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Fuel is Energy Capital Economic Development's business incubator, designed to provide assistance to new businesses and those just getting started. Located in ECED's Enterprise Center, 345 Sinclair Street, FUEL's goal is to help businesses that will diversify and expand our local economy.
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How a local electric cooperative can assist a community historic preservation and economic development project.
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How can a local electric cooperative help its downtown businesses thrive during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally?
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A brief video demonstrating the importance of an electric cooperative in supporting its local community.
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The Wyoming Business Council collaborates with other state agencies and various stakeholders – public, private and nonprofit – to tackle local, regional and statewide quality-of-life issues and opportunities that have an economic development component.
Mission
Help communities successfully address common struggles by developing tools and a team that can provide resources, information and a map leading to action.
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The Wyoming Business Council collaborates with other state agencies and various stakeholders – public, private and nonprofit – to tackle local, regional and statewide quality-of-life issues and opportunities that have an economic development component.
Mission
Help communities successfully address common struggles by developing tools and a team that can provide resources, information and a map leading to action.
Background
Wyoming...
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Breakthrough 307: Entrepreneurs is a custom built program around its participants, providing a constructive and supportive culture to cultivate dreams into real and profitable companies. Entrepreneurs will have access to one another in a format that encourages idea and experience sharing to promote growth.
Breakthrough 307: Connections is a group of professionals that will work directly with the BT307: Entrepreneurs to shape their...
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The primary purpose of Powder River Energy’s Economic Development Program is to provide a source of funds for economic development projects at the local level in northeastern Wyoming.
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The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services offers employers the ability to register their openings and examine the labor pool free of charge with its online job-matching system.
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The Wyoming Business Council is the state of Wyoming’s economic development agency. The Business Council works with private businesses, state agencies, local governments, local economic development groups, partners and nonprofits to grow and diversify Wyoming’s economy, create jobs and enhance quality of life.
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Cost of living: How far will my salary go in another city?
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Labor Market Information (LMI) is an applied science; it is the systematic collection and analysis of data which describes and predicts the relationship between labor demand and supply.
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Why Use Zillow?
Zillow helps you find the newest Wyoming real estate listings. By analyzing information on thousands of single family homes for sale in Wyoming and across the United States, we calculate home values (Zestimates) and the Zillow Home Value Price Index for Wyoming proper, its neighborhoods and surrounding areas . If you're looking to rent in Wyoming, check out our extensive list of luxury apartments and townhomes. We make it easy...
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Under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) law, each state has Workforce Development Boards charged with directing federal, state and local funding to workforce development programs. Workforce Development Boards also oversee the workforce centers, where job seekers can get employment information, find out about career development training opportunities and connect to various programs in their area. Wyoming has one state-level Workforce Development Board which advises...
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The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services is a state Agency focused on delivering comprehensive and effective services that build a workforce to meet the changing demands of Wyoming's diverse businesses, citizens and economy - hence, the Agency's mission - bridging human and economic development for Wyoming's future.
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You know the Wyoming spirit: low-drama, tenacious and independent. But do you know why Wyoming could be the best career move you ever made? Wyoming Grown is a free program that connects individuals who have a desire to return to Wyoming with in-demand career opportunities.
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Business Training Grants for Existing Positions provide up to $2,000 per trainee per fiscal year for established Wyoming businesses with existing employees who need a skill upgrade or retraining in their current occupations.
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Business Training Grants for New Positions provide between $1,000 to $4,000 per trainee per fiscal year depending on the employee’s full-time status and wage amount.
Grants for New Positions were developed to assist Wyoming businesses in two ways: Wyoming business expansion and new business recruitment.
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The Pre-Hiring Economic Development Grant Program is designed to train skilled workers in a particular business, businesses or industry. Applications are completed through a partnering of four entities that contribute separate needs or services to the program:
A training entity that can deliver the training, certificate or skills the business requires.
A business, group of businesses or an industry with a need for...
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One of the most difficult issues facing a company trying to expand its services and workforce is the overwhelming cost associated with hiring and training a workforce during the start-up phase of the expansion.
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Workforce specialists can assist in writing job orders, researching wages and establishing criteria to ensure the job listing is reaching the appropriate audience.
Additional specialized recruitment and screening services are available at local Workforce Centers located throughout Wyoming.
Workforce specialists are available to work with your company to identify labor information that will help with decision-making regarding hiring.
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The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services is committed to facilitating the growth of employers throughout Wyoming. Whether in expanding your business, hiring new employees, accessing Workers' Compensation or exploring safety issues, Workforce Services has the means by which to help your business move in the right direction.
The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services also has a number of programs available for individuals looking for a job throughout...
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The Wyoming Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network has a passion for helping small business owners! Our team is ready to share their expertise with Wyoming entrepreneurs around the state, helping businesses grow and succeed, driving economic growth, and building a better Wyoming.
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Manufacturing-Works (MW) is the Manufacturing Extension Partnership for Wyoming that brings expert engineering assistance to manufacturers in Campbell County. The staff at MW is able to bring advanced engineering expertise to help in many areas. Their expertise includes product development, innovation engineering, Lean production methods, energy efficiency, and much more.
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This program bolsters the availability of private credit by guaranteeing loans for rural businesses.
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This program is a competitive grant designed to support targeted technical assistance, training and other activities leading to the development or expansion of small and emerging private businesses in rural areas which will employ 50 or fewer new employees and has less than $1 million in gross revenue. Programmatic activities are separated into enterprise or opportunity type grant activities.
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The Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant program provides funding for rural projects through local utility organizations. USDA provides zero-interest loans to local utilities which they, in turn, pass through to local businesses (ultimate recipients) for projects that will create and retain employment in rural areas. The ultimate recipients repay the lending utility directly. The utility is responsible for repayment to USDA.
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The travel and hospitality industry is the second largest industry in the State of Wyoming. Visitors stimulate the local economy and benefit hotels, meeting facilities, attractions, restaurants, cultural institutions, tour companies, transportation providers, local farmers, and countless other businesses.
As an industry partner, what you do each and every day to support tourism matters to everyone in our Great State! Our goal at WOT is...
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Wyoming is where the untamed spirit of the West and majestic natural beauty open your mind and invigorate your senses to release your own inner freedom and sense of adventure. For some, adventure may mean taking the kids camping in Yellowstone National Park or visiting a rodeo for the first time. For others, it could be conquering one of the most difficult mountain climbs in the West. It's a place where your own true grit...
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The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services is a state Agency focused on delivering comprehensive and effective services that build a workforce to meet the changing demands of Wyoming's diverse businesses, citizens and economy - hence, the Agency's mission - bridging human and economic development for Wyoming's future. The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services is comprised of three offices (listed below), all of which have distinct objectives that parallel the...
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Are you thinking about starting a business but are unsure of where to get help? Don't feel alone in the process, please consider the Wyoming Women's Business Center (WWBC) to help, encourage, and support you along the way. Whether you are an aspiring entrepreneur or an established business owner, the WWBC offers educational tools to help you plan, start and grow a successful business.
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WTBC was launched in 2006 as part of the University of Wyoming’s mission to provide affordable higher education of the highest quality; technology transfer and economic and community development. The WTBC’s incubator program is focused on educating and supporting business start-ups throughout the state. WTBC is headquartered on the campus of the University of Wyoming with two additional facilities located in Casper and Sheridan. Our...
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The University of Wyoming is dedicated to instruction, research, and the extension of knowledge to the public. It is the policy of the University to carry out its scholarly work in an open and free atmosphere, and to publish results obtained therefrom freely. Research done primarily in anticipation of profit is incompatible with the aims of the University. However, the University recognizes that patentable inventions...
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The Wyoming SBIR/STTR Initiative (WSSI), a part of the Wyoming SBDC Network, assists all qualified Wyoming small businesses and individuals in accessing the funding opportunities provided by the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs; over $2 billion annually!
The nations's innovative small businesses compete for federal contracts and grants to fund new product research and development. To date Wyoming small businesses have received contracts...
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Manufacturing-Works is the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) for Wyoming. We are a non-profit organization.
We seek the continued success and constant economic progress for Wyoming through timely and customized assistance to entities requiring our services.
Targeting small to mid-sized manufacturers and businesses, our services comprise workforce development trainings and workshops, technology assistance, business advising and customized performance assistance. Our national network of public and private partnerships...
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Training costs of $2,000 or $4,000 per qualified position may be funded incrementally by the State. Compensation is made for positions that continue for a minimum of ninety days beyond completion of training. These funds are available on a continuing basis.
No charge, confidential, one-on-one advising.
Business and Strategic Planning.
Marketing and Market Research.
Growth and Succession Planning.
Financial Services and Access to...
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This program provides financing for publicly owned infrastructure that serves the needs of businesses and promotes economic development within Wyoming communities.
Cities, towns, counties, joint powers boards and the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone tribes are eligible to apply for funding.
Public infrastructure eligible for funding includes water; sewer; roads; airports; rights of way; telecommunications; land; spec buildings; amenities within a business park,...
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