Recent CBI
consulting projects include helping with development throughout Wyoming:
Bar Nunn –
Grant writing for new business development
CEPI (Rolling
Hills) – Water development funding
Chugwater –
Community development and rewrite of zoning/development ordinances
Converse
County – Community needs assessment
Douglas –
Planning for Douglas early learning center
Dubois –
Long-term care analysis and business plan for assisted living facility
Glenrock –
Main Street program and economic analysis/planning
Goshen County
– Grant writing
Laramie –
Long-term care analysis
Platte County
– Long-term care analysis, nursing home facility assessment, business plan for
assisted living facility, implementation/funding plan
Riverton –
Hospice operational review and needs assessment, grant writing
Riverton –
Strategic planning retreat
Sheridan –
Senior Center needs assessment and plan
Thermopolis –
Feasibility study for assisted living and memory care
Torrington –
Main Street program and economic analysis, strategic planning retreat
Wyoming
Association of Municipalities – Instructional brochures and presentations
Other
relevant experience includes the following areas.
Community and
Economic Development Project Experience:
Douglas
Business Park, a 92-acre infrastructure development with over $5 million in
Wyoming Business Council Business Ready Community grant funds received and
administered
Turbine Cubs,
USDA facility construction in Business Park
Converse
County Together Now and Tomorrow (www.CCTNTplan.com) countywide joint planning process
Downtown
Douglas Revitalization Plan
Created
several workforce training programs; developed a workforce training center;
entrepreneurship and youth training; skills training; etc.
Have
successfully written, been awarded, and completed more than $10 million in
grants and contracts, including the US Department of Commerce, Economic
Development Administration (EDA), US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural
Development, Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Community Development Block
Grants (CDBG), US Department of Energy (DOE), Wyoming Business Council, Wyoming
Energy Office, Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, Wyoming Department of
Family Services, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, Wyoming Division
of Tourism, University of Wyoming, and Manufacturing-Works
Numerous
consulting projects helping existing businesses grow
Strong advocacy
for industrial growth that builds communities' tax base and economic
sustainability
Community
Infrastructure Contract Management Projects:
Project
manager for EPA-funded 3-cell aerated Wastewater Treatment Facility;
responsible for grant management and monitoring
Richards
Street River Bridge construction; acquisition of State Loan and Investment
Grant funds for $3 million major bridge construction project; North Platte
River Recreation Area Transportation Enhancement Act Local (TEAL) Federal grant
funding; development of 5 mile walking path system; installation of fish
habitat, picnic areas
Douglas
Railroad Interpretive Center; Remodel of historic depot and installation of
seven-car train display; Community Development Block Grant application, monitoring,
project management.
Jackalope
Square Construction and Jackalope Square at Bolln Memorial Park expansion,
coordination of private and grant funds, project design, management
Sheep
Mountain Well Development
Water Tank
Rehabilitation and Replacement
Little
Boxelder Spring Improvements
Water
Treatment Plant Construction - $5 million construction project of slow sand
filter facility with 2 mgd/day capacity.
Community
Development Block Grant project involving $400,000 addition to Douglas Senior
Citizen Center
Operations
Management Experience:
Development
of Human Resource Policy and Procedure Manual; wage and salary structure, job
evaluation and performance evaluation system (City of Douglas)
Management of
private company licensed by Wyoming Department of Health to provide Medicaid
and Medicaid Waiver services (Helpers and Doers, Inc.)
Management of
largest economic development agency in Wyoming, growing it from a volunteer
organization to a $500,000/year professional operation (CANDO)
Organizational
Services Experience:
Facilitation
of staff and city council retreats for a number of Wyoming communities,
including Glendo, Green River, Riverton, Douglas
Facilitation
of staff, volunteers and board of nonprofit organizations, including 4-H,
Hearts & Horses, and multiple community development organizations
Development
of handbooks for municipal government use on Form of Government, Ethics and
Conflict of Interest.
Development
of nonprofit policies regarding fiscal management, board governance, and conflicts
of interest
Feasibility
Study/Needs Assessments:
Douglas
Extended Hours Child Care Needs Assessment, including development of effective
public engagement process for day care industry
Managed
feasibility study of Coal Gasification in Converse County
Multiple
Community Assessments throughout Wyoming, including Douglas, Lovell,
Ranchester, Newcastle, Moorcroft, Sundance, American Falls (Idaho), and
Converse County
Managed
funding for feasibility study for Lusk Community Center/Rec Center
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