The Great Plains Black History Museum and UNO’s Criss Library are opening boxes that hold more than a century of Black life across the Great Plains.
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Photographs, documents, programs, and scrapbooks preserved by the Great Plains Black History Museum are helping tell a fuller story of North Omaha — including materials many people are seeing for the first time.
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A $30 million state grant is helping turn decades of disinvestment near 30th and Ames into an innovation district built around jobs, housing, entrepreneurship and community ownership.
Read Story →Heart Ministry Center used 425 surveys and seven focus groups to help shape a full-service grocery store near 25th and Lake expected to create 30–40 local jobs. Groundbreaking: Sept. 19, 2026
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A unanimous 8-0 state board vote cleared the way for Nebraska's first Black-founded nonpublic school system — an all-girls academy rooted in Sankofa, cultural wealth, and academic rigor.
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Identity Preparatory Academy opens, $125M invested through the Omaha Inland Port Authority, a new 24th & Lake grocery store, the Ames Avenue redesign, youth grants, and policy news affecting Omaha families.
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Marcus went from hauling boxes on the night shift to landing a tech career after training at Code Black Tech — a tuition-free program proving that opportunity in Omaha can start with a single line of code.
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A half-day conference (Sept. 11, 8:00 AM–1:30 PM) for aspiring entrepreneurs, startup founders and existing small-business owners with business-development guidance, presentations, resources and networking.
September 11, 2026
View Opportunity →Code Black Tech
Two four-week Saturday courses from Code Black Tech — Intro to AI Prompting (Sept. 12–Oct. 3) and Advanced AI Prompting (Oct. 17–Nov. 7), 10 a.m.–Noon. No coding, tech background, or experience required.
September 12, 2026
View Opportunity →5 STAR BDM + BizHack Academy; funding partner Omaha 100
An eight-week accelerator (Sept. 15–Nov. 5) helping Omaha-area businesses build a customer-research brief, marketing campaign strategy, custom AI assistant, branded visual assets, video/audio content, lead-generation workflow and launch-ready 30-day implementation plan.
Deadline: September 15, 2026
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Soul food restaurant + catering. One of the most well-known Black-owned businesses in North Omaha.
Historic community staple on 24th Street.
Popular chicken & comfort food spot.
Photographs, documents, programs, and scrapbooks preserved by the Great Plains Black History Museum are helping tell a fuller story of North Omaha — including materials many people are seeing for the first time.
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