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Urban Villages: The Key to Sustainable Community Economic Development

Compact, walkable urban villages support sustainable economic development by reducing transportation costs, leaving residents with more money to spend on local goods, and by creating more efficient and attractive commercial districts.

Kemmerer, Wyoming’s locals, leaders eye transition to nuclear-power boom town

The town of 2,800 must plan to accommodate a workforce of 2,000 to build the $4 billion experimental Natrium nuclear plant.

Help wanted: Wyoming State agencies ‘hemorrhaging talent and experience’

Gov. Mark Gordon is asking the Legislature to increase compensation for state employees amid skyrocketing turnover, brain drain.

3 things get people to return to rural hometowns – How does your community measure up?

A new study identifies three things that draw people back to their hometowns a decade or two after leaving.

Wyoming’s brain drain, youth exodus slowed during pandemic

The rate at which millennials left Wyoming decreased from 2019 through 2020, but there’s doubt those changes will stick or are indicative of future trends.

The Wyoming SBDC recently received a $2.5 million grant to implement the SBA’s Community Navigator Pilot Program in Wyoming.

This initiative includes funding for four Wyoming communities to launch and maintain The Local Crowd’s localized crowdfunding platform for two years. The package comes with services and benefits totaling $25,000 per community.

A real rural future

The COVID-19 pandemic dispersed many Americans across the nation. And today, cities are not dominant in the hearts and minds of Americans whatsoever. In reality, not only are most Americans more interested in living in rural areas than in big cities, but many living in rural areas are quite optimistic about the future and still believe in the power of hard work.

Research: Migration Key to Rural Economic Development

According to the researchers, the majority of new businesses opening in rural counties are operated by people “between the ages of 50 to 74.”

Research Results: ‘Who Comes Home?’

Rural communities hear a lot about the “brain drain.” But a new study examines commonalities of communities that attract their young people home after college.

Lawmakers advance $25M cost-of-living hike for teachers in Wyoming

Teacher salaries in Wyoming have lagged behind the national average in recent years.

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