Colorado Environmental Justice Groups Are Struggling To Keep Their Projects Alive After Federal Funding Cuts

May 28, 2025 | Media Coverage, Nonprofits

Denver Urban Gardens was featured in this impactful piece by CPR News on how federal funding cuts to environmental justice programs are hurting local communities.

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“Linda Appel Lipsius, [Denver Urban Gardens]’s executive director, said the funding would have helped her group install six new community gardens and nine ‘food forests’ in west Denver. She said those projects would have supported issues identified by a recent city planning initiative, which found the area lacks grocery stores and green infrastructure to guard against rising urban temperatures.”

Read more from the article here.

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