Omaha port authority, backed by $30M state grant, amasses property for ‘innovation district’
6 Jul 2026
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Signage went up last week, heralding progress on a signature project of the Omaha Inland Port Authority.
The first phase of the port authority's "innovation district" — an initiative seeded with a $30 million state grant — now has a home. It's poised to sprout within a roughly 12-block area southeast of 30th Street and Ames Avenue, near one of the busiest intersections of one of Nebraska's most disinvested communities.
"This time it's different," reads a two-sided sign about 10 feet tall along Ames Avenue just west of North Freeway on and off ramps. "OIPA Innovation District, Building Economic Liberation Together."
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