State Grant Officials Pow-Wow in Jackson

Will 2 hometown hopefuls get a thumbs up or down?

By GIL BRADY
Casper Star-Tribune correspondent

Filed 5.30.07

JACKSON, Wyo. (CT) – If Shakespeare was right when he wrote “unbidden guests are often welcomest when they are gone,” Wyoming Business Council board members might consider making their stay here today either short or more welcoming toward two local projects their staff has recently shot down.

The Wyoming Business Council?

Pushed by Gov. Dave Freudenthal and lawmakers, the state-run community business development fund reported this month that it has at present $28.25 million in its coffers via the Wyoming Legislature’s 2007 supplemental budget.

Business council board members are slated today to review nine recommended grant applications from across the Cowboy state from hopefuls seeking nearly $14 million to create new jobs and diversify the economies of their hometown districts.

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