Projects you expected to have started this year but have not;

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Projects you expected to have started this year but have not;

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1. Baby Bob. ( git-r-done)
2. Twin towers renovation. (doubting this happens)
3. Council Bluffs riverfront park updates. (what are they waiting for)
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ItsAllAboutMe wrote: Thu Oct 06, 2022 3:52 pm 1. Baby Bob. ( git-r-done)
2. Twin towers renovation. (doubting this happens)
3. Council Bluffs riverfront park updates. (what are they waiting for)
I like this. Agree with 1 and 3, for sure, though Baby Bob has had quiet updates about construction starts, so I haven't been too disappointed. CB's Phase 4 Riverfront though looks to have largely stalled since they cleared some trees and delivered mulch for the trails.

Park Plaza is not going forward as planned, but City Ventures is going to do something else, from what I've heard.

You named the ones I've been thinking about a lot. One other, not really construction, but the Omaha-Lincoln bus route. I thought it might get off the ground this year, but haven't seen or heard anything yet.
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ItsAllAboutMe wrote: Thu Oct 06, 2022 3:52 pm 2. Twin towers renovation. (doubting this happens)
I think the announcement of the new Mutual Skyscraper was pretty much the nail in the coffin for the Twin Towers renovation. Word I’m hearing, is it’s off the table…

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Crossroads
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Omaha Cowboy wrote: Thu Oct 06, 2022 5:56 pm
ItsAllAboutMe wrote: Thu Oct 06, 2022 3:52 pm 2. Twin towers renovation. (doubting this happens)
I think the announcement of the new Mutual Skyscraper was pretty much the nail in the coffin for the Twin Towers renovation. Word I’m hearing, is it’s off the table…

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I contacted City+Ventures about this project a few weeks back. According to whoever I corresponded with, the third tower project is all but dead, but there may do something with the Parkfair Mall side of the property. Hopefully, it's not just more parking, but they are exploring residential possibilities, so we'll see if anything happens with that propety.
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ita wrote: Fri Oct 07, 2022 10:43 am
Omaha Cowboy wrote: Thu Oct 06, 2022 5:56 pm
ItsAllAboutMe wrote: Thu Oct 06, 2022 3:52 pm 2. Twin towers renovation. (doubting this happens)
I think the announcement of the new Mutual Skyscraper was pretty much the nail in the coffin for the Twin Towers renovation. Word I’m hearing, is it’s off the table…

Ciao..LiO…Peace
I contacted City+Ventures about this project a few weeks back. According to whoever I corresponded with, the third tower project is all but dead, but there may do something with the Parkfair Mall side of the property. Hopefully, it's not just more parking, but they are exploring residential possibilities, so we'll see if anything happens with that propety.
Yeah, that pretty much supports the “word on the street” I’ve been hearing on that proposed project for awhile now..

Thanks for the additional supporting intel :thumb:

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Baby Bob is not supposed to start until next year - https://keepomahamoving.com/projects/tc ... -opw-52487
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Dundeemaha wrote: Thu Oct 06, 2022 7:54 pmCrossroads
Crossroads has started. I mentioned in that thread that sewers were going in and at least one road has been paved.
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BRT extension on 24th, Ames to Q.
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Brad wrote: Mon Oct 10, 2022 2:42 pm
Dundeemaha wrote: Thu Oct 06, 2022 7:54 pmCrossroads
Crossroads has started. I mentioned in that thread that sewers were going in and at least one road has been paved.
My post was mostly in jest, but I'll consider it real when there's something above ground. :lol:
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Dundeemaha wrote: Mon Oct 10, 2022 5:22 pm My post was mostly in jest, but I'll consider it real when there's something above ground. :lol:
LOL. You're saying that to someone who has spent 17 years designing the stuff below ground... :;):
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Not necessarily not started, but greater progress at Crossroads.
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Brad wrote: Tue Oct 11, 2022 1:18 pm
Dundeemaha wrote: Mon Oct 10, 2022 5:22 pm My post was mostly in jest, but I'll consider it real when there's something above ground. :lol:
LOL. You're saying that to someone who has spent 17 years designing the stuff below ground... :;):
Sometimes people forget the stuff below ground must happen first!
He said "They are some big, ugly red brick buildings"
...and then they were gone.