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3247_033d5b0616_small December 2, 2011 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha It seems to be pure coincidence, but on the day before snow is scheduled to make its first serious appearance of the season, the City of Omaha released today what it's calling its "first-ever 'Snow-App'." In a press release, City officials said the app will advise users when a snow-emergency is in effect, notify them of proper parking procedures during a snow emergency and keep them up to date on road conditions … read more

990_3218a74738_small June 21, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha If I had to imagine what participation in a Washington think tank would be like, I'd recollect my experience at last Wednesday's Regional Energy Innovation Summit at the Gallup Organization’s Omaha campus, a follow up of the Energy Innovation Summit that took place May 7 at the White House. Thanks to a partnership between Gallup, the White House… read more

713_0856fb6d29_small March 10, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha "I had budgeted initially for 500 members," Film Streams founder Rachel Jacobson recollected. "I never imagined that we'd have 2,000. I mean, that really just shows how great Omaha is about supporting this kind of thing." The "thing" Rachel's referring to is a nonprofit art-house movie theater located in Omaha's North Downtown District. In the summer of 2007, with the help… read more

643_f215d3cde6_small February 16, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha I think it's cool to see government entities hire forward-thinking design firms to redesign their websites, so when I saw these two tweets this morning, I had to pass them along read more