Bryant Resource Center

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Nonprofits work to restore Bryant Resource Center, create community hub
Omaha Skills Connection and the Bryant Resource Center are working to restore the Bryant Center. They want to create a community hub for people in north Omaha to gather and receive resources.



There's a new effort to restore the historic Bryant Resource Center building and turn it into a community hub in north Omaha. Omaha Skills Connection and the Bryant Resource Center are leading the efforts. The building stood empty for the last few years on Grant Street and the two organizations see its potential. They want to create a safe space for families to gather and receive resources. Omaha Skills Connection would offer its career readiness services, and other things like athletics and access to technology would also be available.

The Chair of the Bryant Resource Center Board, Diana Vogt, said the building is a great resource just sitting there. "There's been no place for the community to gather [in north Omaha], no place to have meetings, no place to have as a central point of access for any kind of services or even things like register to vote," Vogt said. Michella Blankman, the Executive Director of OSC, said the building also has a long history. It was built in 1928.

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Group raising money to restore historic north Omaha building



A building full of history is getting another chance. A group in North Omaha is looking to restore the Bryant Resource Center so the community can have a place to call its own. The Bryant Resource Center at 24th and Grant has been a mainstay in Judy Gregory’s life. “My father was a board member, my husband was a board member. So this building means a lot to me,” said Gregory. She is now a board member herself. A building full of history is getting another chance. A group in North Omaha is looking to restore the Bryant Resource Center so the community can have a place to call its own.

The Bryant Resource Center at 24th and Grant has been a mainstay in Judy Gregory’s life.“My father was a board member, my husband was a board member. So this building means a lot to me,” said Gregory. She is now a board member herself.It was once St. Benedict School. It was the only Black Catholic school, next door to the only Black Catholic church. In the mid to late ‘60s, it became Bryant Resource Center. It was once St. Benedict School. It was the only Black Catholic school, next door to the only Black Catholic church. In the mid to late ‘60s, it became Bryant Resource Center.