March Newsletter

Thank you, CATALYST Level Members!

From the CEO POINTS TO PONDER

Did you know that the state of Wyoming provides grants to train your employees, employees-to-be, and interns? Did you know also that preferred industries are eligible to receive larger grant amounts?

Four Types of Grants to Fit Your Needs

The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services Workforce Development Training Fund is a unique Wyomingbased program connecting employers with professional development opportunities to increase employee skill attainment. Grant options include:

• Business Training Grants to teach new skills or retrain current employees. Up to $4,000 per trainee per state fiscal year, up to $5,000 for preferred industries which includes Construction, Finance and Insurance, Healthcare and Social Assistance, Manufacturing, Technology, and Hospitality and Tourism.. A business can apply for up to $200,000 per state fiscal year.

• Pre-Hire Grants to obtain trained workers for a new or expanding business. Also provides training funds to replace lost workers. Recent changes make emergency medical service providers eligible to participate.

• Internship Grants for structured learning experiences to enhance knowledge and skills. Limits have been increased up to $25/hr. Businesses can host up to 6 internships per state fiscal year, based on demonstrated need, and the ability to offer quality work experience for each intern.

• Apprenticeship Grants for the development of a Wyoming-based Registered Apprenticeship Program where there is a shortage of skilled employees. Available to registered programs and their related technical instruction providers to assist with the cost of the related instruction of the registered apprenticeship program.

Workforce Development Training Fund staff members regularly host Q&A sessions to help businesses navigate the grant process.

The Chamber can help you get connected! Call us at 307-332-3892.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

President

Ann Espinosa

Home Source Realty

Vice President

Dave Fehringer

Fremont Engineering & Surveying Services

Treasurer

Chris VonHoltum Central Bank & Trust

Past President

Eric Andrews

Summit West CPA Group

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Tom Davis

Fremont Therapy Group

Jennifer Hamilton

SageWest Healthcare

Jenna Ackerman

Associate Real Estate Broker

Justin Hegwer

Farm Bureau Financial Services

Brian Rohrbacher

Atlantic City Federal Credit Union

Joseph Susanka Wyoming Catholic College

PROFESSIONAL STAFF

Owen Sweeney CEO

Carol King

Associate Director

Owen Sweeney CEO

Lander Chamber of Commerce

Carlos Solis

Brewfest Coordinator

Get Connected ~ Stay Connected!

March 16: Mountain Vista Retirement Center

April 20: Stanley Steemer (at the Oxbow)

May 18: Benessere Clinic

February’s Business After Hours was hosted by Messenger Girls

Community Awards

Luncheon 2023!

Each winter, the Lander Chamber of Commerce hosts our Community Awards Luncheon. A celebration of the Lander business community and the individuals within it, the luncheon is an annual opportunity to come together in one place to recognize in a public way the efforts of the men and women who put so much time and effort into building their businesses, creating jobs for Fremont County’s residents, supporting the community, and in general making Lander a great place to live, work, and play.

We will hold our annual Community Awards Luncheon Friday, March 3 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Lander Community & Convention Center.

ANCHOR AWARD

Survived the challenge of time

BEAUTIFICATION

Outstanding building appearance

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

Innovation, enthusiasm & creativity

SPIRIT OF LANDER

Ignites enthusiasm with their participation

LIFETIME CONTRIBUTION

Long-standing community commitment

GOLD LEVEL SPONSORS

SILVER LEVEL SPONSOR

PREVIOUS COMMUNITY AWARD WINNERS

EVERY TUESDAY

Carnegie Book Nook at the Lander Library 1-5 pm

EVERY TUESDAY & THURSDAY

The Rock Church Life Center

10 am-5:30 pm, climbing: 4-5:30 pm

EVERY WEDNESDAY

Rotary Club noon, Oxbow Restaurant

Power Punch Parkinson’s classes, noon-1 pm, Teton Therapy Lander

FIRST THURSDAY

Parkinson’s Support Group, Lander Senior Cntr 2-3 pm (no meeting in March)

EVERY THURSDAY

Kiwanis Club, noon, Mamaw’s Kitchen @ Inn at Lander (formerly Summit)

EVERY FRIDAY

Carnegie Book Nook at the Lander Library noon-4 pm

EVERY SATURDAY

Improv Acoustic Music Jams Lander Art Center 10 am-noon

1-11 Reflection - The Art of Being Lander Art Center, Tu-Th 10-6, Fr-Sa 10-4

3 Lander Chamber of Commerce’s Community Awards Luncheon Lander Community Center, noon-1

3 First Friday Fremont County Museums: Lander, Dubois, Riverton, 9-5

3 First Friday: Walk-ExploreUnwind Participating Lander businesses, 6-8 pm

4 Lander Ambassadors Extravaganza Lander Community Center, 5 pm

4 16th anual Togwotee Winter Classic fat bike race Dubois, 7 am

10 Kids Corner: Interactive Stargazing Dubois Museum, 7:30 pm

10-11 Small Farm production & management conference CWC Health & Sciences Building, Riverton

11 Barn Bash Fremont County Fairgrounds, doors open 5:30 pm, dinner 6:30 pm

16 Business After Hours Mountain Vista Retirement Center, 5:30-7 pm

18 Met Opera “Lohengrin” Lander Library, 10 am

March Events CALENDAR

18 Life Drawing featuring Jupiter the Owl Sinks Canyon State Park Visitors Center, 11 am-2 pm

17-31 Red Desert Audubon Show Lander Art Center, Tu-Th 10-6, Fr-Sa 10-4

20 FIRST DAY OF SPRING! Yay!

20 Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company Lander Valley High School auditorium, 7 pm

24 Annual Rustler 500 Central Wyoming College, Riverton, 6 pm

25 Jackalope Jump 1225 Main St., Lander, registration starts 1 pm, jump starts 2 pm

Promote Your Business on the Lander Biz Show!

Last year, your Lander Chamber of Commerce struck out into new territory by starting its own radio show and podcast -- the Lander Biz Show -- for you, our members!

Let us put your business in the spotlight!

Chamber CEO Owen Sweeney and County 10’s

Charene Herrera interview a Lander Chamber member every week, airing the conversation on local radio and on County 10’s and the Chamber’s websites and social media channels to make sure thousands of Fremont County residents learn about your business!

Most memberships include one appearance each year

If you are a member of the Lander Chamber at the Cultivator Level or above, your benefits include an annual appearance on the Lander Biz Show! (A discounted fee is available for our Classic Level members.) Recordings are scheduled every other Wednesday between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Contact us today to schedule your appearance on the award-winning Lander Biz Show!

Thank You, Renewing Members!

Alexander Excavation Inc.

1290 N 2nd St., Lander

Budget Blinds of Fremont County LLC

679 S 3rd St., Lander

Creative Energies LLC

PO Box 1777, Lander

Elks Lodge BPOE 2317

492 Lincoln St., Lander

Fremont Motor Company

1731 W. Main St., Lander

Gales Carpet One Floor and Home

220 E. Main St., Lander

Inn At Lander

260 Grandview Dr., Lander

Kairos Communication LLC

2255 Brunton Court, Ste A, Riverton

Kusel’s Furniture & Appliance

326 E. Main St., Riverton

Lander Children’s Museum

465 Lincoln St., Lander

Lander Performing Arts

PO Box 647, Lander

Mamaw’s Kitchen

260 Grandview Dr., Lander

Phat Foam

191 Tweed Lane, Lander

Pingora Consulting

PO Box 1716, Lander

National Museum of Military Vehicles

6419 US Hwy 26, Dubois

Rocky Mountain Oncology

15 Shrine Club Road, Lander

Rocky Mountain Pre-Mix Concrete

51 Lower North Fork Road, Lander

Water for Wildlife Foundation

545 Main St., Lander

Western States Propane

719 E. Main St., Riverton

Wyoming PBS Foundation

2660 Peck Ave., Riverton

NEW MEMBER Wing It

Cheryl Aguiar

721 Country Rd, Thermopolis

Book Your Next Meeting at the Chamber!

Looking for a brighter, roomier, more professional and technologically advanced place to host a meeting? The Chamber’s got you covered!

Full Zoom Room Functionality

Our two DTEN video conferencing boards provide our members with a simplified professional meeting experience. The dual setup provides a multi-touch video display alongside a digital whiteboard that allows live onscreen annotation of documents and content sharing.

Contact Us to Reserve Your Meeting Today!

You don’t need a Zoom account to take advantage of this benefit. Chamber members without their own Zoom license can use ours to host meetings with unlimited minutes for up to 100 participants. Member-only rental pricing makes this an affordable benefit for your business, and conference room is included in some memberships. Contact us today to schedule your meeting!

OUR VISION

CyberWyoming’s aim is to build national and Wyoming resilience by pulling business communities together on cybersecurity and advance the security of our State through information sharing. CyberWyoming chose to do this by addressing two main areas: Economic Development and Workforce Development and Training.

CyberWyoming is a 501(c)6 non-profit organization that provides training and consulting to businesses, nonprofits and small government in Wyoming. The new field of cyberpsychology plays heavily into our training and education model. For more information visit our website www.cyberwyoming.org.

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- With your application at healthcare.gov, whether you are stuck in an application you have started or have never been to healthcare.gov before. Connect with us in person, over the phone, or online. Visit our website www.enrollwyo.org. Contact the local Enroll Wyoming navigator Alicia Underwood at 307-2409053 or email her at alicia@enrollwyo.org.

Sinks Canyon is a rugged canyon at the base of the southern Wind River Mountains in Wyoming. Located on the eastern slope of the mountains, the canyon is named for a unique geologic formation, “The Sinks,” where the river vanishes underground near the mouth of the canyon.

The canyon proper begins at the falls, where the Middle Fork of the Popo Agie River flows over a granite escarpment in a series of cascades. The river follows the widening canyon down into the Lander Valley. This valley is a part of the larger Wind River Basin.

The Popo Agie joins the Wind River in the basin. The Wind flows into the Yellowstone, which drains into the Missouri and ultimately the Mississippi then the Gulf. The river begins in snow fields and alpine lakes near the Continental Divide.

The Park’s programs are designed to further their mission and provide much needed services. Park events and fundraisers help raise awareness and generate crucial resources to serve the community. Volunteer! Improve your community by joining our cause. You’d be surprised at what a huge difference a little bit of your time can make.

Visit our website at www.sinkscanyonstatepark.org.

COLLABORATOR Investors