Colo. Stimulus Projects Helping To Change America

Seven stimulus projects in Colorado are creating thousands of jobs and adding to an overall effort to “change America.”

A report released in September 2010 points to the Colorado projects as part of 100 stimulus projects highlighted by the White House which are  "not only putting people back to work now,  but helping transform our economy for years to come."

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Chevrolet wins green car prize, announces plan to donate to environmental causes

Chevrolet  announced that it's donating $40 million to locally-based environmental projects across the U.S. with the goal of reducing carbon emissions by 8 million metric tons. That's about the same amount of carbon dioxide emitted in one year by the 1.9 million Chevrolet vehicles expected to sell between now and the end of 2011.

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Car Share Service - Rent Your Car for extra $$

GetAround is a basic idea -- most of our cars aren't in use during the day. We use them to drive to work, and then they just sit there until the work day is over.

What if someone else could be using them when we don't need them? GetAround provides you with a keyless entry system for your car. You can then register it on their site so that someone who needs wheels nearby can find it, and rent it from you. It's sort of like a hybrid of Rentalic and ZipCar.

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