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Nebraska Authorizes Community Improvement Districts to Support Development & Infrastructure Financing

Nebraska Authorizes Community Improvement Districts to Support Development & Infrastructure Financing

by Grow Omaha Staff | May 7, 2026 | Featured Story

In April 2026, Nebraska enacted LB1114, formally authorizing Community Improvement Districts (CIDs) as a new tool to finance public infrastructure and support development within city or village boundaries, including inside Omaha city limits.  The legislation received...
Construction to Begin Soon on Urban Core Affordable Housing

Construction to Begin Soon on Urban Core Affordable Housing

by Kacie Ferrazzo | May 6, 2026 | Featured Story

A major new investment aimed at addressing Omaha’s housing shortage in the urban core is beginning to move from concept to construction. Front Porch Investments, a nonprofit focused on expanding affordable housing, is now advancing projects tied to a $40 million urban...
City of Omaha Collects Public Input for Master Plan

City of Omaha Collects Public Input for Master Plan

by Grow Omaha Staff | May 5, 2026 | Featured Story

The City of Omaha has opened the We Make Omaha Future Lab, a civic engagement “experience” inviting input to shape the development of an updated Future Land Use Map. We Make Omaha is the public engagement effort for the City of Omaha’s new comprehensive plan, a plan...
Greater Omaha Chamber Encourages Feds to Approve Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern Merger

Greater Omaha Chamber Encourages Feds to Approve Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern Merger

by Grow Omaha Staff | Apr 30, 2026 | Featured Story

The Greater Omaha Chamber today expressed strong support for the proposed merger between Omaha-based Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, as the companies prepare to refile their application with the Surface Transportation Board on April 30. The Chamber emphasized the...
Bed Bath & Beyond to Combine with The Container Store at Westroads

Bed Bath & Beyond to Combine with The Container Store at Westroads

by Jeff Beals | Apr 28, 2026 | Featured Story

Bed Bath & Beyond will once again have a brick-and-mortar retail presence in Omaha by combining with The Container Store at Westroads Mall. The Container Store, which has been a junior anchor at Westroads for nine years, is clearing out 30 percent of its existing...
NU Regents Approve Air Transport Training Facility at UNMC

NU Regents Approve Air Transport Training Facility at UNMC

by Grow Omaha Staff | Apr 25, 2026 | Featured Story

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents yesterday approved next steps for constructing an Infectious Diseases Air Transport Training (IDAT) facility on the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Omaha campus, expanding university’s role in national defense...
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