Revitalizing Main Streets
As of May 2025, the program does not have designated funding for state fiscal year 2026 or beyond, therefore CDOT is not currently accepting new applications. Please check this webpage for future program updates and subscribe to our Active Transportation Grants email distribution list to be notified of any updates.
About the Program
The Revitalizing Main Streets (RMS) grant program enhances active transportation safety and strengthens the connection of people to main streets and central economic hubs. The program encourages physical activity and enhances local economic vitality in towns and cities across Colorado through funding infrastructure improvements to make walking and biking easy, yielding long-term benefits that bolster community connections.
The successes of the 2020 Safer Main Streets program encouraged the idea of a statewide approach to activating active transportation in our downtown areas. In March 2021, the state legislature allocated $30 million to the RMS program as a part of Colorado’s COVID-19 Recovery Plan. In June 2021, Colorado Senate Bill 260 provided additional funding for the program, which has now been fully allocated to grant awards. Since its inception, the RMS program has helped to fund over 270 projects throughout Colorado.
The goals of this grant opportunity include:
- Encourage active transportation and healthy lifestyles through improvements to the vitality of downtowns, mixed-use centers, and community gathering spaces;
- Support economic development and increase opportunities for businesses to thrive;
- Imagine innovative, community connecting uses of public spaces;
- Support community access to the right of way that safely accommodates all modes of travel; and
- Provide safe access to opportunity and mobility for residents of all ages, incomes and abilities, including vulnerable users.
Grant Awardees To Date
Learn more about the Revitalizing Main Streets grant awardees throughout the state by clicking on the dots on the map below.
