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The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services announced late last week, the application process for three(3) grants related to CARES Act Funding received by the State. The first of these applications opened today with DHHS releasing the Community CARES Stabilization Grant materials on their website this morning and opened the portal fo...
Gov. Ricketts Announces Nebraska’s Second Consecutive Silver Shovel Award for Economic Development
Jun 26 2020“Nebraska continues to attract major investments from internationally renowned job creators thanks to our hardworking people, welcoming communities, and business-friendly climate,” said Gov. Ricketts. “The Silver Shovel Award underscores our state’s reputation as a great place to invest and grow a business.”
Identified as US-81 and US-34 Highway Study, the study corridor is approximately 7.25 miles in length along US?81 starting just south of Interstate 80 (I-80) at mile marker (MM) 57.75 (CR-9/50th Street) and extending north through the north junction of US-81 and US Highway 34 (US-34) at MM 64.00. This is a plannin...
Watch York County, Nebraska leaders provide a weekly update on how #COVID19 is impacting the community and business segments. Hear from health, education, business, non-profit, and others here. #COVID19, #Community #CommunityResponse #HealthInformation #Collaboration #Leadership #CommunityLeadership #WhyYorkCounty #CommunityImpact
NEDA: Temporary Pause on Applications for Livestock Producer Small Business Stabilization Grants
Jun 16 2020Applications will be accepted once again starting Monday, June 22, at 8:00 a.m. CST. To account for the scheduled delay, the application deadline has been extended from June 26 to July 1, 2020, at 5:00 p.m. CST.
Governor Pete Ricketts and State officials on Friday provided updates on several new grant programs. Combined, the programs will award $387 million in grants, using federal coronavirus relief dollars, to help get the Nebraska economy growing in the coming weeks and months. The new programs will be administered by th...
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It's a new month and summer is on its way! As we move to a new normal, supports will continue to be needed in different ways in different sectors of the community. Below you will find information on resources available to families as well as updates on COVID-19 Funding.
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CARES Act: During th...
Watch York County, Nebraska leaders provide a weekly update on how COVID-19 is impacting the community and business segments. Hear from health, education, business, non-profit and others here. #COVID19, #Community #CommunityResponse #HealthInformation #Collaboration #Leadership #CommunityLeadership #WhyYorkCounty #CommunityImpact
YCDC continues to monitor COVID-19 impact on local businesses with the completion of two surveys. 28 companies answered both the April and May surveys with a total of 161 responses between the two surveys. Total responses represent 133 York County businesses
In both April and May, businesses were asked what thei...
Directed Health Measurers June 1st, 2020
Jun 1 2020DIRECTED HEALTH MEASURES
Four Corners Health Department District Directed Health Measures, Effective June 1, 2020
Current Guidelines for Events, Public Gatherings, and Schools.
Outline of Changes to Directed Health Measures, Phase 2, effective June 1st
For other guidance on these Directed Health Measurers, please visit the Four Corners Health Department website here.
Five Things I’ve Learned About Online Meetings
May 29 2020Before we entered into COVID-19 territory, I felt fairly comfortable using on-line meetings. I’ve streamed a number of meetings, joined Zoom meetings, and participated in a number of webinars over the years. I’ve learned a lot over the past three months, and have broken every point I’m going to tal...
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Get Nebraska Growing: DED to Co-Administer COVID-19 Relief Grants
May 27, 2020 (LINCOLN, NEB.) – As announced today by Gov. Pete Ricketts, the Nebraska Department of Economic Development (DED) will co-administer four new State grant programs — utilizing $392 million in federal Coronavirus Aid...
York, Nebraska, Organization Receives Federal Assistance for Community Revitalization, Local Food Economy
May 17 2020(Lenexa, Kan., May 14, 2020) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), along with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service, is announcing that the York County Development Corporation in York, Nebraska, is one of 16 organizations across the nation to receive assistance to help boost economic opportunitie...
York County, Nebraska leaders weekly update on how COVID-19 is impacting the different community and business segments.
York County Development Corporation Celebrates Economic Development Week May 4-8, 2020. The YCDC Staff & Board of Directors would like to thank the following businesses for their 2020 membership investment!
The industrial real estate market across the United States continues to tighten, making it
difficult for communities to attract new jobs and investment. Economic developers are getting
creative with site and product development tactics to encourage economic growth. This article
looks at how four different communities navigated the site development process, and their
succes...
This article provides information on Qualified Opportunity Zones (OZ) for the economic
development professional and provides background on the history behind the tax law and
how it can impact local economic development projects. There are several steps explained
that can help guide local economic developers in how to market their community’s OZ to
attrac...
The energy landscape in the United States is changing. Coal and nuclear energy
are transitioning to oil and renewable energy of the future. How communities and
economic development professionals adapt to these changes will determine their
future success.
A vibrant economy is the result of deliberate choices and actions. All communities need a person or an organization that wakes up every day charged with improving the health of the local economy.
That’s what economic developers and economic development organizations do.
Today’s businesses can locate anywhere – but they’ll only come to your community if they know about it and if the community has what they need.
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May is Mental Health and Trauma Awareness Month, a time to acknowledge that mental health is essential for all of us. These last 6 weeks haven't been easy, with many of us losing jobs, connections, routines, loved ones, and more. It has been a time marked with grief and adjustment...
As the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the U.S. spread in March, leading to shelter-in-place orders in most states and a rapid slowdown of the national economy, businesses have started adopting Baker Tilly’s “now, next, later” framework in dealing with the pandemic challenges: “Now” is focused on the first 30 days...
I've been fortunate to have some great conversations with economic developers over the past few weeks, with many questions on the pandemic's impact on site location decisions for the food and beverage Industry. While nothing is certain, I've read and attached links to some important insights which I would lik...
Top Site Selection Concerns for Heavy Manufacturing Companies
When you think of heavy manufacturing, utilities and transportation logistics infrastructure is key for those operations. So, for example, you have operations with demands in the 400 megawatt or the 200 megawatts range. Some smaller heavy-industrial operations require 10 to 20 megawatts &ndash...
