CHEYENNE — The new Senior Activity Center serving Cheyenne and Laramie County residents broke ground in November 2023 and was slated to open in early 2025. After a short delay in the process, it is now set to open on July 7.

Bringing the new facility to the community has been a years-long process.

Laramie County Commissioner Troy Thompson recalled conversations over a decade ago about speaking with community stakeholders on how to secure funding for the project. At the time, he said, there was no space to get it placed on the sixth-penny sales tax ballot, a fund for specific projects through a voluntary sales tax decided by voters.

In 2021, the item got on the ballot. Laramie County voters approved the item with more than 60% in favor of the additional sales tax to raise more than $10.1

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