February 3, 2010
CAEDA Annual Dinner Thank you to all of our sponsors and friends for making the CAEDA Annual Dinner a success! The event featured social entrepreneur Blake Mycoskie, founder and chief shoe giver of TOMS Shoes. His "one for one" business model is a great inspiration to both businesses and consumers. To learn more about Blake and TOMS, please visit www.TOMSshoes.com. Incubator Receives Funding CAEDA is pleased to announce that the proposed Casper Business Innovation Center (Incubator) was just awarded a $2 million grant from the Economic Development Administration (EDA). CAEDA, Casper College and the Amoco Reuse Agreement Joint Powers Board jointly applied for the funds, which will be used for the renovation and expansion of the old AMOCO administration building to house the incubator. The project, which has reached its goal of $10.5 million, is now moving into the planning stages. March 23 , 2010 Spring Quarterly Breakfast Leslie Blythe and Doug Mollet of Rocky Mountain Power will be the guest speakers at the next CAEDA Quarterly Breakfast. They will be discussing wind development in the region, as well as economic development issues related to their industry. The event will be held on Tuesday, March 23, 7:00am at the Casper Petroleum Club. Please call the CAEDA office at 307-577-7011 to RSVP. New CAEDA Board Members Announced Congratulations to CAEDA’s newly elected Board Members who were elected at the December 2, 2009 Annual Meeting: Lisa Hubbard, GSG Architecture Tim Kugler, Wells Fargo Bank Bob West, Granite Peak Development |