Grant for Colorado Veterans Home

Week of September 22, 2008

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) awarded a grant of up to $5.2 million for an upgrade the resident support and activity areas of the Colorado State Veterans Center at Homelake. The estimated total cost of the project is $7.9 million, with VA's grant totaling 65 percent of the overall cost. Colorado's Office of State and Veterans Nursing Homes will construct life safety improvements to the residential domiciliary cottages, implement energy-related improvements on the campus and complete foundation stabilization of the historic chapel building. For more information about the state's veterans homes and Colorado services for veterans, visit the Colorado Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.

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