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CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon has announced the launch of the Wyoming Meat Processing Expansion Grant Program to provide support for Wyoming meat processing facilities and Wyoming citizens impacted by supply chain disruptions and regional shut-downs of processing facilities resulting from the COVID-19 public health emergency. Continue reading here.Continue Reading

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 3, 2020 CONTACT: Michael Pearlman, Communications Director michael.pearlman@wyo.gov US Department of Energy and State of Wyoming Partner on Study Showing Potential of Carbon Capture at Wyoming Coal-Fired Power Plants CHEYENNE, Wyo. –  The U.S. Department of Energy has completed a carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) study for several Wyoming coal-fueled powe...Continue Reading

The Building Communities through Grant Writing training series is being offered to all Wyoming nonprofit organizations and governmental entities. The workshop series is designed to help beginning and intermediate grant writers seeking to gain skills to research and draft winning program proposals for various funders. Each session walks participants throug...Continue Reading

Contact:  Climb Wyoming Katie Hogarty, Director of External Relations 307-752-1393 PHOTO CAPTION: Powder River Energy Foundation Executive Director Jeff Bumgarner, left, presents a $10,000 donation to Gillette Climb Wyoming Program Director Jenny Mashak. (Gillette, WY) With a $10,000 donation to Climb Wyoming, the Powder River Energy Foundation has increased its ongoing support for low-income single mother...Continue Reading

Last month, the Business Interruption Fund distributed nearly $100 million of federal dollars to small Wyoming businesses that were negatively impacted by the public health orders related to the COVID-19 pandemic.   The money came from Wyoming’s allocation of the Federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. In May, the Wyoming Legislature entrusted a total of $325 million in CARES Act funding to the Wyoming Business Council to distribute to the state’s struggling businesses and nonprofi...Continue Reading

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 5, 2020 CONTACT: Michael Pearlman, Communications Director Michael.Pearlman@wyo.gov Governor Gordon uses CARES Act funds to pay for higher education for unemployed and underemployed adults CHEYENNE, Wyo. –  Adults who are unemployed or underemployed due to COVID-19 are now eligible for a grant to pay for education at one of the state’s communit...Continue Reading

Economic development in northeastern Wyoming gained speed around the turn of the twentieth century, pushing the area’s business like a steam locomotive speeding down into a valley. Consistent innovation since has centered around available energy resources, from coal to natural gas and oil. That innovation gave rise to the uniqu...Continue Reading

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 29, 2020 CONTACT: Michael Pearlman, Communications Director Michael.Pearlman@wyo.gov Governor Announces Applications for $225M in Business Relief Funding Open on August 4 CHEYENNE, Wyo. –  Governor Mark Gordon announced that applications for the next two waves of funding under the COVID-19 Business Relief Program will open to Wyoming businesses and nonprofits at 1...Continue Reading

The Wyoming Legislature crafted three grant programs during a special session May 15-16 to distribute $325 million in federal CARES Act funding for Wyoming small-business owners who have experienced hardship related to COVID-19. Governor Mark Gordon signed the bill on May 20. The Wyoming Business Council is working to stand up the three relie...Continue Reading

In response to the difficulties presented by the Covid-19 crisis, the U.S. Census Bureau has extended the 2020 U.S. Census data collection deadline to October 31. With the outbreak and spread of the virus, the U.S. Census Bureau had to temporarily stop all door-to-door transactions for the 2020 U.S. Census...Continue Reading

The Wyoming Business Council Board of Directors will hold a special call-in meeting to consider rules for two additional COVID-19 Business Relief funding programs at 3:30 p.m. on July 14. The Wyoming Business Council is responsible for distribution of $325 million in federal CARES act funding for Wyoming businesses and nonprofits...Continue Reading

SHERIDAN — While plans for this year’s Sheridan WYO Rodeo hit a wall when COVID-19 arrived in Wyoming, members of the local rodeo board said they hope many of the ideas and performances will shift to the 2021 event. Board members recognized that canceling the 2020 event meant a loss of incom...Continue Reading

SHERIDAN — Instead of filling Grinnell Plaza and Main Street on the third Thursday of the month, Downtown Sheridan Association’s 3rd Thursday Street Festival moves online for a virtual experience for vendors and patrons alike. DSA will create a 3rd Thursday Facebook event where vendors typically set up downtown may post pictures...Continue Reading

SHERIDAN — The Wyoming Legislature Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands and Water Resources Committee entered day two of discussion prepared to “straighten out” the state’s animal cruelty statute, as Sen. Anthony Bouchard, R-Cheyenne, said, though Sheridan County Prosecuting Attorney Dianna Bennett cooled some concerns about a need for complete overhaul within th...Continue Reading

Please join the Wyoming Business Council for a Wyoming Business Relief programs informational webinar for the Northeast and Northwest regions from 8 to 9 a.m. on Friday, June 19th.  The webinar will provide legislators, local officials, WBC Board members, partners and stakeholders:  Updates on the successful launch of the Business Interruption Stipend (program 1) the week o...Continue Reading

It’s almost always good news when an industrial manufacturer needs to find a new plant site. It means business is growing, new markets are emerging, and financials are healthy. However, this is the point of time in the business cycle when decisions about next steps need to be made carefully...Continue Reading

The coronavirus pandemic has caused more economic disruption than the U.S. has seen since the Great Depression. No one can say for sure what the landscape will look like as the economy recovers, but it’s clear that a lot of puzzle pieces won’t snap back into the same places a...Continue Reading

The concept of an “innovation center” is certainly not new. However, without much fanfare, over time, some operations have reinvented the traditional center model, changing how and where they operate, leaning upon new partners and resources, and switching out the types of clients or markets served. Unfortunately, due to the COVID-1...Continue Reading

COVID-19 has significantly altered the landscape for businesses globally that will reverberate well beyond and into the future. Manufacturing and supply chain decisions for corporations have had to make adaptations due to the massive disruption from this pandemic. Understanding and implementing the new norms will be quintessential to success i...Continue Reading

Economic development compliance is historically a long process, one that is typically managed over a multi-year time frame. Companies have negotiated incentives to help offset costs associated with growth and expansion and count on the economic benefits as part of their strategic growth plan — specifically, their plan for buildin...Continue Reading

Until an effective treatment is proven or a vaccination is widely distributed, we’ll continue to have more questions than answers regarding a succinct definition or timing of the “new normal.” However, what we do know now is that the COVID-19 crisis has exposed the over-reliance on just-in-time global supply chains...Continue Reading

This annual report is usually a celebratory recognition of some of the world’s best performing economies, especially those most successful at attracting investment and creating jobs. And we’ll still do that. But it’s impossible to highlight last year’s successes as populations and economies in every corner of the world ar...Continue Reading

LARAMIE — Wyoming Women’s Business Center is announcing the launch of its COVID-19 Support Program. It aims to help women-owned small businesses build or enhance their online presence, launch crowdfunding campaigns, and implement accounting software at no cost. COVID-19 is wreaking havoc on women-owned industries. The 2019 State of Women-Owned Businesse...Continue Reading

The Crook County Farm Bureau Federation has selected the winners for three scholarships for the 2020-2021 school year. This year’s winners are Dalton Butler, Hunter Bailey and Lauren Haiar. In first place, Dalton Butler was selected to receive a $1500 scholarship from the Crook County Farm Bureau Federation for the 2020-202...Continue Reading