2016 – Cheyenne LEADS Annual Meeting & Banquet
Banquet Date: April 29, 2016 Jack Crews returns to celebrate 30 years of Economic Development at Cheyenne LEADS Annual Membership Meeting & Banquet on Friday, April 29, 2016 Cheyenne LEADS is pleased to announce they will celebrating the community’s commitment to 30 years of Economic Development at this year’s Annual Meeting & Banquet to be […]
Read MoreNCAR announces new supercomputer named “Cheyenne” to be located in the North Range Business Park
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) announced today that it has selected its next supercomputer for advancing atmospheric and Earth science, following a competitive open procurement process. The new machine will help scientists lay the groundwork for improved predictions of a range of phenomena, from hour-by-hour risks associated with thunderstorm outbreaks to the timing […]
Read MoreSierra Trading Post Expanding in the Cheyenne Business Parkway
Sierra Trading Post Expands in the Cheyenne Business Parkway CHEYENNE, WYO (May 1, 2015) – Sierra Trading Post, located in the Cheyenne Business Parkway east of Cheyenne, broke ground this week on an expansion of its fulfillment center. “This fulfillment center addition will help us better serve shoppers in Cheyenne, of course, our online customers […]
Read MoreAnnual Membership Meeting & Banquet on Friday, April 17, 2015
Annual Membership Meeting & Banquet on Friday, April 17, 2015 CHEYENNE, Wyoming (March 27, 2015) – Cheyenne LEADS is pleased to announce Tony DeLisis with Avalanche Consulting will be the special guest speaker at its 28th Annual Membership Meeting & Banquet, to be held Friday, April 19, 2015 at the Holiday Inn in Cheyenne. No-host […]
Read MoreGovernor Mead Announces Additional $200 Million Microsoft Expansion
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Matt Mead joined Cheyenne LEADS and the Wyoming Business Council announcing Microsoft Corporation will expand their data center west of Cheyenne. The expansion is estimated to create 25 new permanent jobs in addition to the 25 jobs from the current operations. Construction of the center will begin as early as this […]
Read MoreSLIGHTLY IRREGULAR: Big state, small wonder
By RICH REIBEN – Opinion Writer for Finger Lake Times in New York Karen and I spent Saturday in Cheyenne, Wyo., waiting for our son to perform with the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra that evening. Just over the border from Colorado, Wyoming’s capital is a community of some 60,000 — more than 10 percent of the […]
Read MoreCheyenne LEADS – Building a Workforce for Tomorrow
January 28, 2015 By Tony DeLisi In recent years, employers in Laramie County, Wyoming, have found it increasingly difficult to find workers to fill job openings. In July 2014, Cheyenne LEADS, the economic development organization representing Laramie County, came to Avalanche for help answering two questions at the root of the issue: “Does Cheyenne have […]
Read MoreCheyenne LEADS Board Member Receives Community Spirit Award
CHEYENNE – A well-respected Cheyenne attorney whose lifelong passion for civic service was kindled by his early participation in the Boy Scouts has been selected as this year’s recipient of the Wyoming Tribune Eagle’s Community Spirit Award. Gregory C. Dyekman will be presented with the award at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, at the Cheyenne […]
Read MoreProject Nephogram moves another step forward with SLIB approval
CASPER, Wyo. – The Wyoming State Loan and Investment Board (SLIB) approved Business Ready Community (BRC) grants and loans totaling $10,745,675 and $5 million for a Governor’s Data Center Recruitment grant this morning at its meeting in Cheyenne, Wyo. The Wyoming Business Council administers the BRC program, which provides the financing for publicly owned infrastructure […]
Read MoreWyoming in Top 5 For Data Center Recruiting
Wyoming Governor Matt Mead’s focus on growing a technology sector as a means of economic diversity is showing rapid results. Microsoft alone has made a nearly $500 million investment in Cheyenne the past two years including three data centers built in two phases at the North Range Business Park and a zero-carbon, waste-to-energy-powered data plant […]
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