Town Of Cheraw

Town of Cheraw, a U.S. local government entity headquartered in La Junta, Colorado, is a federal grant recipient that operates as a municipality delivering rural water infrastructure and emergency management projects. The town acts exclusively as a prime recipient on federal grants; it does not hold contracts, IDVs, or subcontracts.

Town of Cheraw's customer footprint spans three federal agencies across five awards totaling $5.6 million obligated since 2011. The Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service has awarded two grants, the Federal Emergency Management Agency two grants, and the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation one grant. Activity is episodic rather than sustained — one award in 2011, one in 2013, one in 2022, and two in 2025 — reflecting municipal grant-funded infrastructure cycles rather than ongoing contract work.

The town's federal work centers on rural water systems and emergency resilience. Recent awards include a $3.846 million Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities project grant from USDA Rural Utilities Service (CFDA 10.760), awarded September 24, 2025, with performance through September 24, 2027, funding domestic water system improvements in the financially needy rural community. A second 2025 award from the Bureau of Reclamation, announced January 14, 2025 with completion by September 30, 2026, funds installation of 286 smart water meters across Cheraw and four nearby communities to quantify water use, identify leaks, and improve customer consumption patterns, with an expected annual water savings of approximately 20 acre-feet and protection of the local aquifer. A prior 2022 Rural Utilities Service grant focused on search-water activities (completed May 26, 2024). One award (the Reclamation smart-meter project) reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months.