{"id":49107,"date":"2020-06-03T13:54:47","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T19:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/?p=65095"},"modified":"2020-06-03T13:54:47","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T19:54:47","slug":"over-378000-in-federal-grant-money-secured-for-the-lift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/community\/over-378000-in-federal-grant-money-secured-for-the-lift\/","title":{"rendered":"Over $378,000 in federal grant money secured for The Lift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winter Park\u2019s regional bus system, The Lift, received almost $400,000 from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to fund operations.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the Winter Park Town Council approved a resolution accepting $378,106 for the operations of The Lift bus system, which began to see declining revenues and ridership during the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt pays for everything for the system for operating expenses,\u201d Transit Manager Micheal Koch explained. \u201cThis should get us through a few months. It will help us maintain our service for the area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The transit department is estimated to lose around $1 million from COVID-19, according to Winter Park officials. The grant doesn\u2019t require matching dollars and would cover all operating costs, including for Fraser and Granby. The towns will still have to pay a management fee for The Lift to cover staff time and other coordination efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Winter Park\u2019s transit system may get another boost when the Colorado Department of Transportation allocates the second round of funding.<\/p>\n<p>In other business:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Council approved the second reading of an ordinance allowing boutique hotels in the town\u2019s C-1 zoning area, which consists of Old Town Winter Park.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Council approved a second resolution to amend the Winter Park Fraser Chamber of Commerce\u2019s budget to reduce it by $331,100. The chamber announced in May that it would cancel all its summer events due to the coronavirus and focus on an experience passport highlighting local businesses. As a result, the town reduced the budget accordingly. Previously, the town had reduced the chamber\u2019s budget by $100,000, which was donated to the Grand Foundation\u2019s Small Business Emergency Grant Fund. The $331,100 reduction will go to the town\u2019s general fund.<\/li>\n<li>Winter Park is hosting a community cleanup through Friday with free supplies available at the town hall. Participants get the chance to win a $50 gift card to a local business of their choice.<\/li>\n<li>An open house for connecting Kings Crossing Road to Grand Park Drive near the railroad underpass will be held at the town hall at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. A zoom link is available for participants on the town\u2019s website.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winter Park\u2019s regional bus system, The Lift, received almost $400,000 from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to fund operations. On Tuesday, the Winter Park Town Council approved a resolution accepting $378,106 for the operations of The Lift bus system, which began to see declining revenues and ridership during the coronavirus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[94,97],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-49107","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-community","7":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-05 23:05:26","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIFT - The LIFT FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49107\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}