Encampment supports CCVC application for Wyoming Business Council grant

Plans for a new Carbon County visitor’s center in Rawlins were discussed at the Encampment Town Council meeting Thursday evening.

Jim McKinney, chairman of the Carbon County Visitors Council, told council members, CCVC wanted to apply for a Wyoming Business Council Business Ready Community Planning Grant, which would go toward the new visitor’s center in Rawlins. The grant amount is $25,000. McKinney said the proposed site for the visitor’s center is the guard’s quarters at the Wyoming Frontier Prison in Rawlins.

“I’m here to ask you for your support and signature on the resolution, so that we...