Courtesy of Jackson Hole News & Guide
Central Wyoming College campus ($10 million)
With unofficial results coming in for SPET, employees with Central Wyoming College erupted in cheers Tuesday evening at The Wort upon learning that the school earned $10 million in specific purpose excise tax money to finish funding a 21,000-square-foot building on its own Jackson campus.
“This is just unbelievable,” college President Brad Tyndall said after the unofficial results were announced.
“I’m grateful to the community. I was a little nervous,” he said, acknowledging that CWC has tried for years to realize a permanent Jackson campus. “I know Teton County supports education, but I was worried people would be worn out.”
Jackson Hole High School graduate and CWC English professor Matt Daly said the win was really exciting. “I think this is huge for our students to feel that they can have their own college experience here at home,” Daly said.
Sen. Mike Gierau and Rep. Andy Schwartz secured $10.3 million from the state Strategic Investments and Projects account earlier this year. CWC now leases space from the Center for the Arts in Jackson and has been working toward building a permanent Jackson campus for almost a decade.
CWC hopes to build on 2 acres of land just off High School Road. The purchase of the ground from Leeks Canyon Ranch LLC, through which Elizabeth and Kelly Lockhart run the Lockhart Cattle Company ranch, needs a zone change from suburban zoning to public-semi-public through Teton County.
