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York County, Nebraska, is an incredible place to raise a family, build a career, and start and operate a business. The County is growing and creating investment opportunities in the process. One of the greatest challenges is that few people know the county outside of Nebraska. This lack of awarenes...Continue Reading

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Lisa Hurley, York County Development Corporation’s Executive Director, is presenting at a conference on the well-being of Nebraskans. Healthy Families, Strong Communities will occur on December 7, 2022, at the Nebraska Innovation Campus in Lincoln. Jake Owens, York County Health Coalition’s Executive Director, will be co-presenting and discussing how Yor...Continue Reading

A few weeks ago, representatives of the city, the Nebraska Public Power District and GRNE Solar gathered at the local landfill to hold a ribbon cutting for the city’s new community solar field. It was also an opportunity for everyone to see – close up – the layout of 9,64...Continue Reading

Economic Development is ever changing, and your team in York County is constantly working on various types of projects. Some are very visible, and some are not. It is not uncommon for us to be working on the same goal from many different angles for several years. Today I’d lik...Continue Reading

York County is home to global manufacturing companies that are producing goods using the latest technologies, along with raw materials found throughout Nebraska. York County Development Corporation kicked off Manufacturing Month with an event focused on the industry’s future workforce - our local students.  On October 7th, we partnered with loca...Continue Reading

York County Development Corporation Celebrates York County Manufacturing with area students and business leaders through Industry Tours Highschool students and community leaders see makers in action on tour of local, high-tech operations In celebration of Manufacturing Day 2022, York County Development Corporation coordinated Manufacturing Month Industry Tours for York Public Schools student...Continue Reading

York County Development Corporation Honored for General Purpose Website During the IEDC Annual Conference WASHINGTON, D.C. – The International Economic Development Council (IEDC), the world's largest professional association for economic developers, has selected York County Development Corporation as a recipient of its 2022 Excellence Awards. During the IEDC Annual Conference, th...Continue Reading

York County Development Corporation (YCDC) has an active Business Retention & Expansion (BR&E) program, which is an economic development strategy of proactively connecting with local businesses to understand and respond to their needs. This program includes many contacts and communications throughout the year. Recently, we have kicked off the Busines...Continue Reading

Lisa Hurley, York County Development Corporation’s Executive Director, traveled to the United Kingdom for a cultural and information exchange on August 17 - 23rd at the invitation of Nebraska Sorghum and PBS International from York, England.  “Nebraska Sorghum is expecting productive meetings in the United Kingdom that will bring value t...Continue Reading

Housing availability is critical infrastructure because, without available housing units, people can’t move to York County to work for local employers. “If our community is going to grow we must invest in our housing supply and make it as easy as possible for people to move here,” said Lisa Hurley...Continue Reading

Governor Pete Ricketts welcomed 365 leaders to Kearney’s Younes Conference Center for the “Governor’s Summit on Ag and Economic Development,” co-hosted by the Nebraska Departments of Agriculture and Economic Development. “Nebraska is enjoying rapid growth and record-setting employment,” said Gov. Ricketts.  “Nebraska agriculture set all-time highs for beef exports, corn production...Continue Reading

The City of York has been awarded $15.6 for Project Access York, an infrastructure proposal to improve pedestrian access and safety throughout the city. Project Access York will fund almost 10 miles of trail expansion throughout the city, a pedestrian overpass over Highway 81 near the interstate, safety improvements for schoo...Continue Reading

“We can’t grow without more childcare facilities,” said Lisa Hurley, Executive Director of York County Development Corporation. “Employers want to hire, but if workers can’t find childcare, they may be unable to accept the position. This makes it critical that we address our childcare shortage and take active steps to increas...Continue Reading