Tagged: development
LES works to prepare for a plug-in future
Lincoln Electric System has been the Lincoln area’s public power utility since it was founded in 1966. As a not-for-profit, customer-owned electric utility, LES is based on the idea of local people serving local people, earning the utility a reputation...
Water for Food Daugherty Global Institute Celebrates 10 years of Progress
by Jesse Starita It started with a question twelve years ago on a quail hunting outing in Georgia. Mogens Bay, chairman and CEO of Nebraska-based Valmont Industries, asked University of Nebraska President JB Milliken what the university was doing about...
Lincoln startups are on the move
by Elizabeth Mattern The startup buzz is taking over Lincoln, and a community of entrepreneurs is on the rise. Lincoln, a notable landmark of the Silicon Prairie, is experiencing tremendous growth in the startup scene. So what are the secrets...
City planners hope for more downtown dwellers
by Catharine Huddle More than a decade ago, city leaders and planners took a long look at Lincoln’s future and came up with some pretty grand ideas, including building a new arena, revitalizing the historic Haymarket District, creating the West...
The Neighborhoods
So many different people make Lincoln their home—young families, college students, new Americans, government workers, tradespeople, professionals and entrepreneurs. And there is a neighborhood just right for everyone. Whether you’re visiting or living here full time, each neighborhood is another...
Lincoln is Top Place to Live, Work, and Play
by Diane Gonzolas Visitors flocked to the Capital City for two historic events in 2017—the total solar eclipse and the 150th anniversary of Nebraska. In fact, Lonely Planet, the world’s largest travel guide publisher, ranked Lincoln as the third “most...
Relax at Lincoln’s Hotels
by Judy Shutts Lincoln Offers an array of hotels to fit every budget and taste. New Graduate Lincoln is “Throwback Modern” Graduate Lincoln is a hotel like no other. A Johnny Carson curtain is a colorful backdrop for the front...
Lincoln Young Professionals Group
The Face of Lincoln’s Changing Workforce The face of young American workers, their jobs and where they work is changing. By 2018, employers will see any many as five generations working side by side. More than 60 million baby boomers...
What Mark Will You Leave on Lincoln?
Donors make lasting impacts through philanthropy by Clover Frederick Many of us who call Lincoln home inherited the grit and wisdom of our ancestors who launched this state 150 years ago. They built a land grant university called “the Harvard...
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