{"id":31192,"date":"2023-10-12T19:04:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T01:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/crow-canyon-is-deemed-an-enterprise-zone-contribution-project\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T01:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:36:09","slug":"crow-canyon-is-deemed-an-enterprise-zone-contribution-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/crow-canyon-is-deemed-an-enterprise-zone-contribution-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Crow Canyon is deemed an Enterprise Zone contribution project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=92ea63aa-51b4-4530-8335-47d88f449a6f&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1050\" alt=\"Crow Canyon Archaeological Center west of Cortez conducts educational programs and scientific research.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Crow Canyon Archaeological Center west of Cortez conducts educational programs and scientific research.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy photo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>The Colorado Economic Development Commission in September recognized Crow Canyon Archaeological Center as an Enterprise Zone Contribution Project, paving the way for donors to utilize tax credits.<\/p>\n<p>Cortez\u2019s Crow Canyon strives to use the Enterprise Zone funds for multiple job training programs that include professional development to Mesa Verde National Park\u2019s staff, paid internships for graduate students, Native Scholar in-residence programs for young tribal adults and field programs for undergraduate students.<\/p>\n<p>According to a news release, the appointment permits Crow Canyon donors of $250 or more to claim a 25% state tax credit and a 12.5% state tax credit on in-kind donations.<\/p>\n<p>The credit is in conjunction with the federal tax deduction for contributing to any nonprofit organization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCrow Canyon benefits the region\u2019s economy in many ways,\u201d said Terry Blair-Burton, Enterprise Zone Administrator. \u201cThey are unique in that they train archaeologists who, after leaving Crow Canyon, continue to work regionally at local schools, national parks and cultural facilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-five Enterprise Zone projects exist in Southwest Colorado, including the Cortez Cultural Center and the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canyon\u2019s donors of $250 or more can utilize tax credits<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[28,29],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-31192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-headlines","tag-newsletter"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31192"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81352,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31192\/revisions\/81352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31192"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=31192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}