DENVER—Fort Carson and Peterson Air Force Base will each get a new child development center and the Air Force Academy will get a solar power plant when the military spends its $7.4 billion share of the federal stimulus package.
All told, the Department of Defense plans to spend about $94 million of stimulus money in Colorado.
The Air Force Academy’s $18.3 million solar facility is the biggest item on the military’s stimulus list in Colorado.
Fort Carson will get $12.5 million for a child development center and $11.5 million to repair its Nutrition Care Division building.
Peterson gets $11.2 million for its child development center.
Cheyenne Mountain Air Station and Buckley Air Force Base each get more than $2 million for big-ticket repairs.
