City Of Cheyenne: The Mayor's Minute From Mayor Patrick Collins – April 22nd

Cheyenne WY

25 April, 2022

12:49 PM

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Press release from the City of Cheyenne: April 22, 2022 CHEYENNE – I was saddened to learn of the passing of Mayor Bill Nation. He passed away last week at 96. He served our community as mayor for a total of eight years during tough financial times. We are so blessed today to have the voters support of Fifth and Sixth Penny Sales Taxes; support Mr. Nation would have loved to have when in office. He was honored to have Nationway named for him. Bill was a navy veteran who served in WWII and also served Laramie County in the State Legislature. Mayor Don Erickson shared with me what a gracious and charming man he was. They shared similar experiences and became great friends. I want to give my thanks for his great service to our city and celebrate a life well lived. Rest in peace, Mr. Mayor. One of our city goals is to create a railroad experience along 15th Street. We have applied for an EDA grant to help with the first phase. We were notified that the city had made the cut and there were a few more questions we needed to answer. Our team met to review the answers and prepare our response. Renee Smith, our grant writer, is a rock star and has our grant process on lock. Lowe's Distribution Center invited me to tour their distribution facility. A million square foot facility is amazing to see in action. Allen, Alicia, Barb, Dave, Josh, and Sally were amazing hosts. I watched the process of how 80 to 120 trucks a day drop off freight and also how items are broken down and put on an eight-lane conveyor system that delivers directly to the correct garage door to be shipped to each of the 65 stores the center serves. I think the highlight was "her majesty" Barb, who runs the second-floor conveyor system. She is most definitely in charge. I was impressed how their almost 500 employees act as a team. Their support of Trucks to Trades is helping build our workforce, and their philanthropic efforts are impressive. It was a great visit. This press release was produced by the City of Cheyenne. The views expressed here are the author's own.