Cheyenne LEADS announced the June 2007 departure of Tim Thorson. Thorson joined LEADS in the spring of 2004 as Vice President with responsibility for business recruiting and project management. He is leaving LEADS after accepting the Grants Manager position at Laramie County. In his letter of resignation Thorson explained that, “while I regret leaving such…
VAE Nortrak Announces Expansion
CHEYENNE – Effective May 29, 2007, VAE Nortrak North America Inc. (“Nortrak”) has completed the purchase of two buildings from the City of Cheyenne. Since January of 2000 Nortrak has leased one of the buildings from the City. The second building will facilitate the company’s expansion into the manufacture of pre-stress concrete switch ties for…
Allstate Announces Cheyenne Express Office
CHEYENNE, Wyo.; March 16, 2007 – Allstate Insurance Company today announced that it is opening a new Express office in Cheyenne. The Cheyenne Express office, along with several others throughout the country, will improve the claims experience by providing expanded service to customers and claimants. “We’re working to build the insurance industry’s best claim organization,…
LEADS Announces Allstate’s Cheyenne Express Office
CHEYENNE – Allstate Insurance Company and Cheyenne LEADS announced today that Allstate will be opening an Express claim service office in Cheyenne. The new facility will be located in the former Trilegiant Building on East Pershing, bringing in at least 200 entry-level white collar jobs to the community. Allstate plans to occupy the building as…
Supercomputer Would Diversify Economy, Enhance Energy Research
Cheyenne, Wyo. – Diversification of Wyoming’s economy, enhancement of energy research and attracting top-flight scientists and faculty to the University of Wyoming are among the benefits from a planned supercomputer center in southeast Wyoming, Governor Dave Freudenthal and UW President Tom Buchanan said Thursday. Establishment of the $60 million data facility by the National Center…
Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council Rank Wyoming in Top 3 of Policy Environments for Entrepreneurship across the Nation
October 2006 Wyoming ranked 3rd, in overall ranking out of 51states (including the District of Columbia) in the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Councils’ “Small Business Survival Index 2006” In coming up with the ratings, the eleventh annual Small Business Survival Index tied together 29 major government-imposed or government-related costs impacting small business and entrepreneurs across…
Cheyenne LEADS and the Cheyenne Chamber Provide a New Type of Funding
Cheyenne LEADS and five community partners recently unveiled its LEADS M.E. Fund, a micro-enterprise line of credit. The LEADS M.E. Fund will provide a line of credit program unlike any in the state. The LEADS M.E. Fund focuses on funding opportunities for the creation and expansion of “micro” businesses within Laramie County. The LEADS M.E….
LEDC and LEADS Team Up to Attend BIXPO
Cheyenne LEADS and Laramie Economic Development Corporation are teaming up to attend and exhibit at the 2nd Annual BIXPO Conference in Loveland, Colorado. BIXPO will take place at The Ranch at the Budweiser Events Center on Wednesday, September 13 and Thursday, September 14. LEDC and LEADS both attended the 1st Annual BIXPO in 2005 in…
Expansion Management Magazine Publishes its 8th Annual QUALITY OF LIFE QUOTIENT T Ranking of 362 Metros
CLEVELAND, OH – June 12, 2006 – If you owned a mid-sized (100-500 employees) company that is growing rapidly, and you needed to find the best place to locate a new manufacturing or distribution facility, or perhaps a back office operation, why would you care about something like quality of life? After all, with the…
FORBES Reports Cheyenne & Wyoming Good Places for Business
Cheyenne 2006 Forbes Rankings Best Smaller Metro Overall: 22 out of 179 Cost of Doing Business: 2 Job Growth: 39 Educational Attainment: 45 May, 2006 -Cheyenne ranked 22, in overall ranking out of 179 small places in Forbes’ “Best Places for Business Report” and ranked No. 2 for “Cost of Doing Business” in the smaller…