Wyoming Business: Cheyenne may revive ‘Progress & Prosperity’ drive

CHEYENNE — Cheyenne’s four-year economic-development initiative called “Progress & Prosperity … The Next Dimension” proved so successful that community leaders are looking at a possible sequel.

The community’s $1.7 million investment more than paid for itself with creation of more than 1,100 new primary jobs, an additional annual payroll of $27.6 million, and a $142 million capital investment in Cheyenne.

“By all measures, this campaign, thanks to the vision and the dollar commitment from all the investors, has been a huge, unqualified success,´ said Tom Stuckey, president of Cheyenne’s Wells Fargo Bank and co-chair of the campaign. “It’s the No. 1 economic-development…