The Pikes Peak Workforce Center is offering up to $50,000 to retail and hospitality businesses to provide employee training opportunities. The deadline to apply for funding is May 25. Courtesy of Pikes Peak Workforce Business owners operating food and beverage, tourism, or retail businesses in El Paso and Teller counties may be eligible for a new infusion of funding for employee training, courtesy of the Pikes Peak Workforce Center. The center is offering up to $50,000 to qualifying businesses through a partnership with Walmart's Lives Empowered program and the Colorado Workforce Development Council. The funding must be used to help "increase the competitiveness of employees and employers," according to a press release issued May 12, such as creating new training programs for employees.