In collaboration with the community, the City of Fort Collins has created a Recovery Plan to guide long-term response and rebuilding from the COVID-19 pandemic. This plan seeks to leverage this historical opportunity to make bold, long-term investments to achieve a recovery where Fort Collins residents and businesses can participate in a resilient, vibrant and inclusive future.
After extensive engagement with community members, businesses and local partners, four specific themes emerged: Health, Equity & Community Resilience, Economic Recovery and Environmental Resilience. Later, a fifth theme, Government Operations was added to capture administrative costs, critical infrastructure improvements and workforces solutions needed for implementation of recovery-related programming.
This dashboard is a snapshot of the community’s progress in achieving recovery and includes projects funded by the City’s $28.1 million of federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF).
Click the individual themes below to explore specific projects and programs.
Allocation of ARPA Funds Across Themes
Spending of ARPA $ to Date
Recovery Theme
ARPA SLFRF $ Allocated |
Non-ARPA $ Allocated in 2022 |
Non-ARPA $ Allocated in 2023-2024 |
When asked about COVID-19 recovery, community members consistently indicated that physical and mental well-being are priorities that were deeply impacted by the pandemic. By ensuring residents’ overall health is valued and supported, our community will be more resilient.
Equity & Community Resilience focuses on creating a more connected, vibrant and inclusive community for all. It includes taking a community-led approach to recovery, focusing on fostering a sense of belonging and taking action to ensure all who live here can thrive.
Economic impacts from the pandemic on businesses, employers and employees are still being felt throughout the community. In order to have robust economic recovery, both individuals and businesses must be supported.
Environmental resilience is a key factor in creating a recovery that is vibrant, resilient and inclusive. In order to build back better and be better able to weather future disruptions, including impacts from climate change, our community must become more resilient.
This category includes administrative costs, critical infrastructure improvements and workforce solutions needed for the City to implement recovery-related programs and support community members and businesses impacted by the pandemic.
*This amount includes $2.5M for matching funds to support regional community-focused projects.
| $7.8M* | N/A | N/A |
Key
- ARPA SLFRF $ Allocated: Amount of the $28.1M total SLFRF dollars received by the City budgeted for a particular recovery-related project or theme.
- $ Allocated in 2022: Amount of non-ARPA dollars used to fund projects that relate to a particular recovery theme in the 2022 Budget. Many projects and programs funded by the City relate to achieving recovery, even if not funded by federal ARPA dollars.
- $ Allocated in 2023-2024: Amount of non-ARPA dollars used to fund projects that relate to a particular recovery theme in the 2023-2024 Budget. Many projects and programs funded by the City relate to achieving recovery, even if not funded by federal ARPA dollars.
Glossary
- ARPA: American Rescue Plan Act, federal act passed in March 2021, established $1.9 trillion in COVID-19 relief funding. The City received $28.1M of ARPA funds in 2021.
- ARPA Funds: ARPA Funds or American Rescue Plan Act Funds refers to the funds the City of Fort Collins has received from the federal American Rescue Plan Act. In the majority of cases, ARPA Funds is used as shorthand to refer to the $28.1 million SLFRF received by the City
- SLFRF: State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). $360B was allocated via SLFRF to state and local governments to assist with recovery. The City of Fort Collins received $28.1 million SLFRF funds for pandemic response and recovery.