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Thanks for putting it in better perspective, guys. 8) I definitely see the significance of 1,000,000 through a marketing standpoint. My feeling regarding how Omaha will fair in terms of rankings is that its steady tortoise growth pattern serves it well. My gut tells me that people are going to get t...

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Follow-up question:

Do you think Omaha will be able to crawl up the ranking chart? Or do you think it will stay in the 50 to 60 range?

Or, for that matter, do you think it will ever drop in rank to around 70 or even 80?

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I was looking at the figures for the top 25 CSAs that somebody posted at Skyscraperpage and it makes me wonder how much of a landmark Omaha's crawl towards 1 million will really be by the time it gets there. 20 years ago, 1 million seemed very impressive and if your city was that size, then it was i...

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Thank God for Omaha by Design.

It's startling how arrogant OPPD was about its "right" to use the trail despite public and official objections.

It looks like Omaha has an aesthetic activist group with a lot of pull. Omaha is going to benifit greatly from the efforts of this group.

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Wow. Six years and running. That's got to be the longest reigning "home office" by far. Lincoln had a brief stint in the early 90s. I think it lasted less than a year. It's understandable for the city to want to "move on" in terms of finding more sources of town pride, but if I w...

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Interestingly, my kid sister is among those leading the "artist community" trend in Nebraska: http://www.theindependent.com/stories/012604/new_albracht26.shtml She picked Aurora because there was a church for sale there, but she was surprised to find that the town of 4,000 was a burgeoning...

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Yes, these Sandhills counties of approx. 500 sq. miles were drawn out when people were much more optomistic about farming the area. Every one of those little Sandhills counties had well over 1,000 people 100 years ago, but they've been rapidly depleted ever since. Ironically, these tiny populated co...

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Pretty funny, but this town of 3,800 (the largest in Saunders County) is poised to move up in Nebraska city ranks over the next few decades. It's quite possible that one day, when Wahoos talk about their city, they'll be talking about one of the 10 largest in the state. :lol: Anybody know if David L...

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Any response back from Clifton?

You know, Jeff, for a guy who says he has no interest in a political career, you sure have the talent and passion for "civic duty".

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I'm surprised to see Dodge County as a population loser. I imagine their downturn will only be temporary, though.

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I can definitely see Saunders County as a boom county over the next 50 years. No other county is quite so ideally situated in terms of proximuty to both Lincoln and Omaha. I'll bet a lot of growth there will come as more families have one spouse working in Omaha while the other works in Lincoln. Jus...

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I was aware that the core city had to be above 50,000, but I'd never heard that central county statistic. There must be exceptions to that, right? I can see it being true in the east where the counties are small in land area. Using Sarpy County as an example; Imagine if it were in Central Nebraska, ...

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The mood's not quite right for reading this thread. Let me adjust the hi-fi...

Boom-Chicka-Chicka-Boom-Boom

Ahhh, that's better.

edsas

They contained it? Great! Let's hear it for 19th centruy brick.

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Some of you may be unaware of the gigantic redevelopment project underway in Lincoln. The Antelope Valley Project will transform the eastern edge of downtown and UNL's city campus from a rundown collection of neighborhoods into a dynamic, high-density urban district over the next 20 to 30 years. Bro...

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:shock: If I didn't know better, I'd say these contractors got it in for Omaha's historic buildings. Hope they get it contained enough to salvage, but at least this isn't as big a loss as the Butternut project. If the building is completely destroyed, it wouldn't take that much to build a suitable r...

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Great idea!

Finally, a place to post regular Lincoln developments.

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Hmmm...

Sounds like you'll have a pretty nice view, futrecndvlpr.

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Hey Ryan, it's good to have you back on this board. You seemed to go MIA for awhile. As I grew up in Grand Island, the moment it becomes an offical metro area, I will not let anybody forget. :P Grand Island became an offical micropolitan area last year which includes Hall and Hamilton counties with ...

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I'll let it slide, Jeff. I just feel a need to explain myself briefly... Hey guys, I didn't mean any offense by remark and I did intend for it to be taken with a grain of salt. Irony, of course, is hard to interpret over a message board. Anyway, yes, I know Sioux City belongs to Iowa. It is by far t...

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Right. And being that South Sioux City, NE is part of that metro, it's Nebraska's 3rd largest metro.

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That's sad news about Gateway. Even though they moved the HQ to San Diego, they still have strong ties to Nebraska's 3rd largest metro. I hate to see them flounder.

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This quote is particularly interesting:

"They were captivated by the city's light rail system and the boldness of the entrepreneurs who had transformed crime-infested neighborhoods."

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Omahans inspired by Portland, Ore., efforts BY JULIA MCCORD WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER Eight Omahans working on a master plan to revitalize midtown Omaha went to Portland, Ore., this week to see what that city has done. Portland has been a leader in redeveloping old neighborhoods and commercial distr...

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Does the Hilton have any exterior lighting to compliment Qwest?

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If only your April 1st posts were true...

Omaha would have a new tallest and Walmart would be undoing the damage they've done. All in all, not bad.

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Good question, Jeff. And I might be the least qualifed here to answer it . ;) What I'd like to see is a redoing of the Mutual Building itself. Nothing overly ambitious, but something that brings the building a little more up-to-date. Is the Indian Head sign lit up at night? I always thought it'd be ...

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Designers dream big for Dodge Street of the future BY JEFFREY ROBB Â Â WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER Â Â Â How's this for a makeover of Omaha? Buy out a swath of strip malls and stores in the 72nd and Dodge Street area. Dress up the Little Papillion Creek into a full park and stream. Â One idea wo...

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You know what, Jeff, my mistake. Bad editorializing on my part. The article says in the second papragraph that the Council Bluffs condos will be temporarily put on hold. I shouldn't have said they were absolutely contingent on the construction of the bridge. They do want to coordinate the opening of...

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This story is promising as it indicates the Omaha condo towers will go up regardless of what happens to the ped bridge. The Council Bluffs condos, on the other hand, will not be constructed without the ped pridge. Bridge or no, Omaha condos still a go BY C. DAVID KOTOK WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER Rive...

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Great that those involved are committed to making this happen despite the bids. I felt a sick feeling in my stomach when I heard that the bridge may be scaled down. It still may, but I find it reassuring that "the key elements of the design - particularly the twin towers with cables creating a ...

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Excellent! The more diversified Omaha's economy can get, the better. I'd like to see that video they mentioned, the one that paints Omaha in a "futuristic light". I can't wait to see what spin-off benifits Omaha gets from the Space Command merger. Yet again, more proactive leadership from ...

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I hope you're right, streets.

My money is on 1,000,000 by 2014, though.

Of course, you'll be pushing 30 by then, working for the city. So all bets are off, really.

edsas

Jeff,

Do you know what might have happened in 1996 that made the net domestic migration spike?

Also, look at 1993. It's almost the same number as a net loss, whereas no other years came close to that much of a net loss. Did Omaha lose a major job provider in '93?

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I tried to space the columns better, but it looks as though my extra spaces were taken out when the text was posted. Anyway, I find the years 1995, 1996 and 1997 particularly fascinating. It was a 3-year stretch in which Omaha had a net domestic gain of nearly 7,000 people, spiking in '96 with a net...

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I found this chart giving population data for metro Omaha over the last 30 years. I think it's fascinating to read and the trends bode well for hitting the 1 million mark soon. But not before 2010. Sorry, Aaron. :wink: Omaha, NE-IA Population and Components of Change The first two colums are self-ex...

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Hi Railroader! Welcome to Omaha. It is truly a gem of a city and its getting better all the time. I live 1,500 miles away, but I still keep abreast of what's going on. (And there seems to be something new every day.) Downtown Omaha already hustles and bustles pretty well, but the 500 Union Pacificer...

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Omaha is developing some great forward-thinking leadership. I'm sure this proposal will be implemented as there is no real argument against it. And once the proposal's effects are seen by the community, it will also be hard to argue against similar standards in other parts of the city. It's nice to ...

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Design guidelines discussed for new midtown buildings BY JEFFREY ROBB WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER Builders of new businesses and homes in midtown Omaha would have to adhere to guidelines for the appearance of their projects if a proposal from the Destination Midtown initiative is implemented. Organize...

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By the airport would be a great location. If I'm remembering correctly, the outter bank of Carter Lake is Nebraska while inside the "horseshoe" is Iowa. How about placing the Venitian along the outer bank? It'd be in Nebraska. Close to the airport. It would have a watery front door (like V...

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Is 1 million still impressive?

Lincoln's Antelope Valley Project.

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Omaha By Design

RE: Projects Contingent on the Ped Bridge

Interesting Metro Population Chart

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