ENDOW, entrepreneurship and Wyoming’s economic future

Wyoming suffers from a bad case of brain drain.

Too many of our young people leave the state after high school or college to pursue more diverse opportunities and never return. Others who choose to stay are locked in to lower-paying jobs or unstable careers. Meanwhile, Wyoming’s marketing efforts sometimes fail to entice entrepreneurs and undersell the state’s incredible start-up ventures, exciting innovations and exceptional quality of life.

At ENDOW meetings held around the state over the past year, we have heard the same refrain over and over: We are proud of our community character and don’t want to lose it, but we worry that there are not the right opportunities in place today to allow our kids to come back.

At a meeting in Pinedale, a Sublette County commissioner remarked that he hoped ENDOW’s work could help grandparents like him keep their grandkids in the same town. Unfortunately, the reality today is that too frequently young professionals and young couples want to stay but cannot find good-paying, fulfilling work.

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