Business Council Board Meets in Casper Sept. 30

The Wyoming Business Council Board of Directors will consider one Business Ready Community (BRC) funding request from the City of Torrington during its regular quarterly meeting in Casper at the Sharon J. Nichols Auditorium at the McMurry Career Studies Center at Casper College. 

The City of Torrington has requested a $3 million BRC grant and $3 million BRC loan to construct a feed mill, warehouse, and retail store for M Lazy Heart on 12 acres of land in the city-owned Eastside Industrial Park. Other matters of business include consideration of adoption of Broadband Development Grant Program rules, a contract with the Wyoming Women’s Business Center, and WBC FY21 Q4 financials.

The meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 30. Meeting materials and full agenda are available at wyomingbusiness.org/boardbook.

For anyone interested in participating, listening, and/or watching remotely, you can join the Zoom meeting at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/295704768. To call into the meeting, dial 1-253-215-8782 or 1-346-248-7799. If you wish to speak during the meeting, please send an email to wbc-conference@wyo.gov prior to 4 p.m. on Sept. 29. Please state your name and the topic you wish to address.   

The WBC administers the BRC grant and loan program, which provides financing for publicly owned infrastructure that serves the needs of businesses and promotes economic development within Wyoming communities. Council staff thoroughly review and vet each application, conduct in-person or virtual site visits, and present to a board subcommittee prior to making final recommendations to the full board.   

SLIB will make final decisions on BRC project requests at its 8 a.m. meeting on Oct. 7.