Building Resilient Communities Grant
Backs Wyoming municipalities and tribal governments with infrastructure support for publicly owned water, transportation, and airport projects.
Eligibility · United States · US-WY
The Building Resilient Communities (BRC) programme — formerly called the Business Ready Community programme, rebranded effective February 27, 2026 under rules signed by Governor Mark Gordon — is Wyoming Business Council's primary infrastructure grant and loan programme for local governments and tribal nations. Eligible applicants are Wyoming cities, towns, counties, joint powers boards, and the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone tribes. Businesses and economic development organisations cannot apply directly; funds flow through municipal or tribal entities. Projects must address documented, data-verified barriers to business growth and must support publicly owned infrastructure including water, sewer, roads, airports, telecommunications, land, and speculative buildings.
Award sizes vary by project type: Business Committed and Community Readiness categories reach up to $5 million; Community Project Tier 1 caps at $500,000; Tier 2 at $750,000; the Loan Program at $5 million; and Managed Data Center projects at $2.25 million. All awards require a 25% match, of which at least 12.5% must be cash; the remainder may come from federal or state grants, in-kind contributions, land donations, or business partnership contributions. The August 1, 2026 deadline — formed by combining the former June 1 and September 1 windows — feeds a Wyoming Business Council board review in December 2026 and a State Loan and Investment Board (SLIB) decision in January 2027. Dual approval from both the WBC Board of Directors and SLIB is required for all awards.
The 2026 rule changes strengthened the barrier-to-growth documentation requirement, standardised the 25% match structure, and introduced a tiered project structure replacing previous uncapped maximums. Planning grants up to $100,000 and Business Committed projects may be submitted on a rolling basis. Grants Portfolio Manager is Noelle Reed; general enquiries to Wyoming Business Council at 307-777-2800.
Publicly owned infrastructure addressing documented barriers to business growth: water, sewer, roads, airports, telecommunications, land, spec buildings.
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