The Wyoming Business Council Board of Directors will consider two Business Ready Community (BRC) funding requests during its regular quarterly meeting at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Headquarters at 1210 W. 8th Ave. According to the WBC, this will be the first time the board will meet in person since March 2020.
The meeting is scheduled for 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on May 12. The full agenda and meeting materials will be released prior to the meeting at this link.
For those interested in participating, listening and/or watching remotely, join the Zoom meeting here. To call in to the meeting, dial 1-253-215-8782 or 1-346-248-7799.
Wyoming Business Council to Discuss Investments Scorecard at Public Work Session April 29
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CHEYENNE, WYO. - The Wyoming Business Council Board of Directors will hold a public work session on Thursday, April 29, from 1 to 4 pm to discuss an Investments Scorecard. No actions related to matters of public business will be taken during this session.
The Investments Scorecard is a tool the WBC board and staff are developing to help vet Business Ready Community grant and loan applications and other investment projects. Public comments will be welcomed in future sessions.
Agenda:
Scorecard and metric discussion
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In a press release, The Wyoming Business Council Board of Directors announced their recommendation of three Business Ready Community Grant and Loan Program (BRC) applications from the City of Lander, Laramie County and the Rock Springs-Sweetwater County Airport Board made during its March 10, virtual meeting.
“These projects demonstrate Wyoming’s entrepreneurial spirit and are good examples of projects that help create new opportunities for Wyomingites,” Josh Dorrell, Business Council CEO said.
“Whether it’s by pivoting to capture new markets, continuing to grow Wyoming’s burgeoning tech scene, or opening access to air travel for Wyoming businesses and citizens, each of these projects works to create good jobs and better lives for people in Wyoming.”
UPDATE: A Lander Councilmember has let us know that the property for the new facility is not city-owned, but privately owned.
(Lander, WY) – At their March 10th virtual meeting, the Wyoming Business Council Board of Directors unanimously recommended three projects for the Business Ready Community Grant and Loan Program (BRC) including one from the City of Lander.
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They applied for a $3 million grant and $2.7 million loan combination from the BRC to construct a 22,500 square-foot facility on 1.54 acres of privately-owned propertyâ¯for the Maven headquarters. The site lends itself to further expansion, as it is adjacent to Central Wyoming College â Lander campus and the Lander Economic Development Associationâs (LEDA) Enterprise Park.â¯The funding will allow them to expand their product lines and sale as well as create 23 new jobs.
The Campbell County Board of Commissioners granted a letter Tuesday pledging $176,000 from the county’s 2021 budget to Energy Capital Economic Development (ECED) for equipment costs at their coal innovation project center.
The commissioners voted unanimously in favor of the letter during their regularly scheduled meeting Jan.19, enabling ECED to secure around $3 million for the Wyoming Innovation Center (WyIC) using grants from the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) and the Wyoming Business Council (WBC).
The grants will enable construction for the WyIC to begin and fulfill equipment needs further down the road.
It’s a solid step toward the development of WyIC, formerly called the Advanced Carbon Products Innovation Center (ACPIC), which was devised several years ago by ECED and the University of Wyoming (UW) with the idea of luring prospective companies looking to nurture and explore economic development projects to Campbell County.