Ralston – A former Ralston resident will give $7.5 million toward an economic development effort known as the Hinge project.
The project will develop the area around 72nd and Main streets in Ralston, connecting the corridor by the Ralston Arena with the city’s downtown district.
Bellevue – A Wisconsin-based company decided to not reopen a flood-damaged Nebraska plant.
Jack Link’s spokesman Abbey Miller told the Lincoln Journal Star that the Missouri River flooding in March overwhelmed the company’s Bellevue plant, which sits just east of Offutt Air Force Base. The base sustained millions of dollars in flood damage, and nearby residents also lost their homes.
Nebraska’s economy is expected to grow slowly in the coming years, supported by the expansion of service industries.
Growing personal income will support job growth in the health care, leisure, finance, business service and construction industries, according to the latest three-year forecast from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Bureau of Business Research and the Nebraska Business Forecast Council.
Bozell doesn’t look the same as when it was founded in 1921, but its underlying philosophy is still infused into its approach.
Established by an all-male team, Bozell, a well-known marketing firm in Omaha, is now completely owned by three women – Kim Mickelsen, Robin Donovan and Jackie Miller – and offers fully integrated marketing services to serve their clientele.
Council Bluffs, Iowa – An official with Menards confirmed the home improvement store purchased the Mall of the Bluffs in Council Bluffs and will tear down the structure to make room for a new store.
A new data center campus is underway in Council Bluffs, designed to serve large cloud computing companies globally.
CyrusOne, a data center REIT, held a ground-breaking ceremony at 4700 Gifford Road last Tuesday. The site, south of the Council Bluffs Recycling Center, is near a Google data center campus.
New York – Two reports last week show that small business hiring still lags behind the strong job growth reported at larger companies, and that owners are unlikely to increase their staffs significantly in 2020.