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Good Samaritan Pet Doctor: November Small Business of the Month
"When I created this business, it was founded on a mission and a set of values. Through all the growth, change, and creative endeavors, I have kept coming back around to that mission and those values,” said Dr. Kristin Engel. Those values include providing top-notch...
Now that is a good story!
Call it a fabulous side benefit of what we do. In working with our members every day, encouraging connections that elevate your businesses and our community, we’ve compiled a mountain of powerful and inspiring stories; tremendous examples of the great things we’re accomplishing together and why we’re so passionate about our region.
QLI – 2015 Greater Omaha Business Excellence Award Winner
May of 2015 will mark 25 years since QLI welcomed its first resident to its brain and spinal cord injury rehabilitation campus in northwest Omaha. In the beginning, the campus stood on 35 acres and could host up to 48 residents. After a massive expansion in 1998, QLI...
Federal Legislative Summit: Connecting You with Nebraska’s Congressional Delegation
Nebraska’s entire congressional delegation is slated to be there – along with keynote speaker David Azerrad of The Heritage Foundation. From taxes to trade, gain firsthand insight into federal policies that can impact your business at the 2015 Federal...
Susan Ann Koenig, JD – 2015 Greater Omaha Business Excellence Award Winner
Filling a need where ever she sees one, Susan Koenig has enjoyed several milestones in her career. Her preeminent law firm, Koenig|Dunne Divorce Law, PC, LLO, is the foundation upon which Susan has been helping the “whole” person through divorce since...
Surreal Media Lab: 2015 Greater Omaha Business Excellence Award
Surreal Media Labs started with Jason Fischer’s dream of owning his own design business – and a lot of passion. Quality work and a vision to exceed client expectations has taken the company from small web and print projects to large, strategic full service...
Generating Excitement, Growing List of Experience Makers
Drones. Beer. Crazy demonstrations involving hot dogs…Yeah, it’s shaping up to be quite an experience. GENERATE, the future of buying the Big O!, is attracting an eclectic and growing roster of inaugural “Experience Makers,” local businesses...
July Small Business of the Month: Aksarben Cinema
It is opening night of one of the summer’s biggest blockbusters – and the action is literally coming to life. An 8-foot velociraptor roams the lobby. An imposing-looking gate beckons guests to enter Jurassic World. “We try to make every event an...
Two-part Seminar to Help Recruiters “Prepare for Landing”
We get it…Some job seekers and prospective college students just don’t see themselves touching down in Greater Omaha. That’s where Prepare for Landing comes in – a new Chamber offering helping HR recruiters change the “flyover...
Take the Campaign for a Greater Omaha Survey!
We can do a lot of things in five minutes – drink a bottle of water, squeeze in a quick meditation, send a “thank you” email to Mom just because – but none may be more impactful than this (though the note to Mom would be a close second). Five...
THRIVE Business Assistance Program Accepting Applications
There is something invigorating about making that commitment, deciding it’s time to vault your businesses from surviving – to thriving. We want to help. THRIVE is a short term, high impact program for existing businesses (at least three years old) with...