The Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium opened the Bill and Berniece Grewcock Animal Hospital. The 32,000 sq. ft., state-of-the-art facility replaces a 30-year-old hospital, with enhancements to support the zoo’s more than 39,000 animals and includes the zoo’s first CT scanner. With this facility, Henry Doorly Zoo joins a zoological medicine residency program through the American College of Zoological Medicine, placing it among only 32 institutions nationwide.
Crews demolished a downtown motel this week to make way for a unique project led by nonprofits. Hoppe Development is partnering with a participant of Spark CDI’s co-Development Apprenticeship program, Donell Brown, to build a 73-unit, mixed-income, senior housing community with more than half of the units affordable to households earning at or below 60 percent of the area median income. The request for proposal to develop the site at 2211 Douglas Street was originally issued by Front Porch Investments in collaboration with Together Omaha.
Omaha-based nonprofit Partners for Livable Omaha completed a year of work on its OurStory Small Houses program, which included piloting an architectural internship program with Actual Architecture Co. and the UNL College of Architecture and hosting a design exhibition, funded by a 2025 AARP Community Challenge grant and others. Last year, construction began on the project’s two aging-ready small homes in the Benson-Country Club area.
The Durham Museum is offering free admission on Monday, January 19, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The day will feature a range of family-friendly activities and special guests including Omaha Mayor John Ewing Jr.