Evanston News
Uinta County and Evanston’s community profile is now available online for free! This community profile can be viewed by anyone interested in learning more about the area and its population. This information can be particularly valuable to site selectors who are looking for an ideal place to locate a business.
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Uinta County’s economic development website is offering in-depth demographics free to the public. These demographics can be used by site selectors or businesses, looking to locate in the area, to gain a better understanding of the area. This information can also help them choose the most ideal location for thei...
Are you looking for a great location for your business? Check out Evanston, WY! Here in Evanston, we have a wide variety of properties and sites available for sale or rent in the area. Located just an hour northeast of Salt Lake City, Evanston has something for every business!
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For the second year in a row, the Evanston Urban Renewal Agency/Main Street has been named a semifinalist for a Great American Main Street Award. Last year, 10 semifinalist communities were named from across the country; this year, there are eight semifinalists.
“The Great American Main Street Award is a top honor within the commercial distric...
Two years ago, Jennifer Anderson commuted an hour from Etna to Jackson for her job doing code enforcement for Teton County.
“I had to deal with the people who did things wrong on their properties,” she said. “I was the mean guy of the county, and I wasn’t happy in my job.”
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A Heightened Focus on Reshoring
Oct 9 2020The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the risks inherent in the global supply chain, particularly the worldwide reliance on China for medical supplies. The supply chain turbulence experienced during the pandemic undoubtedly will impact future business decisions, extending beyond medicine to other industries, including electronics, aerospace, automobiles, defense, consumer products, and technology.
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As the U.S. economy begins to dig itself out of a deep hole caused by the COVID-19 crisis, many businesses now face the stark reality of a substantially reduced pool of working capital along with credit lines that will likely not thaw out anytime soon. Yet despite those challenges, retailers...
The City of Evanston and Uinta County are inviting residents, businesses, and tourists to follow us on our new social media accounts! Here in Evanston, we like to keep in touch with our residents and local businesses.
One of the ways we are trying to achieve this is by creating ne...
EVANSTON — Councilman Tib Ottley was first on the agenda for the Evanston City Council work session held on Aug. 11. Ottley raised a question concerning the unequal representation of the city on the Evanston Parks and Recreation board.
“When the city provides $2 million to the parks and rec department an...
Manufacturer moving to Evanston
Oct 7 2020EVANSTON — The major business during the Tuesday, May 5, meeting of the Evanston City Council centered on the sale of five acres of city-owned property on Union Center Rd. to ISA Partners, LLC. City Attorney Dennis Boal first announced a public hearing regarding the proposal, which would consist of informatio...
JUMPSTART EVANSTON is proud to announce three new startup businesses will be receiving a cumulative total of $10,000.00 in cash prize funds. The winning companies are: Crazy Good Digital Marketing, (Owner: Rameen Amirkhizi), 307 Roasting, (Owner: Pete Bass) and Small Concrete Solutions, (Owner: Rick Rosser). The funding, donated by variou...
City of Evanston, WY Launches Redesigned Website
Jul 20 2020EVANSTON, WY-- The City of Evanston recently launched its newly designed website to further strengthen its online presence and economic growth. The city is happy to have a fresh looking, easy to navigate platform to direct traffic to.
The City of Evanston had previously put marketing efforts on the back burner...
ISA, a multinational rubber dipping factory, is relocating from Oregon to the Union Center Business Park in Evanston.
Plans for the phased relocation include hiring more than 100 employees in Uinta County within five years.
Rocco O’Neill, the Director of Community and Economic Development for Evanston, said the recruitment of ISA has been several years in the making, but a few factors accelerated th...
Agricultural producers can now apply for USDA’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP). Producers should apply through their local Farm Service Agency Service Center.
The CFAP provides vital financial assistance to producers of agricultural commodities who have suffered a 5% or greater price decline due to COVID-19 and face additional significant marketing cost...
SHOP SMART, SHOP SAFE is a statewide campaign to provide business recovery resources and free marketing ideas and materials designed to help business owners make their customers feel safe and comfortable enough to return to shopping in their stores after the COVID-19 shutdowns.
“Wyoming did a great job getting out th...
The Wyoming Business Council will begin processing Business Relief Stipend applications for businesses that received federal Paycheck Protection (PPP) funding and were not named in state health orders at 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 17.
The Business Council prioritized processing applications for businesses that were named in state health orders and/or did not receive federal PPP funding since the launch o...
Uinta County plans for re-opening, seeking balance between health, safety & economic needs
Jun 15 2020The following is a press release from Uinta County Public Health
UINTA COUNTY – Within the next weeks, local leaders will be working to interpret guidance from state leaders, as well as national guidance documents, and analyze local health data to prepare and plan for the anticipated lifting of the closur...
CHEYENNE – Education Week’s 23rd annual report card, Quality Counts 2019, ranks Wyoming sixth nationally in education quality - up one spot from seventh nationally in 2018.
Once again, Wyoming scored the highest among western states, and first in the nation in school finance.
“It is always positive news to see Wyomin...
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Gregory and David Jones, founders of NGL Connection, grew up without Internet access. Rather than bemoan their loss, they put their minds to solving the problem. The solution they developed as teenagers has grown into a business that delivers high-speed internet to thousands of homes in rural Wyoming.
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