BRC Project Presented

• The City of Mills requested a $15 million Business Committed grant and $5 million loan to construct an approximately 69,000-square foot manufacturing facility and a 15,000-square foot paint and blast building for Project Smile, an existing business in the community.
• SLIB approved the project funding as requested.

Project Smile

The company owns approximately 47 acres housing a manufacturing facility, office buildings, parking, and a storage yard. The company will transfer ownership of the property where the facilities will be built to the City of Mills and, additionally, will donate approximately 25 acres to the city for future community development projects, including the expansion of parking for First Street Park. 

“This project will help the economic growth flywheel move even faster in Mills and Casper because, in addition to retaining 111 jobs and adding 50 more, it will pump over $5 million back into Mills for future economic development and bring nearly $8 million back to the BRC program,” said Josh Dorrell, Wyoming Business Council CEO. “We are proud to support the City of Mills and their efforts to build their own economic development capacity which in turn supports Wyoming’s economic growth.”