
WYOPASS / WYGEO 2025 FALL CONFERENCE
DATES: Sept 17–19
LOCATION: Sheridan, Wyoming
VENUE: Sheridan College
CONFERENCE HOTEL: Best Western - $110 government rate / block rate (call 307-674-7421 and reference WYOPASS for discount).
REGISTRATION: $175 members / $225 non-members
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Want to stick around Sheridan for the weekend? Here's a list of local events and things to do in the area:
Events:
Born in a Barn September, 19-20th
Come check out a HUGE vendor and craft sale just outside of town. There will be live music, cocktails, food trucks, and over 90 carefully selected vendors selling all kinds of unique crafts, furniture, vintage, and upcycled goods. The vendor booths are open Friday and Saturday, and will culminate in a Disco Ball at the Mint Bar in Downtown Sheridan on Saturday night.
The Mane Event Gravel Grinder Bike Race, September 20th
The Sheridan area is home to some of the best gravel biking in the state with stunning views of the Bighorns. Join the fun for a 25, 54, or 78 mile gravel ride.
Wolf Creek Wrangle, September 20th
Billed as the "toughest trail in the West", this trail run adventure takes participants through the foothills of the Bighorns on the historic Eaton's Ranch. Course lengths include 5, 7, 13.1, or 18 miles. All proceeds benefit Habitat for Humanity of the Eastern Bighorns.
Other Things to Do:
Art
Food
Le Rêve - nominated as one of the 30 best new restaurants of 2025 by the James Beard Foundation
Open Range - located in the Historic Sheridan Inn
Landon's Farmers Market - every Saturday 9-12 at Landon's Greenhouse
History
Outdoors
Wednesday, Sept 17
Location: SHERIDAN COLLEGE, 1 Whitney Way, Sheridan, WY 82801
Time | Event |
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12:00–1:00PM | WYOPASS Board Meeting (all welcome) |
1:00–1:30PM | Welcome Angela Parker, WYOPASS President & Nick Case, WyGeo President |
1:30PM–2:30PM | Sheridan County Housing Land Trust: A City-County Partnership to Build 30 Attainable Units Kelly Schroeder |
2:30PM–2:45PM | BREAK Sponsor: Stahly Engineering & Associates |
2:45PM–3:00PM | Wyoming Business Council: Standards & Barriers to Growth Drew Dietrich |
3:30PM–4:30PM | From Streams to Streets: Connecting Water & Land Use In Wyoming Lonnie Olson, AICP |
4:30PM–5:00PM | Locals Know Best--Or Do They? Sharon Buccino |
5:45–7:45PM | Evening Mixer & Awards, Luminous Brewhouse (504 Broadway St, Sheridan, WY 82801) with Powder River Pizza Sponsor: Logan Simpson |
Thursday, Sept 18
Location: SHERIDAN COLLEGE, 1 Whitney Way, Sheridan, WY 82801
Time | Event | |
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8:30AM | Welcome Stu McRae, Sheridan City Administrator |
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9:00AM-10:00AM | Strategic Planning for Downtown Revitalization Melissa Ruth, AICP |
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10:00AM-10:15AM | BREAK Sponsor: AVI |
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10:15AM-11:00AM | Cohort Collaboration: Getting Stuff Done in Your Community Derek Teini, AICP & Emma Dixon |
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11:00AM-11:45AM | Diary of a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Planner Joy Hill |
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11:45AM-12:45PM | LUNCH (on site voucher) Sponsor: WWC Engineering & Western Central Chapter |
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12:45PM-1:45PM | Mapping the Future: GIS for WY Planners Brian Clarkson |
Legislative Update Melissa Ruth, AICP |
1:45PM-2:45PM | Enhancing Emergency Response: 911 Addressing Aimee Binning |
WYDEQ State Partnership for Urban & Rural Redevelopment (SPURR) Program: Opportunities for Everyone Cindi Martinez |
2:45PM-3:00PM | BREAK (Sponsorship Available) | |
3:00PM-4:00PM | At the Intersection of Planning & Engineering Kelly Schroeder, Thomas Murneay, & Hanns Mercer |
GIS Data Governance Nicholas Case |
4:00PM-4:45PM | Ethics Jeopardy Angela Parker, AICP |
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4:45PM | Evening Event: 3rd Thursday, Downtown Sheridan |
Friday, Sept 19
Location: SHERIDAN COLLEGE, 1 Whitney Way, Sheridan, WY 82801
Time | Event |
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8:00AM-9:00AM | Tour of Kendrick Park Pool (Offsite) Jason Boucher |
9:00AM-10:00AM | Community-Scale Digital Twins & Smart Rural Places: A Look to the Future Jeff Hamerlinck |
10:00AM-10:45AM | Wyoming Association of Municipalities (WAM) Presentation |
10:45AM-11:00AM | BREAK (Sponsorship available) |
11:00AM-12:00PM | City/County Breakout (bring your burning questions and topics) |
12:00PM | Conference End |