Senior Property Tax Exemption applications due July 15
GARFIELD COUNTY, CO – Colorado seniors may be eligible for a property tax exemption, and the application deadline of Monday, July 15, is fast approaching. In 2000, Colorado voters passed a Property Tax Exemption for Seniors (also known as Referendum A). This law provides that 50 percent of the first $200,000 of actual value for a qualifying senior citizen’s primary residence shall be exempt from property taxation. The State of Colorado pays the property taxes on the exempted value. To qualify for the exemption, the senior must: have reached age 65 as of January 1, 2019; have occupied the property
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LiveWell Garfield County gets produce to needy, seniors
GARFIELD COUNTY, CO – Gardeners, farmers, and producers who find they have too much produce may share the bounty of the county by donating whole, unprocessed produce to LIFT-UP, and the Garfield County Senior Nutrition Program. With each growing season, precious goods are left in fields, gardens, and orchards, and this produce can offer tasty nutritional benefits to those affected by poverty and our senior citizens living on limited incomes. Beginning the week of July 21, farmers markets in Carbondale, Glenwood Springs, New Castle and Rifle will collect surplus produce from the public to benefit LIFT-UP and the Senior Nutrition
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