IRVINE, CA – August 1, 2011 – (RealEstateRama) — Award-winning KTGY Group, Inc., Architecture and Planning, is pleased to announce the construction of a new 332-bed student housing community at the University of Wyoming (UW) in Laramie. Under construction are 15 residential buildings and a 4,000-square-foot community center combined with maintenance facilities designed by KTGY. Located at 2512 Willet Drive in Laramie, the new development features 84 apartments, which consist mostly of 4 bedrooms and 3 baths in primarily a townhouse-neighborhood with some flats near the community center. The student housing community is slated for occupancy in August 2012. more »

BEAVER, W. Va.- July 14, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — Rebuilding specialists from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are offering safe cleanup and rebuilding advice in Wyoming, McDowell and Logan counties this week. more »

WASHINGTON, DC – March 24, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan announced today that public housing authorities in Wyoming successfully met a critical funding deadline outlined in the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). As a result, the $1,354,971 in Public Housing Capital Funds awarded to the state through the Recovery Act one year ago is being used to make significant improvements to nearly one hundred public housing units in Wyoming; creating jobs and growing the economy. more »

CASPER, WY – January 12, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today awarded $32,398 to the Cheyenne Housing Authority to help public housing residents find jobs that lead them toward economic independence. more »

WASHINGTON, DC – December 23, 2009 – (RealEstateRama) — The Obama Administration today announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is renewing grant funding needed to keep 4 grantees in local homeless assistance programs throughout Wyoming operating. The funding is part of nearly $1.4 billion that will help an unprecedented 6,400 existing programs nationwide to continue offering critically needed housing and services to homeless persons and families. more »

CASPER, WY – October 14, 2009 – (RealEstateRama) — Wyoming families facing foreclosure, seeking affordable rental housing, or hoping to buy their first home will have a greater opportunity to find housing, or keep the homes they have, because of more than $71,000 in housing counseling grants announced today by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (see list below). more »

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – August 31, 2009 – (RealEstateRama) — Duke Energy continues to add to its renewable power portfolio with the announcement that it will build and operate a 200-megawatt wind energy project near Casper, Wyo. The Top of the World Windpower Project will be the company’s ninth U.S. wind farm and its fourth in Wyoming. more »

WASHINGTON, DC – July 16, 2009 – (RealEstateRama) — U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today approved the City of Casper’s plan to use a $119,192 federal grant to help stabilize and revive local neighborhoods, rehabilitate affordable housing, and improve key public facilities. Funded through American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, HUD’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program will support state and local community development while stimulating employment. more »

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – December 5, 2008 – (RealEstateRama) – In the face of increasing residential property values in Wyoming, Gov. Dave Freudenthal has proposed reactivating the Homestead Property Tax Exemption to offer tax relief to Wyoming homeowners.       

In his Supplemental Budget Recommendations released last week, the Governor proposed spending $39 million in existing revenues to reactivate the exemption. more »

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – August 29, 2008 – (RealEstateRama) — To help Wyoming homeowners who are struggling with the increasing costs of food, gasoline and home heating fuel, Gov. Dave Freudenthal has proposed the reactivation of the homestead property tax exemption as a means for short-term relief. Last year the Governor’s targeted proposal to offer tax relief to Wyoming seniors did not gain support in the Wyoming Legislature. more »