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Neighborhood Sustainability Program
The City of Westminster invites neighborhoods (HOAs, organized neighborhoods, or manufactured home communities) to participate in programs that streamline access to cost, time, and natural resource-saving opportunities provided by the City and our partners.
Water Efficiency Programs
HOA Landscape Irrigation Audit
Your HOA can receive up to $4,000 in rebates for a comprehensive audit of the HOA’s irrigation system, with detailed action items to save water.
Personal Yard Water Efficiency
Look for ideas on how to remodel your personal yard with our Lawn Replacement and Garden in a Box discounts. Please remember, your HOA cannot require you to have a turf grass lawn at your home - that's been a state law since 2013! You will have to follow HOA landscape guidelines, but a full yard of Colorado-friendly plants is your right.
Contact Water Conservation to learn more.
Landscape Transformation Programs
Interested in converting your community’s large areas of water hungry Kentucky bluegrass to waterwise flowering plants or native grasses? You have come to the right place! The City of Westminster offers two programs to accomplish this—Turf to Native Transformation Program and the Planting Strip Transformation Program.
Reasons to remove turf and plant native grass:
- Results in water savings up to 80% over conventionally irrigated Kentucky bluegrass.
- Most cost effective, ecologically supportive, water efficient, and low maintenance options available to HOAs with large landscaped common spaces using high amounts of water.
- Native grass conversions can also revitalize older struggling landscapes to improve neighborhoods and allow appropriate allocation of water and maintenance resources towards higher priority areas.
See below for three landscape transformation programs and resources the City offers:
The City of Westminster administers a program to support HOAs to complete native grass transformation projects. The minimum project size is 3,000 square feet. Receive up to $10,000 in rebates! Learn about the program and the selection process in the document linked below.
Contact Stephanie Ashmann, with any questions or to get started on your community's landscape transformation.
Would your HOA like to remove the grass between the street and the sidewalk and replace those areas with bright and bold waterwise gardens?
Check out the document below which outlines the benefits of changing your street-side landscape, describes the application process, and provides several readymade landscape templates to simplify the transformation process. Rebates are available!
Contact Stephanie Ashmann, with any questions or to get started on your community's landscape transformation.
Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Landscape Transformation Guide is a resource to create water-wise landscapes. This guide can be used by anyone from large businesses to homeowners. Please consult with the City prior to any changes on commercial and common space property.
Contact Stephanie Ashmann, with any questions or to get started on your community's landscape transformation.
Sustainability Enhancements
Program Update
Thank you to all who participated in our 2025 Neighborhood Sustainability Program! Applications are currently closed, but we are hard at work preparing our 2026 program, which is set to launch in the Spring. If you’d like to be one of the first to know when the new program launches, please fill out this interest form!
Program Overview
To encourage the adoption of cost and resource saving projects in HOAs and neighborhoods, the City offers a technical assistance and grant program. HOAs and neighborhoods can access up funding for the following sustainability focused enhancements:
- Compost & Recycling Collection: Sign-up for curbside collection and reduce waste.
- Community Garden: Build and operate a community garden.
- Birds, Bees, and Bat Habitats: Install boxes & houses to support local wildlife.
- Solar Outdoor Lighting: Install solar powered lights to improve safety.
- Upgrade Common Buildings: Complete indoor energy and water saving improvements including HVAC, lighting, and toilets.
- Tree Planting: Increase tree canopy to reduce heat and improve community aesthetics!
- Emerald Ash Borer Treatment: Protect trees by treating them for the emerald ash borer insect.
- EcoPass: Enroll in unlimited ride RTD transit passes.
- DIY: Design your own project, and if approved receive a rebate! Ideas include EV charging stations, community clean-ups, and more!
How to Apply
- As we work on a revitalized version of the program, we are not currently accepting new applications. However, if you’d like to be the first to know when the new program launches in Spring of 2026, please fill out this interest form.
Program Requirements:
As a participant and neighborhood leader, you are requested to provide information (via email, door-hanger, or fliers) to the individual residents in your neighborhood about City sustainability resources, services, and programs specific to their individual home. How you fulfill this requirement will be determined through conversations with the Sustainability Office.
Questions or Comments?
Please direct questions, concerns, or comments to the Sustainability Office at Sustainability@westminsterco.gov or 303-658-2155.