TEAM OF 1000s
Building Wyoming's Future
The Wyoming Business Council (WBC) supports strong communities so businesses can succeed and people can build a life worth staying for.
Wyoming’s economic future doesn’t get built in boardrooms in Cheyenne. It gets built by the ranchers, business owners, community leaders, and residents who show up every day in communities across the state. The Team of Thousands is the name for all of them — and for the idea that building a future worth staying for is a shared mission.
WHAT WE DO
Our role is simple: work alongside elected officials at all levels, business leaders, and local communities to make sure Wyoming has the tools it needs to succeed – right now. That means supporting communities, helping businesses succeed, and expanding access to good-paying jobs that keep people here and strengthen our workforce.
Everything we do is about turning resources into real results for Wyoming families and communities.
WORKING TOGETHER
Building a resilient future begins with the strength of its people. But it’s too big a job for any single agency, organization, or person. It takes a Team of Thousands of local leaders, passionate business owners, community partners, and dedicated citizens across Wyoming.
By listening, learning, and working together, we can overcome any obstacle and build a thriving future for generations to come.
HOW OUR WORK CONNECTS
Wyoming businesses can’t grow without the infrastructure to support them. A manufacturer can’t add a production line without water capacity. A developer can’t build workforce housing without sewer access. A community can’t recruit employers without the roads, broadband, and utilities that make a site viable.
That’s where WBC comes in. Through the Building Resilient Communities (BRC) program, WBC invests in the foundational infrastructure that makes private investment possible — and turns communities that are ready to grow into communities that actually do.
The chain is direct: infrastructure investment unlocks private development, private development creates jobs and housing, and jobs and housing give Wyoming people a reason to stay — and a reason to come back.
Since its inception, BRC has funded water systems, sewer capacity, roads, and utility infrastructure in communities across Wyoming. Every dollar invested is tied to a documented economic development project — a business expanding, a community growing, a workforce forming.
Strategic Investments
These are not handouts. They’re investments to support communities, so they can support their local businesses. These are some stories from just some businesses you may recognize across our great state.
Team Wyoming
Building a prosperous Wyoming is too big a job for any one agency — it requires a collective. The “Team of Thousands” isn’t just a philosophy; it is the active network of local leaders, entrepreneurs, and citizens who architect our state’s future.
As collaborative catalysts, we bridge state resources with local vision. We believe that by working together, we can overcome global market shifts and build a thriving Wyoming where the next generation chooses to stay.
Wyoming’s future gets built by the people who show up. Join the Team of Thousands.
Partnership with the Harvard Growth Lab
The Wyoming Business Council and in-state partners are working with the Harvard Kennedy School’s Growth Lab to identify and address the various constraints that are inhibiting growth in the Wyoming economy.
We consider growth synonymous with prosperity. Together with the Governor’s office and other state and local partners and stakeholders, we are focused on establishing systems that put more dollars into the pockets of the people of Wyoming by growing opportunities and opening markets; creating an environment where people, businesses, and communities can thrive.