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CHEYENNE – The world’s largest supercomputer, to be built near Cheyenne, is proceeding on schedule, the project director for the National Center for Atmospheric Science (NCAR) told the annual meeting of Cheyenne LEADS, the Cheyenne/Laramie County Economic Development organization yesterday.
Krista Laursen said one of the $60 million project’s benefits to the area will be the partnerships it produces with educational institutions like the University of Wyoming. “We have in fact had partnerships with UW for many years,” she said, “in that we collaborate on various projects and do faculty visit swaps.”
The supercomputer project team has had two “brainstorming” retreats thus far, the most recent just a month ago in Steamboat Springs, Colo.
“Reducing greenhouse gasses is going to be a major component of this project as well,” Laursen said. The team will look at energy efficiency in both power and cooling needs, she said, including geothermal.
Requests for proposals (RFP’s) will begin to go out next spring, she said, and will be followed by a schedule of construction events. The supercomputer is scheduled to be operational in about four years.
Cheyenne LEADS President Randy Bruns enthusiastically stated the supercomputer project is worth $535 billion over 20 years,” only to be corrected by Laursen that it was millions, not billions, involved.
Wyoming Business Council CEO Bob Jensen noted the project could produce “200 companies being located in and around Wyoming” within the next 20 years. Jensen emphasized the entire state of Wyoming will feel the benefit of the project in coming years.
By Gazette News Services
CHEYENNE – A national survey has named Wyoming one of the top 10 business-friendly states.
Pollina Corporate Real Estate Inc., a Chicago-based corporate relocation firm, ranked Wyoming No. 6 in its annual study, “Top Ten Pro-Business States: America’s Economy in the 21st Century.”
Wyoming has been in the survey’s top 10 since the study began in 2004. The study attributes Wyoming’s high ranking to being a right-to-work state with no personal or corporate income taxes and having low operating costs for business.
Gov. Dave Freudenthal said the recognition means that efforts to bolster the state’s business-ready climate are working.
“As we work to improve infrastructure and help prepare our towns and cities for the businesses that we know are coming, frankly, it’s good to know that groups like the one that conducts the Pollina study are paying attention to all that the state has to offer,” he said in a prepared statement.
Virginia was named the most business-friendly state, followed by South Carolina, Florida, North Carolina and Utah.
True West magazine has ranked Cheyenne, WY as No. 5 on its top 10 list of western towns. The list, to published this month, is made up of towns that best embody the spirit of the West through historical events and preservation efforts.
“True West magazine is read by great fans of the West. To be recognized by this publication is quite an honor just because of that background,” said Darren Rudloff, president of the Cheyenne Area Convention and Visitors Bureau.
“Cheyenne is one of those magical Old West names, one that conjures up images of cattle barons and cowboys, northern railroads and rodeos,” the magazine says in its January/February issue.
“This helps put Cheyenne on the map for both tourism as well as a spot where people can look to move,” she said. “From information that we’ve received, a lot of people are starting to look at the community (where they’d like to move) before they look for a job.”
This type of recognition is great exposure for one of the most authentic western towns left in America. Affordable ranch land and a lifestlye filled with elements of the old west help continually attract new residents to the Cheyenne area.
The top honor of True Western Town for 2007 has awarded to Helper, Utah.
