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Boomtown Calling: ‘Careerockit’ Kick-Starts Talent Pipeline for Fast-Growing Omaha Region
Omaha, NE. Feb. 6 – The Greater Omaha talent pipeline is expanding, thanks to the Midwest’s largest weeklong career experience of its kind. Careerockit, Nebraska and Iowa’s, annual business/student learning initiative, kicks off February 10-17. The seven-county endeavor creates more than 23,000 opportunities for students to...
Sarpy County Economic Development Corporation to Announce 2019 Capital Investment in Excess of $730 Million
La Vista, NE, Feb. 6, 2020 – Over 300 people attended the Sarpy County Economic Development Corporation’s Annual Meeting on Thursday, Feb. 6 at the Embassy Suites La Vista Hotel and Conference Center. In addition to highlighting economic indicators and development activity across the county, Sarpy County EDC announced seven...
GREATER OMAHA CHAMBER: 2019 REGIONAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT EXCEEDS $1 BILLION
OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 5, 2020 – The Greater Omaha Chamber today announced 2019 annual accomplishments for the region’s seven-county economic development partnership, noting results of more than $1 billion in capital investment, 36 new projects and 2,300 new jobs for the previous 12 months. Ranked one of the fastest-growing cities...
Op-Ed Rally Cry: ‘Battle for Incentives’ is Real
OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 3, 2020 – The “battle for incentives” is real, and David G. Brown, president and CEO, Greater Omaha Chamber, today released a statewide op-ed pointing out incentives are “not an expense to the budget; but, rather, an investment in the state.” With the state’s current incentive law, the Nebraska Advantage Act,...