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Peyton Parker Lane Playground opens
May 25 2023A dream turned into a reality: Peyton Parker Lane Playground opens
By Naomi Snider, York News-Times
Saturday was an important day for the city of York, as it marked the grand opening of the largest, all-inclusive playground in the state of Nebraska: Peyton Parker Lane...
Both York, Nebraska, and Henderson, Nebraska will be seeing housing growth. The article below is written by Mike Brownlee with York-News Times.
More than one million dollars is coming York County's way in the latest round of Nebraska Rural Workforce Housing Fund grants.
The Nebraska Department...
Klute Steel Continues to Expand
May 11 2023YCDC staff worked with Kimm Klute and team to receive a Site & Building Development Fund grant from the Nebraska Department of Economic Development. Lisa Hurley, YCDC Executive Director stated "It is always a joy to work with our York and York County businesses to expand and modenize. This family-owned...
York County Development Corporation (YCDC) along with the York Chamber of Commerce recognizes and values the dedication and entrepreneurial spirit within our community. Small businesses help to strengthen York’s economy and keep our communities, the State of Nebraska, and America’s economies growing strong. More than half of Americans either own or...
Emily Perry of York County Development Corporation was one of 91 economic development professionals to attend the Heartland Economic Development Course (HEDC) April 17-21, 2023 in Blue Springs, Missouri. Heartland attendees receive fundamental economic development training on topics ranging from business, retention and expansion, workforce development, real estate development, and...
Creative Workforce Housing Solutions
Apr 21 2023Like many areas York County Nebraska communities struggle with housing and workforce. From permanent to short-term, there never seems to be enough to support the community’s growing needs. York County communities, York County Development Corporation, and many other partners are consistently working to increase the number of available quality housing...
Article Published in PUBLIC MANAGEMENT | A P R I L 2 0 2 3. Written by Dr. Sue Crawford, PH.D.
Technology advances and COVID-19 pandemic work-from-home experiences now encourage an unprecedented number of people to work from home and to start new home enterprises. Home-based businesses as microenterprises,...
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Emily Perry, Development Coordinator for York County Development Corporation, has recently graduated from the Policy Leadership Academy put on by First Five Nebraska. The academy brings together leaders from throughout Nebraska to learn about, and advocate for, the early childhood infrastructure that is necessary to support Nebraskan families and move...
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USDA Makes Grants Available to Help People in Rural Nebraska to Repair Their Homes Damaged By Storms and Fire in...
YORK — Local students shuffled into Holthus Convention Center Tuesday morning for Regional Career Day hosted by the York County Development Corporation.
The 100-plus students were split into four groups. The groups had the opportunity to visit with 27 area business professionals across different industries including: education, health sciences,...
York University grad finds home with CVA
Mar 10 2023Adriana Fajardo was not familiar with the midwest and definitely never pictured living here. Fajardo grew up in the Dominican Republic until she moved to Georgia at the age of fifteen. Being fifteen, she wasn’t sure about the move to a different country; she had to begin a new school,...
York County Development Corporation (YCDC) is focused on workforce development so that our local companies have a steady stream of talent to hire from. Locally, we benefit from the presence of York University, but in many situations employers can hire students right out of high school. To facilitate these relationships,...
YCDC Promotes York County Nationally
Jan 24 2023York 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 awareness...
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 9,648...
Coming Together To Grow November 2022
Nov 16 2022Economic 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 like...