Business

A new currency is gaining popularity in several states in our region. The company that makes it is using new technology to simplify buying and reselling a precious metal.

Pivot Prosthetics & Orthotics hosts events and activities for those who use prosthetics as well as social connections for others who are in similar situations. Their adaptive mobility group uses activities such as archery in addition to social events that offer community and encouragement adapting to life with these devices.

McGinley Orthopedics offers medical care for orthopedic issues but is also active in research and development to patent medical devices and technologies that improve patient care and seek to improve this kind of care and how it's practiced in medicine. So far, countries such as Panama and Egypt have adopted McGinley-made technologies with the hospital in Thermopolis approving the use of two technologies. To date, over 125 patents have been issued to McGinley and his operation.

Visionary Broadband initially launched in the mid-1990s and has grown to serve traditionally underserved communities in a three state region. The company is continuing its mission to provide high-speed internet access to these areas. Currently, Wyoming ranks as one of the worst states in the country for internet speed and accessibility.

The Biden administration played a key role in brokering the agreement, which was done to avoid a strike that would have brought trains to a halt across the country. Now, there are renewed concerns that a strike could occur in the coming months after the country's third largest rail union rejected the contract. The impacts of a strike would significantly impact the economies in Wyoming and nationwide.

The Wyoming Afterschool Alliance is offering Young Entrepreneur Pitch Challenge for school-aged students to submit ideas for services or products that can benefit their communities, the environment, or the state as a whole. The application window opened at the beginning of October and runs through the end of November.

The COVID-19 pandemic impacted seemingly every sector of the global economy. And those impacts are continuing to make their mark on the national and Wyoming economies. Wyoming Public Radio’s Hugh Cook asked Wenlin Liu of the state’s Department of Administration and Information's Economic Analysis Division how the Cowboy state is holding up after COVID.

Manufacturing businesses, including those in Sheridan, Buffalo, Casper, Cheyenne, Laramie, and Rock Springs are participating in the initiative, which aims to increase awareness, understanding, and interest in local manufacturing sectors.

Hoskinson Health and Wellness Clinic opens in part next week and will offer their full array of healthcare services beginning in December. It seeks to provide a level of care and provide services that aren't often offered by other private healthcare providers. If their model is successful, they said it could be adopted by other communities both in Wyoming and elsewhere.

NEW Crowd is is a collaboration of regional economic development organizations working together to increase access to capital to both the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors in the five northeastern counties. A $25,000 grant was awarded earlier this year, which will help different initiatives to crowdfund. A lack of options for access to capital has been a long time issue that many small businesses and other organizations have had to contend with in northeast Wyoming and statewide.