Omaha port authority, backed by $30M state grant, amasses property for ‘innovation district’

By: Cindy Gonzalez

Outlets: Nebraska Examiner

Published: July 6, 2026

Words: 1,575

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago

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OMAHA — 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.

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