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collect a sales tax of one-tenth of 1% throughout the district’s area from 2001 through 2011. e sales tax assists the district in nancing the acquisition of land, construction of the stadium and payments of debt service, according to its website.

e funding for youth activities comes from the $4.65 billion sale of the Denver Broncos to the WaltonPenner Group, which resulted in a $41 million refund to the seven counties and 40 municipalities that helped fund the stadium, e Colorado Sun reported.

e funds were to be shared with Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomeld, Denver, Douglas, and Je erson counties and the cities and towns within them. Douglas County received about $940,000.

at’s one-time funding, but ideally, the programs the county chooses to fund will be able to continue after the funding runs out, Waller said.

“We want to hear about plans to keep the program (or) activity going in the future. We don’t have an ideal (number) of years in mind,” Waller said.

For Douglas County, proposals for youth activities to be funded were due July 28 and were to be reviewed in August. Grant recipients will be noti ed in the fall and announced publicly in November at the annual State of the County event.

Douglas County does not have any general topics that it is prioritizing for the funding at this point, Waller said.

“We are interested in hearing from any organization that is providing youth activities programs,” she said. e county’s criteria for funding included that programs must:

• Occur in Douglas County;

• Provide access for all youth, including those with disabilities;

• And support Douglas Countybased organizations with established access to and ability to reach local youth with their proposed youth activities program.

Elsewhere, Wheat Ridge received a portion of the Denver Broncos funds and its city council recently approved funding for a new playground at Anderson Park.

Brighton schools and parks will see the biggest bene t from that city’s Denver Broncos funding, city councilmembers agreed in February.

Last weekend to visit the Douglas County Fair & Rodeo.

To purchase tickets and view the schedule, visit FairandRodeoFun.com