Help Desk NOW Launches Job Fairs
CHEYENNE – Prospective call center employer, Help Desk NOW, will conduct job fairs in Cheyenne Tuesday, May 17th through Thursday, May 19th. With over 400 jobs hanging on the decision, turn out at these job fairs will allow Help Desk NOW to decide whether Cheyenne will be home to the company’s new U.S. call center, […]
Read MoreHelp Desk NOW Visit Successful
CHEYENNE – Prospective local employer, Help Desk NOW, met Tuesday with local economic developers and elected officials in a visit described as “successful” by LEADS CEO Randy Bruns. “The company is very interested in the former Trilegiant building. It could meet their needs very well,” said Bruns. The challenge, according to Bruns and LEADS Vice […]
Read MoreWAL-MART Announces Cheyenne Distribution Center
March 18, 2005 — Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., has selected Laramie County, WY as the site for a new distribution center. The new facility, to be located in Laramie County adjacent to Interstate 80 on Round Top Road, will begin construction in late 2005 with planned service to stores expected in Spring 2007. Initial hiring of […]
Read MoreLEADS Announces WAL-MART Distribution Center
CHEYENNE – Wal-Mart Corporation and Cheyenne LEADS announced this evening that Wal-Mart will invest over $60 million and create over 600 jobs in Laramie County over the next several years as the nation’s leading retailer moves forward with plans to build a 850,000 square foot mechanized distribution warehouse on the edge of Cheyenne. “This is […]
Read MoreLimelight Technologies receives the Small Business Innovation Research grant
CHEYENNE – A Cheyenne-based company, Limelight Technologies, Inc., has received a $5,000 grant to help obtain federal funding to take their software idea and develop it into a marketable product. The Wyoming Business Council sponsors the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase 0 Program. The program provides $5,000 grants to Wyoming companies to help them […]
Read MoreAirLite Manufactures Beneficial Animal Bedding in Cheyenne
AirLite Animal Bedding utilizes special machinery that processes waste corrugated cardboard into a virtually 100-percent, dust-free animal bedding product. Developed in the United Kingdom, the concept is new in this country. The first machine was shipped from the UK in June 2003. Cheyenne LEADS first came into contact with Patrick Duffy, AirLite owner, in December […]
Read MoreJELD-WEN Announces Plans to Build & Expand
Window and door manufacturer JELD-WEN announced plans to build a new, larger local facility after outgrowing their present location that does not have adequate room for expansion. JELD-WEN will purchase 14 acres across from the Fire Training Facility in LEADS’ Cheyenne Business Park, located along I-80 east of Cheyenne. Construction will begin this spring. The […]
Read MoreCheyenne named No. 1 for Cost of Doing Business in the Nation
Area Developmentmagazine’s Feb. 2004 issue has named Cheyenne, Wyoming the No. 1 location for manufacturing in the category “Cost of Doing Business.” In the article titled “Hottest Manufacturing Metro Areas,” Area Development (Feb. 2004, pp. 36-40) said the following: “Cost of Doing Business: The cost of doing business is the quintessential measure for manufacturers when […]
Read MoreHeli-Support Relocates to Cheyenne Airport
Heli-Support, Inc., an international helicopter-servicing company relocated to Cheyenne from Fort Collins, Co. LEADS provided ongoing assistance with local contacts, property location, state tax issues and airport coordination. Company officials said that about 42 of the 65 employees at the Fort Collins facility will be transitioned to Cheyenne by early 2004, and the remaining would […]
Read MoreLimelight Technologies Relocates to Cheyenne from Colorado
CHEYENNE-Limelight Technologies®, a five-year-old information technology (IT) development and consulting company located in Fort Collins, Colo., announced plans to relocate its corporate headquarters to Cheyenne later this year. Cheyenne LEADS Vice President Pete Illoway announced the company’s plans Aug. 19 at the LEADS Invitational Golf Tournament dinner. Limelight Technologies employs 15 people in the Colorado […]
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