Areas Served: Moffat, Routt, Jackson, Rio Blanco, Garfield, Grand, Eagle, Summit Pitkin, Chaffee, Custer, Fremont, Lake, Park and Teller Counties
The Forest Business Loan Fund (FBLF), established by Colorado House Bill 09-1199 (HB-1199), provides lending capital to businesses that “harvest, remove, use, and market beetle-killed and other timber taken from private, federal, state, county, or municipal forestlands as part of wildfire risk reduction or fuels mitigation treatment.
” The purpose of the FBLF is to help retain forest-based businesses, maintain and/or increase local jobs, and contribute to the stability of local economies.
The Colorado State Forest Service is working with two Business Loan Fund organizations to implement the program in a 15-county area, which consists of the Northwest Loan Fund (Region 12) and the Upper Arkansas Area Development Corporation (Region 13).
Eligible Applicants – A business must be for profit.
State and local governments as well as community and non-profit organizations are not eligible.
– A business must have a physical address within the jurisdiction of the Northwest Loan Fund (Region 12) or the Upper Arkansas Area Development Corporation (Region 13).
Lending capital will be available in each region.
– A business must “harvest, remove, use, and market beetle-killed and other timber taken from private, federal, state, county, or municipal forestlands as part of wildfire risk reduction or fuels mitigation treatment.
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Contact InformationColorado State Forest Service
Address: 5060 Campus Delivery
City: Fort Collins
State: Colorado
Website:
http://csfs.colostate.edu/cowood/fblf.html
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