News Release: Collaboration Launches REACH – Goal to Increase Opportunities for Small and Emerging Businesses
Five partners – the Greater Omaha Chamber, City of Omaha, Metropolitan Community College, University of Nebraska Medical Center and Omaha Public Schools – have aligned to form REACH, a new collaboration, that will help small and emerging businesses build capacity and respond to increased contracting opportunities in Omaha and throughout the region. Over the next […]
Exterior Paint Job
Well, now we’re starting to see that warm, summer sun! Isn’t it pretty? We love the sun for a number of reasons. But it’s really important to remember that though it has many good sides, it’s got a bad one, too: 40% of damage on your exterior paint job is caused by Ultraviolet Radiation (UV […]
News release: Lincoln, Omaha and Nebraska Chambers Support LB623
OMAHA, Neb., April 20 2015 – The Greater Omaha Chamber, Lincoln Chamber of Commerce, and Nebraska Chamber of Commerce and Industry support LB623. Nebraska is currently the only state that does not allow DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) youth to qualify for Nebraska driver’s licenses. The Chamber coalition believes that the current situation presents […]
Six Extraordinary Business Leaders Inducted into Omaha Business Hall of Fame
The Greater Omaha Chamber and an audience of more than 550 continued a proud tradition on Tuesday, April 14, welcoming in gala style the newest class of Omaha Business Hall of Fame inductees. Center stage at the Holland Performing Arts Center, Chamber president and CEO David G. Brown opened the evening by praising the honorees […]
News Release – Chamber Announces Greater Omaha Business Excellence Award Winners
The Greater Omaha Chamber, today, announced the slate of Greater Omaha Business Excellence Award winners. The awards celebrate companies and individuals who dedicate themselves to excellence and help make Greater Omaha a more vibrant place to do business, work and live. 2015 Winners Aksarben CinemaC&A Industries, Inc.CARSTAR Auto Body RepairDingman’s Collision CenterEmbassy Suites Omaha – […]
YP Summit Inspiring to the Core!
There is just something about jump-starting the day with a shot of inspiration. The 10th anniversary YP Summit delivered on March 5 with a live band, a beatboxing “call to order,” some laughs, some tears and plenty of positive energy – and that was only the first 90 minutes. “This is going to be a […]
$15 for Cinch-Up Bag with Red Wave Design (Save 25%)
Thirty-One Gifts is committed to serving and supporting this mission, which is why we’re proud to donate $450,000 over the next three years, plus 150,000 “Welcome Bags” to families staying at Ronald McDonald Houses in the U.S. For every purchase of the Red Wave Cinch Sac, 31 cents will be donated to RMHC. 75% of […]
News Release: $57 Million Capital Investment, 50+ New Jobs Coming to Council Bluffs – Leading Logistics Company to Build State-of-the-art Facility
The Greater Omaha Economic Development Partnership and its partner, Advance Southwest Iowa Corporation, are celebrating new business attraction and a significant economic win for the region. XTL, Inc., a Philadelphia-based logistics solutions provider, is announcing plans to build a state-of-the-art, $57.2 million cold-storage facility in Council Bluffs – and bring more than 50 new jobs […]
Why Attend the 10th Anniversary YP Summit? We Have Eleven Reasons. (We Go Above and Beyond Like That.)
“Because it’s going to be awesome” – while an accurate answer – may not fully explain why you should lock in your ticket to the Greater Omaha Young Professionals Summit on March 5. So, for our tenth anniversary, we’re laying out ten reasons to attend – plus one more for good measure. The theme this […]
News Release – Six Extraordinary Business Leaders to Join Omaha Business Hall of Fame
The Greater Omaha Chamber announces – and applauds – the latest class of Omaha Business Hall of Fame inductees, six outstanding business leaders, past and present, whose professional accomplishments are historically significant to the development of Omaha. The 2015 Omaha Business Hall of Fame inductees are: William A. CutlerCutler – O’Neill Mortuaries, Heafey-Hoffman-Dworak & Cutler […]