Published 1/5/2016 More than a year ago, a group of community leaders began talking about Lincoln’s vital signs, from its low unemployment and low crime rates to the high number of children in poverty – one in five. Then the forward thinking question of, “How can we...
Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird urged Lincolnites at the Prosper Lincoln Summit to “be informed, be involved, be patient.” Be Informed Stay social with #prosperlincoln to hear the latest news and updates. Share your story of how you’re “On the Upbeat.” Like Prosper...
Rich Claussen, Prosper Lincoln’s Ambassador for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, presented Brian Ardinger with the Prosper Lincoln Step Up award. Brian is the Director of Innovation at Nelnet and founder of NXXT, the InsideOutside.io podcast, and the Inside/Outside...
What started as 2,100 ideas to address the 2014 Lincoln Vital Signs findings, turned into a focused community agenda to lift Lincoln higher. Lincoln Community Foundation President, Barbara Bartle, highlighted many of the recent success at the Prosper Lincoln Summit....
The fourth Lincoln Vital Signs report, released on December 17 by the University of Nebraska Public Policy Center, featured new data that reflects how Lincoln has evolved over the last decade. New data findings illustrated trends in Lincoln’s community in the areas...
Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird today announced a new affordable housing initiative that would provide home buyers in some areas of Lincoln with a $5,000 tax credit. The new tool is available because of the passage of LB86 in the Nebraska Legislature earlier this year and...
Startup activity can signal a city's economic potential, but it's actually the quality of the startups, not the quantity, that matters. As shared in Harvard Business Review, a new paper released by Jorge Guzman and Scott Stern, both of MIT, surveys the landscape of...
A child’s neighborhood can play an important role in his or her physical, mental, and emotional development. Studies show that over and above individual and family-level influences, a person's neighborhood income level in childhood can profoundly affect his or her...
One of the key objectives of the Employment Skills focus are of Prosper Lincoln is that employers and potential employees will connect. Thanks to EmployLNK, this is happening! EmployLNK is a group of agencies that serve over 5,000 Lincoln residents by connecting...