CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Plans to create a temporary work camp in Cheyenne are now dead in the water.
On Wednesday night, the Cheyenne Board of Adjustment was scheduled to discuss three items at its regular monthly meeting. However, board members announced that one of the projects — a use request to allow a work camp within an AG agricultural zone — has been withdrawn. The board voted to acknowledge the application’s withdrawal.
If approved, the project would have rezoned land located near West Allison Road and Waltersheid Boulevard to AG agricultural. Tru Grit Land Development LLC was planning to create a temporary work camp on the 14.47-acre parcel of land following this zone change. A work camp is defined as “a residential facility constructed by an employer used to house employees and dependents in accommodations which are temporary in design and site location,” per a city staff memo.
True Grit was intending to create an RV park that would serve to house temporary contract workers, according to City of Cheyenne planner Connor White. However, the developer withdrew its application prior to Wednesday’s meeting.
“The use will basically just die here and no longer move forward with the work camp,” White said.
News of the withdrawal was met with applause from audience members at the evening meeting. The city planner told Cap City News on Wednesday that residents have called the Planning and Development Department to express disapproval about the work camp plans. Many people have told the department that the work camp would not be a good fit for the area, would adversely impact traffic in that area of town and would potentially result in more crime.
“We had people on both ends,” White said via a phone interview. “I would say we probably had more people who really didn’t want it than people who didn’t care. But we have received many phone calls for this project.”
A copy of the city staff memo for the project can be viewed below.
