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Campbell County finally succeeds in getting federal grant for industrial park

GILLETTE (WNE) — If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.

And again.

And again.

After numerous failed attempts at getting funding for an industrial park, Campbell County was finally successful this week, when it was awarded a $2.8 million federal grant to help build an industrial park east of Cam-plex.

The grant is from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Association, specifically from a program designed to help coal communities.

Public Works Director Matt Olsen said that although the Prongho...