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Millennials are Exiting Atlanta: Omaha Offers Alternative
Omaha, Neb., October 6, 2020 – Atlanta’s millennials are moving. When citybizlist announced “Atlanta lost more millennials than it gained,” researchers took note, crunching comparatives from average home prices to median incomes. Take Omaha, for example, where the average home price of $176,900 bests the $259,000...
The Startup Collaborative, Community Partners Create ‘7-Day’ Entrepreneurial Challenge
Omaha, Neb., September 14, 2020 – The Startup Collaborative (TSC), in partnership with the Greater Omaha Chamber and community stakeholders, today announced “7 Days to Think Like a Founder,” the region’s first collective market-disruption strategy designed to simultaneously catalyze tech entrepreneurs. "There is more...
July Economic Indicators: Nebraska Sees Smallest US Decrease in GDP Due to Pandemic
Omaha, Neb., September 10, 2020 – The Greater Omaha Chamber today announced Monthly Economic Indicators (MEI) for July 2020, with private hourly wages rising more than a dollar an hour over this time last year. In July 2019, average private hourly wages in Greater Omaha were $27.90, compared to $29.22 in July 2020....
Leadership Omaha Class 42: Graduation, Transformation During Historic, Changing Times
Omaha, Neb., August 27, 2020 –Leadership Omaha (LO), one of the nation’s longest-running community leadership programs, has graduated its latest “best class ever” – a diverse group of leaders engaged in precedent-setting activities throughout the region. The 10-month course, nearly half of which was impacted by exponential...