Kit Carson Rural Development |
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Kit Carson
Rural Development (KCRD) is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization
who's mission
is
to
promote, beautify,
and assist in the betterment of the communities of
Kit Carson and Wild Horse. |
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| Board and Members |
| Chairperson - Amy Johnson |
| Co-Chair - Holly Mitchek |
| Secretary - Karen Wolff |
| Treasurer - Joel Maxcy |
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Monthly Meetings - To be Announced at Post
Office in Kit Carson - all are welcome to attend |
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| Projects Completed |
New
Lamposts with
solar lights along
Main Street - (Kit Carson) |
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New Welcome Sign and Windmill - (Kit
Carson)
Located on the West end of town on Highway
40. The sign is lit up at night by a solar light. |
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Landscaping
at the Kit Carson Outreach Clinic -
(Kit Carson)
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Town
Clean up Weekends -
(Kit Carson)
Hosted 2 town Clean up weekends and awarded the most
improved space contest and award of $500 to winner. |
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GOCO
- Grant for the renovation of Prairie Park - (Kit
Carson)
Included new walking
park with 4 park benches, new basketball court,
new
winterized
bathrooms,
park pavillion with new picnic benches, new
basketball court at the school with 4 new hoops,
lighting
throughout the park and at the school basketball
court, new bbq grills, landscaping-including
planting of new trees with drip system and
rocks around the pavillon. Total Cost $185,000 |
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CAP & ReCAP with Office of Economic
Development |
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Prairie
View Apartment Project with Prairie View Development
Corp - (Kit
Carson)
Remodeled duplex units and
created 3 rental units. Located on the west
end of Kit
Carson on the
south side of Highway 40/287. |
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New Website for
Town of Kit Carson |
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 Paxson
Building Project
- (Kit
Carson)
This project was completed thanks to the combined efforts
of KCRD, the Colorado Brownfields Foundation, CDPHE, OPS, and the EPA. Through
this partnership funds were received to run phase I and phase II assessments
of the site and also to remove underground fuel tanks at the site. A $200,000
EPA grant provided funds for the extensive asbestos abatement of the site.
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here for more pictures of this project. |
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| HUD Housing Project - $1 Million Grant |
In
2010 Kit Carson received a HUD Hope VI Main Street
Grant for $1 Million. Kit Carson Rural Developemnet
wrote and will be managing all aspect of this grant.
With grand funds KCRD purchased five home sites
in
Kit Carson. Through a generous donation of in-kind
labor those sites have been cleared and readied
for construction. The CU Denver Design & Build
program
donated their time and drew up plans for the five
homes. Models of these plans are located at the
Kit Carson State Bank. Construction is slated
to begin
in the fall of 2011. One of the five homes will
be donated to the Kit
Carson School for teacher housing. The remaining
four homes will all be 3 bedroom 2 bath detached
single family homes. Initial occupants must fall
under HUD's requirements for low income. These
levels can be viewed at their website -
under Cheyenne County, Colorado. |
| See the HUD Project Progress....... |
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