What does it mean to be Public Power?
For more than 55 years, Lincoln Electric System has served its community as a locally owned and governed public power utility. As a not-for-profit electric utility, LES is based on the model of local people...
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The Foundation(s) of Lincoln
by Aja Martin One of the reasons that Lincoln is such a good destination is so subtle that it often goes missed. Lincoln is a great city because it’s people believe in taking care of...
Lux Center for the Arts
by Julie Nichols Last September, eight street artists cast visions on the walls of the University Place neighborhood—swiftly outlining by night then working all day in blistering Nebraska sun. Spent cans of spray paint lay...
Cultural Centers, Together We Are Lincoln
by Tegan Colton, photography by Tom Tidball Shahab Bashar didn’t know where to go when he arrived in Lincoln after escaping ISIS in 2017. He didn’t speak English. He had a wife, a two-month-old daughter,...
Capital Coffee
by Cynthia S. Peterson Opening in 1987, The Coffee House (www.thecoffeehouselnk.com), 1324 P Street, is a very cool, locally owned coffee shop that prides itself on quick service, delicious homemade pastries and many vegan and...
Lincoln City Libraries
by Patty Beutler Gail McNair, executive director of the Foundation for Lincoln City Libraries, likes to tell the story a real estate friend shared about a prospective executive’s wife considering a move to Lincoln; she...
Lincoln’s “Largest Community Center” Celebrate
by Amy Dickerson While the Lancaster Event Center (LEC) Fairgrounds is now a nationally recognized venue home to more than 320 local to national events year-round in Lincoln, Nebraska, its unique history is not well...
High School Focus
by Julie Nichols, photography by Tom Tidball Some say high school is a real zoo, and the flagship of Lincoln Public Schools’ high school focus programs, affectionately known as the Zoo School, takes it literally....
Lincoln Heroes
by Patty Beutler Four people retired in 2021 from Lincoln organizations, leaving a swell of progress in their wake—and a deep hole to fill in their absence. Together they compiled nearly a century of service...
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