The Wyoming Business Council Board of Directors will review 53 energy efficiency grant applications for federal stimulus funding, 56 grant applications for community assistance funding and a $20 million contract pertaining to the National Center for Atmospheric Research supercomputing center during a two-day board meeting in Cheyenne.

Among the applications: High Country behavioral Health in Afton requesting $46,241, the Town of Thayne requesting $23,000 and Lincoln County, $357,435.

The board meeting will be held Dec. 2-3 at the Laramie County Community College’s (LCCC) Training Center in Cheyenne.

In related news, the town of Thayne will be receiving a water study grant from the state of Wyoming. The Wyoming Water Development Commission has agreed to award Thayne with an $85,000 grant to assist with preparations for additional water storage. The grant was awarded as Thayne is working with the Wyoming Water Development Commission on a Level II Water Study.