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Chamber leader asks Platte County commissioners for next year’s funding, outlines tourism and outreach plans
Summary
Miss Henderson told commissioners the chamber seeks county funding for the coming year and described tourism promotions, a postponed bike event being rescheduled to May, a new five‑town supper‑club series and classes to teach residents about social media and AI.
Miss Henderson, speaking on behalf of the local chamber, asked the Platte County Board of Commissioners for funding for the chamber for the coming fiscal year and laid out a slate of outreach and tourism initiatives intended to draw visitors and coordinate towns across the county.
At a regular meeting, Miss Henderson said she provided an attachment showing “all the things that we’ve done this year” and argued a county grant would help the chamber maintain “a positive presence in our state capital and other places” and improve collaboration with neighboring chambers and the Wyoming Business Council. She asked commissioners to support the chamber’s request and described several initiatives the organization plans to continue or launch.
The chamber representative said a previously planned cycling event—described in the meeting as the Tour de Platte—was postponed and is being rescheduled for May to allow additional outreach to bike clubs and regional partners. Henderson said organizers plan to avoid calling the event a “race” to make it more welcoming, and to run both a longer loop and a shorter loop to broaden participation. “We want to work more collaboratively and include nonmembers as well for tourism for the whole Platte County,” she said.
Henderson also described a new “Taste of Platte” concept: a five‑week supper‑club series with a participating restaurant in each town and a passport program sold by the chamber to encourage residents and visitors to try multiple local restaurants. The program, she said, is intended to drive cross‑town patronage and strengthen local businesses.
She said the chamber will continue monthly meetings of the five mayors and will bring guest mayors from growing towns to discuss constraints and share ideas. She further described outreach aimed at digital literacy—telling commissioners she’s working with Meta in Cheyenne to bring a class that would teach residents how to use smartphones, identify misinformation and learn about AI.
The presentation closed with Henderson offering to help coordinate future meetings and to recruit partners; she also announced a new board member from Guernsey. Commissioners thanked her for the update and indicated they would consider the chamber’s funding request as part of the budget process.
The board moved on to other agenda items and later recessed into an executive session to discuss personnel matters.
