City of Omaha

  • With #Snomaha Saturday looming, City of Omaha releases snow app

    It seems to be pure coincidence, but on the day before snow is scheduled to make its first serious appearance of the season, the City of Omaha released today what it’s calling its “first-ever ‘Snow-App’.” In a press release, City officials said the app will advise users when a snow-emergency is in effect, notify them…

  • Recap of Regional Energy Innovation Summit held in Omaha

    If I had to imagine what participation in a Washington think tank would be like, I’d recollect my experience at last Wednesday’s Regional Energy Innovation Summit at the Gallup Organization’s Omaha campus, a follow up of the Energy Innovation Summit that took place May 7 at the White House. Thanks to a partnership between Gallup,…

  • Rachel Jacobson tells Film Streams story, an art-house theater in Omaha

    “I had budgeted initially for 500 members,” Film Streams founder Rachel Jacobson recollected. “I never imagined that we’d have 2,000. I mean, that really just shows how great Omaha is about supporting this kind of thing.” The “thing” Rachel’s referring to is a nonprofit art-house movie theater located in Omaha’s North Downtown District. In the…

  • Secret Penguin & Archrival launch government websites today

    I think it’s cool to see government entities hire forward-thinking design firms to redesign their websites, so when I saw these two tweets this morning, I had to pass them along