Evanston News

Wyoming has business-friendly advantages, abundant natural resources, and ample recreational opportunities to draw workers, industries, and investors. Leadership knows that attracting — and keeping — business hinges on a trained workforce. That’s why Wyoming takes a proactive approach to creating workforce development programs and grants to ensure employers and employees...Continue Reading

A well-funded, high-performing educational system is vital to the robust long-term growth of a community. Evanston schools — as indicated by recently reported ACT scores from Uinta County School District #1 (UCSD #1) and the Wyoming Department of Education— provide quality education to keep the community and the economy going...Continue Reading

“I cannot overstate the importance of entrepreneurship in economic development. Small businesses create 65 percent of all new jobs in the U.S., and small businesses represent over 90 percent of the business population. All major employers started as a small business. Why can’t Evanston create the next prominent manufacturer or...Continue Reading

The race is on to lead the auto industry’s electric vehicle (EV) transformation. Today, Tesla holds a sizable lead in production capability, technology, and market share, but legacy manufacturers like Ford, Volkswagen, and General Motors are gaining ground with aggressive efforts to prepare for mass production of new EV models....Continue Reading

The Wyoming Business Council shared today that a new direct air capture (DAC) project is coming to Wyoming. Project Bison is a partnership between CarbonCapture Inc. (CCI), a U.S. company that develops DAC systems, and carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration operator Frontier Carbon Solutions. The Project aims to permanently remove and...Continue Reading

Called Connex Wyoming, it is meant to “strengthen the local and domestic manufacturing supply chain,” according to a Wednesday news release posted on the website of the University of Wyoming. The Wyoming Manufacturing Extension Partnership, which is called Manufacturing Works, is launching this new initiative. Manufacturing Works is a...Continue Reading

Cheyenne, Wyo – The Wyoming Business Council (WBC) Board of Directors recommended two Business Ready Community (BRC) grant and loan funding requests during its regular quarterly meeting in Rock Springs on Sept. 8, 2022. Other business conducted at the meeting included a presentation from Wyoming Main Street; review and...Continue Reading