Economic Development


Meet the Maker: D’s Catering

Meet the Maker: D’s Catering

“Everything I’ve wanted in life is happening.” – Duane Foster, owner, D’s Catering; inaugural Kitchen Council maker Duane Foster’s passion for cooking has been simmering ever since he was a teenager. He was inspired, he says, by the best: “My mother is the best cook...
Emerging Tech Corner: RingPatrol

Emerging Tech Corner: RingPatrol

Andrew Dierks: Husband, Father of Four, Founder of RingPatrol I press the doorbell at Andrew Dierks’s house but don’t hear the chime sound. Should I knock? Maybe try pressing the button again? Before I can deliberate further, the Omaha entrepreneur comes bounding up...
We Don’t Coast – We Propel

We Don’t Coast – We Propel

We Don’t Coast – We propel, meeting the future before it happens. The future is fast-approaching, and this region is ready. Case in point: The Greater Omaha Chamber, the United Way of the Midlands, and the Urban League of Nebraska revealed a first-of-its-kind...
The results are in and the data will move you.

The results are in and the data will move you.

If great minds think alike, then more than 100 of Greater Omaha’s CEOs who completed this year’s Economic Outlook survey are on the same page, reporting their companies did as well in 2017 as in 2016. The annual survey, which measures CEOs’ perceptions, also showed...
Manufacturing Day 2017

Manufacturing Day 2017

Hundreds of Greater Omaha high school students experienced Manufacturing Day 2017 last month thanks to collaborative programming provided by The Greater Omaha Chamber’s Economic Development Partnership and the Partnership’s Manufacturing Council. “Manufacturing career...