Episode Details

While coal production has declined from its peak in 2008 by around half, Gillette remains America's Energy Capital and has many opportunities ahead of it with a strong and highly trained workforce, incredible natural resources, and exceptional infrastructure. For these reasons, the School of Energy Resources has a number of projects in the area focused on emerging technologies to leverage Northeast Wyoming's strengths. In this episode, Dr. Krutka is joined by Rusty Bell, a long-time economic development leader in Gillette, who is now the Director of the Office of Economic Transformation.