Educating the economy. Western towns court colleges to boost economy, culture

Faced with the chance to lure a new college to town, the citizens of Lander, Wyo., rolled out a welcome mat of cash.

Residents raised nearly $300,000 to show Wyoming Catholic College–little more than a dream of state Catholic leaders in 2005 –just how much the community wanted Wyoming’s first private four-year college.

"Economically, for a community, it is very attractive," says Dave Kellogg, president of LEADER Corporation, a Lander-based economic development group. "It’s very clean, it’s not a smokestack."

BY REBECCA HUNTINGTON/HIGH COUNTRY NEWS

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