Ninety minutes pass quickly as Prosper Lincoln drivers gather once a month to provide updates and collaborate on the many community-wide efforts taking place to lift Lincoln higher. What started as 2,100 ideas to address the 2014 Lincoln Vital Signs findings has...
Innovative Workforce
Reintroductions to the Workforce
A collaborative program to help people prepare for re-entry in our community has launched with success. In March, Cornhusker State Industries (CSI) and the Lincoln Manufacturing Council (LMC) partnered on a program for incarcerated individuals to learn more about the...
Future Builders Challenge 2019 showcases youth potential
The identification, recruitment, development and retention of talent to Lincoln is vital to build on the momentum we have going on in the city. In 2016, Prosper Lincoln began to look at more intentional efforts to better connect high school students to their...
Woman’s Visual Impairment Doesn’t Hinder Motivation to Work
Jessica, 21 of Lincoln, was ready to do more. She had jobs bussing tables or washing dishes, but she wanted to work with people and expand on her skills in food service. Thanks to a job fair at Center for People in Need, Jessica got that opportunity when she was hired...
Startup Week Shines Light on Lincoln’s Ecosystem
When Lincoln Vital Signs was first released in 2014, Lincoln was doing many things very well. Emphasizing the positive, Entrepreneurship was chosen as one of Prosper Lincoln’s three focus areas. Startup Week is a five-day celebration on Lincoln’s entrepreneurial...
Two years free tuition helping to develop Lincoln’s workforce
Thanks to a recent gift from the Acklie Charitable Foundation, students who receive the Learn to Dream Scholarship at Southeast Community College can now complete a second year of credits without having to pay tuition and fees. Helping families out of poverty while...
Reserve Pitch idea gains momentum
It started with an idea that turned the concept of a student career fair on its head. Not long after the Prosper Lincoln community agenda was announced, Rich Claussen, the Ambassador for the Innovation and Entrepreneurship focus area, went to work building an event...
Children’s Museum connects children to reading and parents to jobs, resources
To help families truly prosper, a multi-faceted approach is needed. Children must be read to, as we’ve learned from the Early Childhood focus areas of Prosper Lincoln, and their parents must have stable and well-compensated employment, as we know from Prosper...
The Future of Healthcare is in Collaboration
Lincoln healthcare providers need skilled staff. Lincoln people need stable careers. Prosper Lincoln’s Employment Skills goal of ensuring access to training and support for skilled in-demand jobs requires collaboration of the highest degree. The Southeast Nebraska...
The Future Builders Challenge 2018
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