AURORA — The Denver suburb of Aurora is using recreational marijuana sales tax revenue to help the homeless.
reported Tuesday that among the projects receiving money is the , which educates low-income families in motels and apartments along the Colfax corridor about community services. The network is getting $220,000 of $1.5 million set aside this year for homeless programs from Aurora s local tax on recreational marijuana.
City spokeswoman Julie Patterson says Aurora expects to collect just over $8 million in such taxes by year s end. About half that total will be used for transportation projects. Some of the rest will help build a recreation center.
Colorado became the first state to start legal recreational marijuana commerce when sales began across the state in 2014.
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