help for producers with loan and financial assistance programs, improved producer access to farm workers, continued rental and mortgage relief, and promotion of a Hardship Fund. Other entries call to support relief for 501(c)(6) organizations in a federal stimulus package, secure Colorado’s share of $2 billion in Community Development Block Grant funds, expand and promote the use of the Work-Share Program, support temporary federal relief for ski areas located on public lands and support passage of the Great American Outdoors Act.

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                           Advocate for improved producer          Support critical infrastructure: Establish
                           access to food for Colorado’s more      formal state process to support the
                           vulnerable population                   critical infrastructure response to
  COLORADO GOVERNOR’S                                              COVID-19
  COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC      Improve producer access to farm
                           workers                                 Relevant “critical needs” exemptions:
STABILIZATION AND GROWTH                                           Energy workers want clarification on
                           Help producers navigate loan and        Executive Order D 2020-017
       Committee
  Recommendations and      financial assistance programs
         Status                                                    Statewide marketing and education
                           Bill payment assistance with            campaign to help businesses, nonprofits
                           potential to add energy bills to LEAP   and gig workers access federal resources

                           Advocate for energy industry at         Telecommunications: Evaluate and
                           federal level                           streamline permitting processes where
                                                                   possible
                           Service disconnect rules: PUC to
                           review financial impact of public       Support transportation relief in a federal
                           utilities implementing the “Utility     stimulus package
                           Directives”
                                                                   Promote Hardship Fund to help the most
                           Service disconnect rules: Explore if    impacted people
                           EO is needed to define "small
                           business customer"
                           Specific guidance on                    Continue rental and mortgage relief
                           nursing/healthcare: Relax licensing
                           and activate potential workers
  COLORADO GOVERNOR’S                                              Support relief for 501(c)(6) organizations
  COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC      Encourage employers to maintain         in federal stimulus package
STABILIZATION AND GROWTH   health benefits for their current
                           employees                               Secure Colorado’s share of $2 billion in
       Committee                                                   Discretionary Community Development
  Recommendations and      Advise DORA to continue efforts to      Block Grant
         Status
                           enact emergency rule changes to
                           cut red tape                            Support temporary federal relief for ski
                                                                   areas located on public lands
                           Expand and promote the use of the
                           Work-Share Program

                           Consider deployment of civilian
                           conservation corps

                           Support passage of the Great
                           American Outdoors Act

                           Advocate for federal financial relief


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