Civil Municipal Magazine - Nov 2023

108 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 11 local governments, encouraging initiatives aimed at increasing housing supply. It also supports the development of complete, low-carbon, and climate-resilient communities that are affordable, inclusive, equitable, and diverse.) We have applied for the Housing Accelerate Grant and are waiting for the federal government’s approval “We also have several light industrial areas, where there are residential and mixed-use proposals in place, and we are looking at those with interest in hopes that we can help move those forward, not only through our standardized processes but also with help from the Housing Accelerator Fund,” Sobanski adds. Another housing option that already exists in Wyoming, but one that the town is anxious to expand and improve upon, is located in its historic downtown, where street-level storefronts support residential units above. “Several years ago, the town did a Community Improvement Plan, which incentivizes those local property owners to improve their storefronts and help with the housing stock by expanding their residential