Lusk Farmers Market

We are Lovell Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established to promote economic development in the Lovell area by retaining and strengthening existing local businesses as well as recruiting new businesses to the area and helping entrepreneurs start businesses. Our vision is to create a growing, healthy and more diversified economy, now and for future generations. Core Values: • We are not willing to compromise our essential quality of life issues in order to pursue growth and development • We believe in the value of public-private partnership efforts in economic development and like to see government and the private sector working together • We believe in being responsive to community input and in developing an economic development program that helps achieve the overall goals of the community • We believe in having a good common-sense plan for economic development that is easily understood and able to be consistently and easily communicated by a variety of people • We believe in encouraging an entrepreneurial spirit, a business friendly atmosphere, and responsible development that will help build a more healthy economy • We believe in results, rather than just activity as the best measure of our performance Goals: • Create a high performance economic development organization that produces results for the community. Factors that contribute to this goal: public benefit nonprofit Wyoming corporation with 501(c)(3) status; private group with public and private support; paid staff; and an adequate budget • Help to create primary jobs. These are positions with primary employers, where a majority of their product/service is exported out of the local area • Help to create secondary jobs. These are positions with secondary employers, where a majority of their product/service is not already sold or provided in the local area • Stimulate $1,000,000 in capital construction • Create business infrastructure. This includes such things as business park facilities and workforce housing. • Create needed business support. This includes workforce training, strong partnerships with technical assistance providers, increasing the Town of Lovell revolving loan fund, and other assistance packages as needed. • Create positive public relations about the effort through effective communications Our initial funding came from an appropriation of $300,000 by the Town of Lovell, with the specific intent to provide operating funds for a minimum of three years. Sustainable funding will be generated from a combination of program activities, grants, public and private support. We are a 501(c)(3) organization and all donations are tax deductible.