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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:13:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Denver Water Growing Water Smart Workshop Application Open!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Sonoran Institute and Denver Water will host a Growing Water Smart workshop March 1-3, 2027, for municipalities, counties, and water districts in the Denver Water service area. Teams will collaborate on water and land use planning, public engagement, and policy. Each team will leave with a water resilience action plan for the next 12 to 18 months. Applications are due by end of day Friday, December 4, 2026. Download the application below, complete the form starting on page 4, and email it to &lt;a href="mailto:growingwatersmart@sonoraninstitute.org" data-linkindex="1" title="mailto:growingwatersmart@sonoraninstitute.org" data-ogsc="" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#467886"&gt;growingwatersmart@sonoraninstitute.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Questions? Contact Program Manager Eliza Stokes at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:estokes@sonoraninstitute.org" data-linkindex="3" title="mailto:estokes@sonoraninstitute.org" data-ogsc="" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#467886"&gt;estokes@sonoraninstitute.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <dc:creator>Lyndsey Lucia</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 19:43:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Calling all homeowners and gardeners in Colorado!</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="inherit" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span data-ogsc="black"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;" face="inherit"&gt;Colorado State University Extension is thrilled to offer&lt;a href="https://extension.colostate.edu/offering/landscape-like-you-live-here/?utm_campaign=social" target="_blank"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong data-ogsc=""&gt;Landscape Like You Live Here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, a new 6-week spring series designed to help you create thriving, sustainable landscapes wherever you live in Colorado.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <dc:creator>Lyndsey Lucia</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 23:19:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>WaterNow and Pacific Institute Project Accelerator</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Project Accelerator: Catalyzing Water Efficiency Investments through Debt Financing&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;WaterNow and Pacific Institute are excited to announce that they are now accepting applications for the new &lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeaD1MjeyMbWnuKx9E2XkswJDqAuoySvti8bHh-jICdTAj3dg/viewform"&gt;&lt;font color="#1264A3"&gt;Catalyzing Water Efficiency Investments through Debt Financing Project Accelerator&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. The deadline to apply is March 27, 2026. The Accelerator provides 250 hours of pro-bono technical assistance to public drinking water providers in California and Colorado to increase the reach and impact of their water efficiency programs. Learn more &lt;a href="https://waternow.org/2026/02/17/apply-today-project-accelerator-applications-are-now-open-2/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
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      <dc:creator>Lyndsey Lucia</dc:creator>
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