Food Bank for the Heartland is closed while the organization moves into its recently completed 105,000 sq. ft. office and warehouse building on the northeast corner of 84th & L Streets. The food bank will officially open at the location on February 2.
Heartland Bike Share announced its statistics from 2025. The nonprofit bicycle sharing organization saw 71,990 trips on its bikes, totaling 292,371 miles and an estimated 277,317 pounds of carbon offset. HBS’ Reduced Cost Membership Program, which includes the Library Pass Program, provided a new high of 5,500 trips. The Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge station was the most used in 2025.
Avenue Scholars hosted an Internship Fair today, January 29, at the Salvation Army Kroc Center. More than 200 high school juniors from 13 metro-area high schools met with representatives from 23 local businesses — including Children’s Nebraska, Baxter Auto and Pinnacle Bank — which offer paid internship opportunities. Beginning in high school and extending through career entry, the Omaha nonprofit Avenue Scholars works to place participating Omaha youth in high-wage, high-demand careers.
Canopy South was named the recipient of Front Porch Investments’ 2025 Greenlining Fund grant award. This award will support Canopy South’s efforts to promote homeownership in South Omaha through down payment assistance for homebuyers purchasing newly constructed and rehabilitated single-family homes. The Greenlining Fund is led by a Community Advisory Committee, which is currently accepting applications for new members with lived experience in formerly redlined neighborhoods of north and South Omaha and Council Bluffs/Carter Lake who want to help guide the Greenlining Fund’s priorities, investments, and activities.
An upcoming episode of Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild will shine a national spotlight on Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium and its decades-long commitment to conserving one of the world’s most endangered amphibians, the Puerto Rican crested toad.