Wyoming State AFL-CIO

" Laramie County and Cheyenne are already low on housing, and without workforce housing, workers would have nowhere to go, and rent prices would likely go up due to the demand.

“Many of our local workforce have had to travel until these projects have come into town,” Kindred said. “And now they are sleeping in their own beds at night, and going to their kids’ recitals, rehearsals; living here, and spending their money here and investing in our communities" '

Proposed 5,600-worker housing development advances despite resident opposition CHEYENNE — Members of the Laramie County Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend approval of a Class C Conditional Use Permit application for an 800-unit temporary workforce housing development.