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Greater Omaha Chamber Announces 2025 Slate of Board Members
Members of the Greater Omaha Chamber Board of Directors invest their time, resources and expertise to support the Chamber, its members and mission – to increase business, investment and employment in Greater Omaha. The 2024 Board Nominating Committee today announced...
Economic Inclusion Benefits Everyone
Economic inclusion benefits everyone. It’s not just the right thing to do, but an economic imperative. Read more about the Chambers efforts.
March Small Business of the Month: Carlson West Povondra Architects
The team at Carlson West Povondra (CWP) Architects has earned the admiration of Chuck Olson, CEO of OCI Insurance and Financial Services – so much so that he nominated the firm for recognition as our March Small Business of the Month. Olson knows the...
We’re a Best City Thanks to Our People
What’s your passion? Innovation? The arts? Community impact? Welcome to ‘where’ you can fully explore your ‘why’ – a region focused on ensuring everyone can celebrate possibility and realize their greatest potential.
Omaha is Home to World-Class Arts & Entertainment
See, hear and feel exhilaration in action. Take your seat or get on your feet. Lose yourself in our collection or find your authentic voice. Greater Omaha is home to world-renowned arts & entertainment.
Affordability: Lower Cost of Living. Higher Quality of Life.
Money isn’t everything – but it is something. And here, thanks to our lower cost of living, we can channel more of it into doing the things we love, funding our retirements or giving to charitable causes that we support.
Intentionality: Activating Change in Greater Omaha
Our region, along with the rest of the country, is changing. The U.S. population is growing in size, while it also becomes older and more diverse. The Greater Omaha Chamber recognizes that, in order to ensure the region stays competitive, the community...
How Organizations Fit into a Community
This article is part of a series titled From the Ground Up.Pt. 1: Inside Site SelectionPt. 2: How Regions Stay CompetitivePt. 3: How Organizations Fit into a Community The Union Pacific story is cemented into Greater Omaha’s historical footing – a relationship dating...
How Regions and Organizations Stay Competitive
This article is part of a series titled From the Ground Up.Pt. 1: Inside Site SelectionPt. 2: How Regions Stay CompetitivePt. 3: How Organizations Fit into a Community More than 150 years after Omaha and Union Pacific became intertwined – a history dating back...
Inside the Site Selection Process
This article is part of a series titled From the Ground Up.Pt. 1: Inside Site SelectionPt. 2: How Regions Stay CompetitivePt. 3: How Organizations Fit into a Community It was another one of those reverberating economic wins – tech company Google unveiling its plan to...
February Small Business of the Month: Verdant
If your company name is synonymous with blooming and flourishing, withering isn’t an option. What started as a full-service accounting firm in Omaha has grown into a multi-divisional business solutions company. “Verdant offers more than meets the eye,”...