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I think it's too bad the date for this event is on the same day as the final round of competition at the Cox Classic.

Does anyone know of a bakery in Omaha (or metro area) which makes/sells King Cakes?

The Omaha Metro seems to have a lot of Hospitals for it's population. Bellevue Erhling Berquist Hospital (Air Force) Council Bluffs Jennie Edmundson Hospital Mercy Hospital Omaha St. Joesph Hospital Veterans Hospital UNMC Clarkson Hospital Methodist Hospital Childrens Hospital Bergan Mercy Hospital...

icejammer wrote:Is this the same story as posted here?

http://www.eomaha.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4885

Yes it is - I apologize for the new thread as I missed the original.

Mod - please either merge or remove this. Thanks -

According to the article in CNNMoney.com http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag ... ml?cnn=yes

Best places to live in America and Omaha ranks #7 among big cities. I was surprised to find us categorized as a "big" city, but I'll take it!

Congratulations everyone!

The Omaha Jaycees have been known to take member trips from time to time. Around 15 of us went to St. Louis for a Cubs v. Cards game a number of years ago. The great thing about the Jaycees is you can choose the destination and submit the project for the leadership to vote on and then chair the proj...

Former Mutual employee of 17 years (last 7 were in Medicare) - I left last year in November. We most likely shared a division off-site or two.

I'll just point out you're both complaining about economics as opposed to geography. None of that stuff happens in my "neighborhood" either. -Big E You might see it that way and quite possibly, economics are a byproduct of the issue. I would have loved to stay in a more affordable area an...

DTO Luv wrote:I'm really going to try to get the |expletive| out of here. I found out today that my job is going to be iffy.

Best wishes to you DTO!

Many SID's purposefully keep their debt high so as to avoid annexation. It doesn't always work, but it is a practice many engage in to avoid annexation. I would assume this is the case for the 78th & Sorenson example noted earlier. The big picture however, is that all SID's know they will eventu...

WPS has announced they will keep the Mutual employees in the South Tower after the transition for the Medicare business. This is odd to me as they have celebrated how much they own their own buildings. I would still be suspicious of them bailing out of Omaha upon the completion of whatever short-ter...

Thanks - I hope yours was as enjoyable as my own!

MoO has plenty of issues and I'd agree they will drop out of the Fortune 500 soon. They will be losing almost 1,000 jobs as of next year as well when the Medicare contract is turned over. They cut a deal with WPS that as soon as a contract is awarded to their joint effort, the employees will then no...

According to an article on CNN-Money, Omaha is ranked 60th on the list of fastest growing cities. I'd say we're accelerating as well.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/06/20/real_es ... tm?cnn=yes

Sorry - I should have posted the link for my reasoning on why Horseman's will be exempt... The council is set to vote today on Thompson's plan. The proposal would prohibit smoking in restaurants and most other public places but grant a five-year grace period for stand-alone bars, keno outlets and Ho...

According to the article: http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=1638&u_sid=2192585

Assuming they approve of another new facility, where will they build it? Would you want it in/near Omaha for the jobs it would create?

My understanding was Horseman's Park would be included in the 5 year exemption.

I think it's funny that some people would potentially avoid a home in a great neighborhood with everything they may want, but oops, wait a second... the street name isn't pretty. There must be more serious issues to consider than the aesthetics of street names.

Honestly, I thought the Alexander quotation was a bit extreme with those particular segments as well, but thought I'd throw in anyway.

Sorry about the negative tone. I guess I was annoyed by the "Tell me your ideas so I can tell you why you're an idiot" approach. Let me present this idea, as well: with the exception of possibly Los Angeles, name ONE SINGLE thriving city on the planet that does not have a thriving busines...

Will they trust the quality of the services provided from a location downtown versus the perceived quality out west? I make the last statement as we've noticed a mentality in Council Bluffs where people seek services in Omaha instead of in CB because of a perceived difference in quality of service,...

I still see some myopia when it comes to business investment and development of property in the responses being made here. Make no mistake people, a business is not philanthropy (unless you're Bill Gates, who does quite a bit of philanthropy - hmm, why not Buffett). When there's a perceived investme...

Thank you HskrFanMike for the defense. I do think some of the respondants wanted to engage this as a battle between surburbia and dowtown advocates. I made an attempt to establish that I'm NOT against downtown development, merely wanted to find out why a business would be motivated to do so. This is...

This will probably illicit flames in mass, but I'm really interested in hearing why everyone thinks it's so great to build downtown. Was reading the thread in the rumors area regarding Ameritrade and the 225,000 sq. ft. office space they're supposedly considering. Many respondants were interested in...

What's more important Omaha - a scoreboard or your downtown?

Well, a scoreboard of course.