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Financing
Programs can support eligible investment, hiring, training, infrastructure, and building improvements. Discuss incentives before making project commitments.
Discuss before commitments. Program terms, funding, and approval timing determine availability. This page summarizes tools described in the October 2026 County materials; eligibility is confirmed project by project.
How financing is discussed
Financial thinking tests feasibility and weighs costs, funding, and risk. The campaign team brings the right partners into the conversation once a concept is defined.
Share your concept
Identify the site, intended use, infrastructure budget, investment, jobs, and schedule through the RFI.
Test feasibility
Agree on funding shares, construction, ownership, and maintenance with the project sponsor.
Connect with partners
Partner staff contribute regional analysis and funding expertise as the project moves toward handoff.
County Revitalization Authority (CRA)
Pueblo County is advancing a County Revitalization Authority for infrastructure investment in the unincorporated County. A CRA can help finance eligible improvements for manufacturing, industrial redevelopment, heavy industry, and advanced energy.
Roads and access
Streets and truck access.
Water and wastewater
Mains and service extensions.
Power and utilities
Eligible utility improvements.
Site preparation
Land, demolition, and cleanup.
How tax increment financing (TIF) works
An approved plan can direct a share of future property tax or County sales tax growth toward eligible costs. Base revenue continues to existing recipients. School district property taxes stay outside the split.
Financing may fund improvements upfront or reimburse agreed developer costs. A plan can allocate tax growth for up to 30 years, with participating revenues and payment terms set by agreement.
Renewable energy and storage
Qualifying projects on designated disturbed-land sites can also be considered for TIF financing or reimbursement under Colorado’s renewable energy reinvestment provisions.
Through an approved revitalization plan, a CRA can buy land, water shares, and water rights, participate in property ownership, and finance infrastructure. An approved plan can also support qualifying housing and mixed-use projects.
Named programs
Enterprise Zone
A 3% investment credit for qualifying equipment, plus credits for eligible hiring, training, research, and building rehabilitation. Check the address and pre-certify before activity.
State job growth incentives
Performance-based credits or cash support for qualifying expansions and relocations. Discuss jobs, wages, and approval timing early.
C-PACE
Finance eligible commercial and multifamily energy, water-conservation, and clean-energy improvements through a voluntary property assessment.
Small business loans
$10,000–$250,000 gap loans for qualifying businesses in the program’s Pueblo County service area. NeighborWorks Southern Colorado administers the County program.
Workforce training
Recruitment, hiring, and eligible worker-training support through Pueblo Workforce Center and Pueblo Corporate College.
Regional funding expertise
Southern Colorado Economic Development District staff contribute business funding connections and regional technical assistance. Utility engineers inform project budgets with service and capacity responses.