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I noticed that both of the midtown crossing reps kept emphasizing how “safe” I was to live at midtown crossings. I’m assuming this has had to become a part of their pitch to potential buyers who are used to the suburbs and may have opinions about urban living.

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[quote= It won't be long until MyPillow is out of business because of its crazy crackhead CEO. Actually, people will need a MyPillow more than ever before, trying to get a good nights sleep while they’re laying in bed worrying about inflation, rising taxes, rising crime, racial tensions, war in the...

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Ok this was the only place I could find to link the video of Senator Hunt:

https://www.instagram.com/tv/COySV7Rl4 ... cu2ijkpuer

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Watch what Senator Adam Morfeld says near the end https://www.ketv.com/article/its-beyond-frustrating-legislative-measure-to-legalize-medical-cannabis-comes-up-two-votes-short/36413621 Legislature that thinks like this is a far more pressing issue for young people than property taxes. Morfeld is 10...

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The cost (both financial and space) is not commensurate with the very small benefit. Bike lanes are literally one of the most economically viable options for transportation. They’re cheap, take up a fraction of the space car lanes do, and they basically pay for themselves. We may not have the best ...

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Here in Lincoln, most streets that are 2 lanes (1 in both directions) have a center turn lane. I'm talking about main streets with yellow medians and have speed limits of 35. They've had that in place for years. Personally, I think Omaha would benefit from that strategy. Lincoln also has a much tig...

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Bunch of NIMBY hillbillies standing in the way of progress - welcome to Nebraska! https://www.newschannelnebraska.com/story/43827025/saunders-county-planning-board-votes-down-solar-farm I saw that too. All I could do was shake my head and make a post here. And the reason was - "But residents w...

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Assuming "Provides an intimate experience with nature" means cleaning up all the homeless camps in said forest? :lol: Been an issue for like 20 years (that I know of, maybe time immemorial...). I don't know if there is an easy solution aside from a constant law enforcement presence? The o...

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Per Grow Omaha, much of this development has changed hands. The former Akin's store will be replaced by a MegaSaver convenience mart and gas station. What is it with MegaSavers? What keeps them in business and how do they keep buying up property to add more stations? CBD, Kratom and glass. Burner p...

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I agree. Test out the concept on the weekends and if it’s successful transition to ped mall (probably after ConAgra campus redev). There’s a reason ped malls exploded in the 70s and we’re gonna just as fast. Americans have been conditioned to drive and to only drive, and our cities reflect that. The...

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Here is a photo I took last weekend from our room on the 5th Floor of the Cambria Hotel in North Downtown. https://twitter.com/GrowOmaha/status/1384341622117240832 Despite the silly and sometimes petty criticisms this building received (see various posts here from 2020, lol).. This is a great devel...

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I'd bet more people who live in West O(as well as other areas of the city and likely many people across the river) would even move downtown if there were full service grocery. Another reason why I think it has to be Hy-Vee or bust is because they are much more than a grocery store. They are also a ...

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Crossing my fingers and toes that the NExT project pushes us over the edge when it comes to an urban streetcar. It makes too much sense at this point and would really supercharge the investments already being made downtown. I couldn’t agree more. I started becoming slightly apprehensive about if an...

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So sad to hear. I’m sure it was the final straw in a long period of bad things stacking up in his life.

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Apparently the mayor is touting the release of a new Omaha app with news, city alerts, stuff like that. My question is, why do we only get progress and new initiatives in election years?

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I heard an interview with RJ Neary on Riverside Chats. While I agree with a lot of his policies outlined in that OWH article with transportation and economic development, I felt like his interview was rough. I am listening to the Mayor on Grow Omaha right now, and she is a lot more well spoken and ...

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I drove by the Applied Underwriters construction site today - a complete ghost town. Has anyone heard if that project will ever start back up again? You don’t see this happen very often somewhat rare to have construction come to a complete halt. Actually very disappointing, it potentially could sta...

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This reminds me of trying to run any errand in Lincoln. Let’s not follow their lead on creating the most problematic traffic setups possible

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We have too many entertainment districts in town that are more convenient and have better infrastructure (except Benson) to make the downtown a big draw like it was. As said above, the OM is fading and the area north of Gene Leahy is pretty dead. I would focus on things to make it an appealing livi...

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Residential density, protected bike lanes, grocery/public market in that order. I like the idea of protected bike lanes. How would you have them implemented? Realistically, we initiate these on some choice roads. I like roads like Farnam having protected bike lanes since it connects so many destina...

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Yeahhhh I take an empty field over that...

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Des Moines making big boy moves with clean energy. Maybe the Midwest can step up and be the leaders on clean power!

https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063722417

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Wow they can not catch a break.

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I think eliminating the north freeway as a grand boulevard had many more benefits than what we lose by eliminating it. We need to make amends and tie in North Omaha with the economic center of the city instead of keeping it cut off from downtown and cut off from north Omaha neighborhoods themselves.

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Hopefully Metro can utilize the drop off in ridership from the pandemic to experiment with some of the types of ideas that you have Bus. I also think that there definitely could be a way to form a carpool and bus lane along dodge, west of downtown. I know it gets iffy when the road is only 5 lanes w...

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I am reading Street Fight , and the author has a chapter dedicated to buses, primarily BRT. She mentioned that in NY, BRT implementation was an immediate success reduces travel time by 20% and ridership by 10% in the first year or two. Public transit in NY is a totally different beast, but if we sa...

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Local developer RJ Neary steps into Omaha mayor's race to challenge Stother t This Neary guy is saying all the right things, in my opinion. I would like to see him be a serious contender in the spring. Sorry, I pulled a lot from the article, but I agree with every single one of his positions: RJ Ne...

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i am flummoxed as to why a company would have an interest in locating at 204th and wherever, and I get that a CEO might want to have a short commute and "Well, we surveyed the employees...", as if there aren't any employees who'd like to have more of a choice in lunch other than Jersey Mi...

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Athomsfere wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 1:13 pm Seriously, a car wash??? What a waste of this space. Unless it frees something like the carwash on SC for a better building.

Ouch. Is it approved then?

It’s embarrassing.

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I used orbt twice now going from westroads to blackstone and the OM, and it is quite the experience and really makes Omaha feel like the big city that it is. The only thing I think that could change is that the green light holding needs to be more aggressive across the board. It seems like at least ...

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That's a pretty ugly building. The motivations are definitely height focused, if it happens. If I've learned anything, I'd wait 60-90 days. 1,000 footers are nice, but design matters. They should cut it by a third and make it look better :/ I agree, the mid rise portion at the bottom should’ve been...

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Lincoln is doing a lot of things right downtown that Omaha should definitely take note of!

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Random idea, but it would be cool if they could transform the old retail mall into a food hall, similar to Aksarben. It would be a great location when offices start to reopen and with the residential density nearby. Also, the Brandeis food court is garbage and this would be a much better alternativ...

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I think some of the existing structure could be repurposed as a startup/career center. Offer cheap leases for office space throughout the mall with the food court revamped and keep some niche retail. Maybe get MCC, local universities, and hospitals involved with some job training. Find a way to buy ...

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This is a slippery slope question. You ask many Omahans, and they’ll complain about the inconvenience of a lack of parking options downtown, lol.. I’ve read parts of “Walkability”.. I’ll do some re-reading of it.. I think right now- we have properties that need developing first..beyond a current do...

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I think Megan Hunt needs to run for mayor after she is term-limited.

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I’ll echo the same sentiment as Cowboy, Stothert has kept the budget in check and has not been a terrible mayor by any means, but I think it’s time for a new face and a new way of doing things. From a development and urban planning standpoint, our little sister to the west is able to do quite a bit ...

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I’m so confused how a park discussion became so heated and controversial

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The high-ups of this company are not the most concerned with making good business decisions on some fronts. Kind of like ConAgra CEO just wanted his big house in ChiTown and so they packed up the whole company and left. It’s more of what they want and not what they need.

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This new Science Center/Museum is a big win for Omaha. It fills in a missing puzzle piece of what Omaha has lacked thaT most mid sized cities have. The location is also a win for the riverfront. I do wish we had a museum dedicated to modern art. All things in time, I suppose. A modern art museum wo...

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