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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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deal maker at NAI NP Dodge Trenton magged It is
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all right, go ahead and say that again.
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What it is, Jeff. That's right. Well, good morning, Trenton.
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Speaker 3 (02:01):
So let's go into today's development News of the week
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Speaker 2 (02:47):
Almost sounds illegal, armed and ready, armed and ready, armed
and dangerous. Good way.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
Well, we had a nice piece of development news out
of North Omaha yesterday. I was a press conference with
Mayor Stothart and the retired principal of Omaha North High School,
along with officials from the YMCA and OPS.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
This is really cool.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
We've got a new football stadium going to be constructed
for North High the Vikings. Currently they have been for
the last many years using different school football stadiums. They're
going to have their own. It will be open in
twenty twenty seven, just east of the high school, right
there at approximately thirty fifth and Am Street. Very cool
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though it's going to be a joint venture with the YMCA.
There is a YMCA location just to the east of
North High known as Butler Gast Butler Gasted YMCA that
will be completely rebuilt and it'll actually be attached to
the new stadium, so it'll be a joint use thing,
and so the high school kids will play their games there,
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the YMCA kids will have their youth tournaments there. The
rendering is going to show up on Grow Omaha as
one of our stories here later today. And it's a
real nice step forward for Northeast Omaha.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
And thank you very much. One of the biggest stakeholders
in North Omaha for a long time, for decades is
Lozier Foundation, and there's a lead donor on that with
other partners, and I'm going to make a prediction this
is Trenton Maggott. I don't have any concrete evidence, but
given that the Lozier family who's been a stalwart in
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all of Omaha, thank you Dane Lozier and all kinds
of people that run the organization. I have a feeling
that another big contributor to North Omaha and throughout the
community is the Sherwood Foundation and Susie Buffett, Warren Buffett's daughter.
I have a feeling that she has big projects in
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the work her father, the amazing Warren Buffett ninety four
years old. And I'll guess that she wants to have
an gamesake development. Let's see what happens. I hope you're right.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
Well, A vacant building at twenty two eleven Douglas Street
is slated for redevelopment. It had not too many years
ago been known as the four to two Hotel. Before that,
it was an Econo Lodge hotel. Currently it's an eyesore.
It's a three building, three story building. The first level
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has plywood covering, doors and windows. It had been used
right after the pandemic by together the local organization as
a non congregate shelter. It was, you know, kind of
one of those things during and right after the pandemic.
It's only twenty thousand square feet, so it's not a
big building built in nineteen sixty four. Cool thing is
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though it's coming down. It's going to be demolished. The
other cool thing is that it is going to be
redeveloped a long front porch. Investments along with Together sought
developers through an RFP process. Earlier this year, Lincoln based
Hoppy Development plans to build a seventy three unit mixed
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income senior housing community, with more than half of the
units affordable to households earning add or below sixty percent
of the area median income. Downtown Omaha could really use that.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
Interesting how you call it a hotel when it's probably
more of a motel.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
Well, when it was an Econo Lodge, it was definitely
a motel. But the official name of it when it
was the four h two Hotel was the four to
two Hotel. Yes, sure, so if that's what they name it,
that's what I call it. Demolition of the existing structures
anticipated to occur this summer, so we don't have to
wait too long to get rid of it, and construction
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should begin about a year from now spring of twenty
twenty six, and pending approvals, the first residents could move
in by the fall of twenty twenty seven. So more
progress in the downtown area now Trent and speaking progress
in the downtown area.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Good news. The baby Bob Bridge is officially open well
my Baby Bob, Baby Bye Bye Bye Bob.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
For public use. There was a soft opening last week.
There are still a couple little fine tuning construction items pending,
so they haven't done the big ribbon cutting or anything
like that. But of course the Baby Bob connects the
Bobkerry pedestrian Bridge over the river to north downtown on
the north side of the Chai Okay. We have another
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redevelopment effort for an Iesawer Iesore former hotel. Another developer
is stepping to the plate and going to take a
swing at the old Xarbon Suites Hotel, seventy two to
seventy Cedar Street. You might if you are an old
timer or a long time Omahan, remember this opened in
I think it was the late seventies as the Granada Royale.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
And then became Double Tree Double Tree.
Speaker 3 (07:54):
Embassy Suites, and then it was Double treably, but it
was an Embassy Suites for a long time. But the
Granada to Royale there were there weren't too many of
them in America. In fact, I was in Scottsdale a
few years ago driving on Scottsdale Road and I about
slammed on the brakes because I saw a building. I'm like,
that was a Granada Royale. You can just tell one
when you see them. At any rate. It's been vacant
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for a long time. Back in twenty twenty one, a
multi family developer began the process of rezoning that closed
hotel into a residential unit, but it stalled out. This week,
the Planning Board is reviewing tax circlement financing application for
three and a half million dollars. The total renovation costs
would be about twenty one million dollars. Plans call for
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one hundred and ninety seven studio units. They would be small,
five hundred fifty square feet and six hundred and fifty
square feet, but if they're nice, I bet they leased
like hotcakes. Construction is expected to begin already this July.
Good location. Yeah, and it's it's right there. Well, that
whole area, I mean the apartment construction and that whole
greater excardment area is you get the Drover next door.
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You could go to the Drover and there's nothing wrong
with that.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Girls Inc.
Speaker 3 (09:01):
Plans to open a recreational and services facility north of
South High School's football stadium. Now this property pretty much
has nothing on it, just a grassy area between Missouri
Avenue and K Street. The rezoning and Special Permit application
shows plans for a two story, forty thousand square foot building.
It would have a surface parking lot and an outdoor
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play area. The facility would have a health and wellness space,
an indoor gym, other amenities. Now Girls, Inc. Was founded
in North Omaha in nineteen seventy five. They now serve
about one thousand girls and young women a year. Their
headquarters is not too far from forty fifth and Ames,
but they do have an existing South oh location, which
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is known as the IMA Losier Center at fifty four
oh seven South thirtieth Street. You know, this is just
right off that twenty four Street quarter, which also has
been doing great. And we know that there are all
sorts of plans in the works for new amenities right
in the heart of old South o at twenty fourth
and in so the entire area seems to really be
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really be doing great well. The developer behind the Urban
Waters apartments at Prairie, Queen Lake and Papillion has plans
to build another water adjacent apartment project. This one, though,
would be in far West Omaha so far west that
it would be in a marina or by a marina,
right by Salted Edge restaurant, So that's pretty far west.
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And the Planning board documents show plans for a one
hundred and twenty four unit apartment complex in the West
Shores Lake community. It would consist of two four story buildings.
Like I said, right by the marina near Salted Edge restaurant.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
Neighbors are loving it.
Speaker 3 (10:43):
The first floor of each building would be enclosed parking,
with the upper three floors having apartments, including sixty seven
one bedroom and fifty seven two bedroom units. And just
like that other one walking to the drover, these folks
can walk to the Salted Edge.
Speaker 2 (10:57):
Not a bad deal.
Speaker 3 (10:58):
Construction is underway the Primrose School of Elkhorn. The address
is one nine four oh one South HMS Cleveland Boulevard.
Now that address is a mouthful.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
Yeah. One nine four oh one South HM is all
over West omahat Meanders. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (11:18):
And and the goal, as I understand it, is for
it to someday be completely connected. That someday is probably
a long ways away because there's lots of things that
are in the way that still have to be developed.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
But at any rate.
Speaker 3 (11:30):
If you're wondering where where is one nine four oh
one South HMS Cleveland Boulevard, it's just southwest of the
one hundred and ninety second and West Dodge Expressway interchange.
So in that area you have the recently opened Bankers
Trust building they are a growl Omaha sponsor, by the way,
and also the fairly recently opened MD West one building.
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And so it's kind of that area just west of
what we call Avenue One, which is part of that
Good Life District.
Speaker 2 (11:57):
So a lot of things happening in that area.
Speaker 3 (12:00):
Trent, and we've got one last story for today's news segment,
and that is the Omaha Economic Development Corporation will host
a grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for Laramore Senior
Housing on May thirty first at thirty fourth and Laramore Avenue.
This is formerly an old Emmanual hospital before the current
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Emmanual Hospital. It was remodeled by Boyd Jones Construction. Forty
five units. Senior living complex aims to boost affordable housing
for low and moderate income residents in Omaha's neighborhood revitalization
strategy areas. The facility will feature an internal theater a
large kitchen area to serve individuals of special needs.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
They're gonna have a lot of soft carrots there a bit.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
If there are a lot of old people, they tend
to have soft carets. But you forgot something important. I
missed my grandma jello salad.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
Oh no, thank you.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
And with that we wrap up your development news of
the week, which has brought to you by Eagle MOOREAGEEGO
mortgage company dot com. We got to take a break
and when we come back, we're going to bring on
Mosa Goodman. He is the co founder of job Lasso,
a startup right here in Omaha, and one of our
Grow Omaha sponsors. You're going to love hearing about this
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company and you're going to be proud that these types
of startup companies are happening in your favorite city, Omaha, Nebraska.
Speaker 2 (13:21):
So stay with us.
Speaker 3 (13:22):
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a very cool business is happening in your area. And
one of those is job blastso it's a startup and
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they are also one of our gro Omha sponsors. They
sponsor our articles and stories on gromaha dot com and
with us. Today is co founder Mosa Goodman. Mosa, good
morning and welcome to Gromha.
Speaker 4 (14:41):
Thanks so much, guys, pleasure to be here. Thanks Jeff
and Turning.
Speaker 3 (14:44):
Yeah, it's our honor to have you. And this is
really exciting because you know, everyone talks about the need
to have a robust startup community in Omaha. We'll get
into some of that in a minute, but why don't
you start first with just giving us the overview of
what jobles So is.
Speaker 4 (15:00):
Yeah, sure, no, that sounds great. Thanks so much again
for having us or having me on the show this morning.
Job Lasso, I think the best way to think about
it or describe it is really solving the problem of
people always wanting to look for a new job, but
not necessarily wanting to tell the world that they're looking
for a new job. So job Lasso helps solve that
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problem by allowing professionals, and we're starting here in Omaha,
and we're starting with lawyers and power legals, basically the
legal profession to look for new jobs and explore new
opportunities in complete privacy. That's the novelty of it, right.
Everyone can send out a resume and everyone can say
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looking for a job, but most people don't want to
go about the search that way, and so job Lasso
is a really innovative piece of software that allows candidates
to look for new jobs entirely confidentially. So we're playing
off the concept of always be looking, but you don't
have to tell any one. Job Lasso helped solve that problem.
Speaker 2 (16:02):
What's the I was looking at your LinkedIn profile? It
talks about reverse recruiting or reverse something.
Speaker 4 (16:09):
Yeah, so we really think about advocating for We are
candidate centric, but we are a recruiter and employer friendly.
So all someone has to do is get on job Lasso,
create a profile. It takes a few minutes, and we
start helping you search for your next job entirely confidentially.
So we have a unique algorithm it's proprietary to job
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Lasso that matches you with new opportunities and if and
when you're interested in connecting maybe you know, maybe some
are interesting, maybe some aren't, you then can connect with
the employer and begin messaging them entirely confidentially, entirely, you know, anonymously.
And we think it's going to revolutionize job searching, particularly
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for those professionals who know that the great opportunities don't
always come around and don't have the time or energy
or the desire to put themselves out there publicly and
they want to still be on the market.
Speaker 2 (17:05):
What was impetus to start job Lasso.
Speaker 4 (17:08):
Yeah, it was really born out of a it's a
great question. It was really born out of the last
ten years of working with candidates in a business that
I've run. Every one of the two hundred and fifty
or so candidates I work with wants to find a
new job, and that's kind of what you were talking
about on the reverse recruiting side, but they don't want
anyone to know about it. So I got together with
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my co founders Lindsay Hofbauer and Brian Ray and said,
you know, is there a technology solution that we can
build to help really bring a solution to this problem.
And that's kind of how job Lasso was born a
year or so ago. And we've had four law firms. Again,
we're starting with the legal community here in Omaha and
then looking to grow beyond that. But we're a Nebraska company.
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We were funded by a series of investors and then
we've been the two time recipient of the Nebraska pro
To type grant. So we are launching with our early
adopter law firms here. Baird Home McGrath, North, Fraser, Striker,
and Cooley Jesson and we are you know, as Jeff said,
we're a startup, so we're learning a lot. We're open
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to lots of feedback, but we're really helping people look
for jobs without having to let the world know they're looking.
I think your tagline should be we've got legal issues.
That's one possibility, like really good legal issues.
Speaker 3 (18:28):
So I'm sure he'll run that by the focus group
as soon as he gets out of the studio.
Speaker 2 (18:33):
Will work shop that we're talking with.
Speaker 3 (18:35):
Mosa Goodman, co founder of job Lasso, and most of
you talked about these local law firms being among your
first clients. So if I understand correctly, the candidates are
kind of like the inventory, right, and so you probably
need a lot of or want a lot of candidates
to register with the website or how does that work
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entirely right?
Speaker 4 (18:56):
Yeah, we want it's entirely free for candidates to get
on the platform, takes five or ten minutes, and it's
entirely confidential, so you don't have.
Speaker 2 (19:03):
To have but you verify who they are.
Speaker 4 (19:05):
We do have a process to verify who they are
so that you're not a bot and so that those
who it's vetted on both sides, right, we know that
the jobs that are on job Lasso are real, right,
so you're not going to be one of four hundred
applicants applying to something that doesn't materialize. And on the
candidate side, for our employers, we make sure that the
people who come onto the platform are who they say
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they are, and then we leave it to the two
parties to connect through the algorithm, have a conversation, and
when they're ready, say Hi, my name's Trenton Maggott and
I'm interested.
Speaker 2 (19:35):
I don't have a law license, but I'm interested.
Speaker 3 (19:38):
They just might not be interested in your license lists.
Practical job.
Speaker 2 (19:43):
Last is a cool name, and Jeff and I are
excited that you've got an event that features another attorney
at one of your law firms that you work with.
Our friend Chris Kovey, who's really tall but very funny
and a talented attorney. Tell us about that event at
the funny but yeah, thank you.
Speaker 4 (20:01):
So this Thursday, April tenth, we're hosting a legal comedy night,
and we've been promoting it on our social and we've
been sending it out to folks to let them know
it's actually a fundraiser for the Omaha Bar Association, so
you know, as you said, starving lawyers. Yeah, we need
to make sure that we're raising money for a good
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cause when we're doing this, and Chris is going to
get up with another comedian and provide some entertainment. It's
really a social and fun evening and it is a
huge value at ten dollars ahead.
Speaker 2 (20:32):
Yeah, and all that.
Speaker 4 (20:33):
Money goes straight to the Omaha Bar Association, so we're
not keeping a dollar of it, and we're buying people
drinks and food and should be a fun.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
Evening and you can meet Jeff and trtton no additional charge.
Speaker 4 (20:45):
Yeah, no, that's a VIP seating and.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
We're even paying to go to it.
Speaker 3 (20:48):
So you got that going for you ladies, really nice,
which is nice, Thank you Moss. So you've got these
initial law firms that are on board. Are you looking
for other law firms? Yeah, to join, And do you
want some of the other law firms in the area
to contact you.
Speaker 2 (21:05):
Absolutely. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (21:06):
We've actually been getting quite a few inquiries from different
law firms, both national and here, focused solely on the
Omaha market, and we're thrilled we're having conversations. We're looking
for more feedback, but yeah, absolutely we would be interested
in having those conversations and are having them literally every week.
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Most importantly, though, we built this to help people search
for jobs confidentially and confidently because we know people are
always looking, and so we want people to go on,
build your free profile, start using the system, and as
an Omaha startup, we want as much feedback on it
as we can get.
Speaker 2 (21:44):
What's your next industry accounting or well, you know that's interesting.
Speaker 4 (21:48):
Accounting is probably the most in demand white collar job
right now across the country. But right now we're focused
on Omaha and the legal market. We'll have to see
where it goes. We've got your test market. Well, it's
where we start, right and we're learning a lot and
the feedback that we've been getting is tremendous and thanks.
Speaker 2 (22:05):
To Beside, I assume signed some kind of a confidentiality
agreement so they don't hurt their current position that kind
of thing.
Speaker 4 (22:12):
Yeah, Well, when you're on the platform, nobody knows who
you are. They just know your credentials, right, so you're
being matched based on who you actually what you bring
to the table, and not so much who you are
and even though Omaha is one of the benefits of
it is that it's a great small town. We all
know that when you go to a coffee shop, people
notice you, and so this is a way for candidates
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to always be looking to make sure they can market themselves,
know their worth, market their book of business, and do
so anonymously.
Speaker 3 (22:43):
When you go to job blasso dot com, the headline
is always be looking, even when you're not and the
spelling of that is j O B L A S
s O job blasso dot com two two. That's a
doubles okay, just like the cowboy Lasso. Mosa, we appreciate
you sharing information about the company, and we also appreciate
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the contribution that you're making to the Omaha economy and
for being one of our Gromha sponsors.
Speaker 4 (23:11):
Thanks so much for all you guys do so it's
always great to listen to.
Speaker 2 (23:14):
You appreciate that.
Speaker 3 (23:15):
Mosa Goodman, co founder of job Lasso, job lasso dot com,
going to take our middle of the show break for
the news and when we come back, it'll be our
Nodel Company's commercial real Estate Development Spotlight of the Week,
and we're also going to talk about litter. Yeah, we
need to kind of clean up a few things around here.
Ladies and gentlemen, you don't want to miss this. It
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is important, so stay with us. You are listening to
Grow Omaha. It's brought to you by Cheer Athletics along
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and welcome back to the show, Jeff Beals and Trenton
Maggot with you. Brought to you by Cheer Athletics and
Dingman's Collision Center. It is time for your nointal Nodl
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Companies Commercial real estate development Spotlight of the Week, brought
to you, of course by Nodle Companies. You can find
out more about them by going to Nodlecompanies dot com.
And they are famous for so many real estate developments
and buildings here in the Omaha area and not all
also does things out of town a lot of different states.
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By the way, a lot of people don't realize just
how active and involved Nodle Companies really is. And to
illustrate that point, the topic of today's segment is going
to be know your Nodle companies in Omaha. It's a contest.
We are going to see if Jeff and Trenton can
come up with ten local Nodle companies developments, we've got
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to do this really fast because we're running out of time.
Ten not all companies developments in the metro area, and
we're gonna have Trenton go.
Speaker 2 (24:47):
First, River's Edgen Council Bliss, that's one. Two Sarbon Village.
I'm going to old school with Joe Kersherbaum and Harlan Nodel,
the founders. I will say commercial Federal Business Park, which
is now bemo Okay, business park. I thought we were
going to do this real fast paced.
Speaker 3 (25:06):
But yes, three that is that is right, Okay, National
Business Park, Okay, good. First National Business Park, Number four
Builders District, Number five, Velmont Headquarters, Velmont headker is very good.
One Number six Village Point West Medical Campus.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
Number seven is Exurbant Village. Did I say that one already? Bill?
Are we not? Okay? Number seven et Sarbon Village. Okay.
Speaker 3 (25:33):
Now I've got to say one the new Nodel Company's
mixed use development in Gretna, part of Gretna landing northwest
of one hundred ninety second and three seventy.
Speaker 2 (25:43):
The residential spot developments where they're doing row houses in midtown.
Speaker 3 (25:48):
And number ten would be the very cool Wait, those
are the row houses in midtown? Yeah, okay, I will
say number ten. Then is is that the Dewey Avenue
ones or the ones just off Levenworth by about fiftieth.
Speaker 2 (26:03):
Cons you have to come up with something better.
Speaker 3 (26:05):
Ah, all right, the HDR headquarters building. Do ten And
that is your Nodel Companies Commercial real estate. That's just
a fraction spotlight. There are a lot more, like I said.
You can find out more about them by going to
Nodelcompanies dot com. Well, everyone always says March is the
windiest month of the year. I looked it up online
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this morning. It's second. Do you know what the windiest
month of the year is? This one April. And when
it is windy, we have a little bit of a
trash problem and it's time for a spring cleanup. So
I was driving a couple weeks ago around town and
I'm driving down four to eighty and I look around.
I'm like, jeez, there's a lot of litter along the side.
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It looks like terrible, looks like crap. And so then
I go onto IAD westbound and it's even worse. Like
around forty second Street and all that area. Then I
get to six' eighty getting closer to our, office and
A i Inp, DODGE i got to take The West
Dodge expressway exit litter along six' eighty, two and so
THEN i started noticing a little bit. More And i've also,
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knows you, know Just West Dodgic expressway.
Speaker 2 (27:12):
Had a little.
Speaker 3 (27:12):
Problem SO i called The Nebraska department Of, transportation The
district two office In. Omaha they're responsible for cleaning litter
along the freeways In omaha because those are all state maintained.
Speaker 2 (27:24):
Roads AND i was.
Speaker 3 (27:25):
Very nice about, it AND i, said, hey, Basically i'm
calling because we've got a bad problem right.
Speaker 2 (27:30):
Now and so we had. It we.
Speaker 3 (27:31):
Did we had a nice Long they did not say
they did not know. That we had a nice, talk
AND i got some information for EVERYONE i want to
share with. You first of, all every, Week Nebraska department
Of transportation for The omaha metro area, alone just the.
Freeways this doesn't include the city streets at the city Takes,
curve just the. Freeways they fill ten ten cubic yard
(27:54):
dumpsters every week full of, litter plus a bigger dumpster
full of fur and large, objects a lot of trucks
that fall out of. Trucks the biggest culprits for trash
alongside the freeway are number one. Littering of, course people
who are idiots and they just. Litter number two garbage
(28:16):
trucks that don't properly, seal and you've seen that when
you've driven on the road in a garbage trus truck
truck is blowing. Trash and number three pickup. Trucks there
are a lot of pickup trucks that are irresponsible in
the way they secure things in the back of the.
Bed the vast majority of the large debris you see
on the freeway system is stuff that bounces out irresponsibly
(28:38):
out of the back of pickup. Trucks SO i said to,
him what are we doing about, this because it doesn't look,
Good and he, said they have four inmate crews that
are out every. Week these are prisoners, who because of
well good, behavior can get out and do some, work
and there are four of. Those each crew has four
people in the, crew so sixteen people are out picking up.
(28:59):
Litter In dot says they generally work pretty, well but
what we got issues and the other thing you, said
is they only run the street. Sweeper they run a
street sweeper to get all the, grit gravel and small
objects on the concrete shoulder and the concrete medium where
you have the concrete. Barrier that only runs From april
(29:20):
first to the end Of. October so that only started
a few days. Ago so What i'm saying is the
in dot sounds like they're doing the best they can
with the money that they do or don't. Have But
i'm going to challenge Grow omaha listeners to be, better
to be. Better we say this almost every. Year the
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way our city looks has a big impact on whether
visitors come and spend their, money and our museums and
our restaurants and our. Stores it has a big impact
on whether companies want to expand. Here it has big
impact on the emotional outlook and mental opinions residents have
of the. City So i'm, saying have you gone out
and checked your property if if the back of your
(30:04):
commercial or residential property is kind of out of, sight
out of, mind do you go back there and see
if there's litter against the fence. Line because you you
still have another month of really windy. Weather we got
to be on top of this.
Speaker 2 (30:17):
Absolutely my challenge to everyone listening, is especially if you
like role, play why don't you go out it's in
a safe way where your yellow clothing so you can be.
Seen don't put yourself in. Danger but you can get
one of those pick up things and a trash, bag
go out for a, walk get your get your your
(30:37):
steps in and pick it. Up it doesn't have to
be on your, property can be on public. Property whatever
you can do neighborhoods as well as you, know don't
get on the. Freeway that's not a good. Idea they
definitely don't.
Speaker 3 (30:48):
Like they don't even adopt a highway on the free
anymore because there's too much. Time but you can play
the role of like of a prison. INMATE i think
we're running out of. Time, okay you know What i'm talking. About,
Yeah so in other, words get out there and clean
up the damn, city. Folks it doesn't look good when
there's all this litter out. There we all need to
do our. Part so with, that we're going to get
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Our perkins Krits Er Construction Lightning, round which is when
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twelve thousand score. Feet This barnes And noble is located
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kind of outside ring of retail retailers along that of
all those buildings that kind of form the outer shell
Of shadow Lake.
Speaker 2 (32:40):
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here we. Go The spice And Tea exchange officially opens
In Village point this. Weekend they're actually open, now but
this is their soft opening weekend In Village point over
by the brand New Medis.
Speaker 2 (33:20):
Restaurant, Yeah i've been.
Speaker 3 (33:21):
THERE i have, not BUT i am going to go
check out That spice And Tea exchange BECAUSE i love
those types of. Places they even in addition to selling
the loose leaf tea and the spices and all, that
they do have an in house tea bar as. Well
And Trenton Acadian grill And bar is going to expand their.
Services i'm excited about. That dan And jennifer that own
(33:45):
it do a wonderful. JOB i Love acadie And. Girl you,
KNOW i went to college At ulane In New orleans
and their food is. Spectacular dan And jennifer O'Brien, proprietors nice.
Speaker 2 (33:56):
People so what's the service they're going to?
Speaker 4 (33:58):
Have?
Speaker 2 (33:58):
Breakfast they're going to be open for. Breakfast just check
out their website For Katie grill or Their facebook.
Speaker 3 (34:05):
Page located in The Miracle hills area on the east
side of one hundred and Fourteenth. Street and speaking of,
breakfast the Brunch box has announced that they are opening
a second location the existing. Location the first location is
downtown in The Capitol, district and this second location is
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actually going to be An Oakview. Mall they are going
to be part of the renaissance Of Oakview. Mall they're
going to go in the food, court and we've talked
about a couple big, users like recreation type users going
To Oakview. Mall it'll be interesting to see how that
all plays. Out but as the name would, indicate they
focus on breakfast and lunch. Items Primo's Modern mexican restaurant
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sixtieth And center was closed for somewhat of an extended
period of, time but they did go ahead and reopen
their store within the last, week and so that's encouraging
to see them back and up and. Running, Trenton we've
got a small restaurant building that is going to be
(35:07):
constructed in The Pepperwood village development near one hundred and
fifty sixth And West Dodge. Road it's going through planning
board right. Now just a small twenty seven hundred square
foot restaurant building near the First Interstate bank. Branch are
going to take up part of the existing parking. Lot
but we have an. Idea we think we know what it.
Speaker 2 (35:25):
Is, well if you look at the planning, board this
is public, information it looks like what the main prototype
for A. Starbucks starbucks is on the south west corner
one hundred and fifty six And dodge back there Behind Anderson.
Amaco you, know it doesn't have the best, access SO
i doubt they would keep both. Sides some of the
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controversy is that whether the developer is going to have
enough parking with everything that's over there By bakers and
speaking of.
Speaker 3 (35:55):
Controversy club one eighty and adult entertainment club located Inside
Too Fine Irishman bar near one hundred and eightieth IN
q is facing a ten million dollar lawsuit from neighboring, businesses,
employees and security. Guards the lawsuit alleges labor law, violations
but that's nothing compared to what they're also, alleging sex
(36:16):
and drug trafficking and misappropriation of. Funds an attorney statement
claims the club's owner instructed dancers and customers to use
cocaine and alcohol in areas not covered by. Cameras for the,
record that is. Illegal these are just allegations, though so
nothing for sure yet.
Speaker 2 (36:34):
Probably not the best fit in that shopping center.
Speaker 3 (36:36):
Anywhere and happier, News Barn Girls farms held a ribbon
cutting this week for its new store at fifty three
Six south seventy Third street In. Ralston a very cool
family owned business that is a farm to table operation
right there In. Ralston and then we Have. Woodhouse cadillac
(36:58):
is building a twenty six thousand square foot auto dealership
at one hundred and seventy third In Bert street In
West Dodge. Point that's just north on the north side
of The freeway From Village Point. A Genesis dealership is
also in the same, Area and for those of you
who Like, hooters that organization has filed for bankruptcy.
Speaker 2 (37:18):
But will remain open for.
Speaker 3 (37:20):
Business The atlanta based restaurant chain has more than four
hundred locations in forty two states and twenty nine, countries
Including La vista And Council bluffs.
Speaker 2 (37:29):
Locally it's been a bumpy road for that.
Speaker 3 (37:31):
Company and the music is, playing which means that we
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you have a wonderful. Weekend I'm Jeff beils And I'm Trenton.
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Speaker 3 (02:01):
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Well, we had a nice piece of development news out
of North Omaha yesterday. I was a press conference with
Mayor Stothart and the retired principal of Omaha North High School,
along with officials from the YMCA and OPS.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
This is really cool.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
We've got a new football stadium going to be constructed
for North High the Vikings. Currently they have been for
the last many years using different school football stadiums. They're
going to have their own. It will be open in
twenty twenty seven, just east of the high school, right
there at approximately thirty fifth and Am Street. Very cool
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though it's going to be a joint venture with the YMCA.
There is a YMCA location just to the east of
North High known as Butler Gast Butler Gasted YMCA that
will be completely rebuilt and it'll actually be attached to
the new stadium, so it'll be a joint use thing,
and so the high school kids will play their games there,
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the YMCA kids will have their youth tournaments there. The
rendering is going to show up on Grow Omaha as
one of our stories here later today. And it's a
real nice step forward for Northeast Omaha.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
And thank you very much. One of the biggest stakeholders
in North Omaha for a long time, for decades is
Lozier Foundation, and there's a lead donor on that with
other partners, and I'm going to make a prediction this
is Trenton Maggott. I don't have any concrete evidence, but
given that the Lozier family who's been a stalwart in
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all of Omaha, thank you Dane Lozier and all kinds
of people that run the organization. I have a feeling
that another big contributor to North Omaha and throughout the
community is the Sherwood Foundation and Susie Buffett, Warren Buffett's daughter.
I have a feeling that she has big projects in
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the work her father, the amazing Warren Buffett ninety four
years old. And I'll guess that she wants to have
an gamesake development. Let's see what happens. I hope you're right.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
Well, A vacant building at twenty two eleven Douglas Street
is slated for redevelopment. It had not too many years
ago been known as the four to two Hotel. Before that,
it was an Econo Lodge hotel. Currently it's an eyesore.
It's a three building, three story building. The first level
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has plywood covering, doors and windows. It had been used
right after the pandemic by together the local organization as
a non congregate shelter. It was, you know, kind of
one of those things during and right after the pandemic.
It's only twenty thousand square feet, so it's not a
big building built in nineteen sixty four. Cool thing is
(05:48):
though it's coming down. It's going to be demolished. The
other cool thing is that it is going to be
redeveloped a long front porch. Investments along with Together sought
developers through an RFP process. Earlier this year, Lincoln based
Hoppy Development plans to build a seventy three unit mixed
(06:09):
income senior housing community, with more than half of the
units affordable to households earning add or below sixty percent
of the area median income. Downtown Omaha could really use that.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
Interesting how you call it a hotel when it's probably
more of a motel.
Speaker 3 (06:25):
Well, when it was an Econo Lodge, it was definitely
a motel. But the official name of it when it
was the four h two Hotel was the four to
two Hotel. Yes, sure, so if that's what they name it,
that's what I call it. Demolition of the existing structures
anticipated to occur this summer, so we don't have to
wait too long to get rid of it, and construction
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should begin about a year from now spring of twenty
twenty six, and pending approvals, the first residents could move
in by the fall of twenty twenty seven. So more
progress in the downtown area now Trent and speaking progress
in the downtown area.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Good news. The baby Bob Bridge is officially open well
my Baby Bob, Baby Bye Bye Bye Bob.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
For public use. There was a soft opening last week.
There are still a couple little fine tuning construction items pending,
so they haven't done the big ribbon cutting or anything
like that. But of course the Baby Bob connects the
Bobkerry pedestrian Bridge over the river to north downtown on
the north side of the Chai Okay. We have another
(07:29):
redevelopment effort for an Iesawer Iesore former hotel. Another developer
is stepping to the plate and going to take a
swing at the old Xarbon Suites Hotel, seventy two to
seventy Cedar Street. You might if you are an old
timer or a long time Omahan, remember this opened in
I think it was the late seventies as the Granada Royale.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
And then became Double Tree Double Tree.
Speaker 3 (07:54):
Embassy Suites, and then it was Double treably, but it
was an Embassy Suites for a long time. But the
Granada to Royale there were there weren't too many of
them in America. In fact, I was in Scottsdale a
few years ago driving on Scottsdale Road and I about
slammed on the brakes because I saw a building. I'm like,
that was a Granada Royale. You can just tell one
when you see them. At any rate. It's been vacant
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for a long time. Back in twenty twenty one, a
multi family developer began the process of rezoning that closed
hotel into a residential unit, but it stalled out. This week,
the Planning Board is reviewing tax circlement financing application for
three and a half million dollars. The total renovation costs
would be about twenty one million dollars. Plans call for
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one hundred and ninety seven studio units. They would be small,
five hundred fifty square feet and six hundred and fifty
square feet, but if they're nice, I bet they leased
like hotcakes. Construction is expected to begin already this July.
Good location. Yeah, and it's it's right there. Well, that
whole area, I mean the apartment construction and that whole
greater excardment area is you get the Drover next door.
(08:57):
You could go to the Drover and there's nothing wrong
with that.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Girls Inc.
Speaker 3 (09:01):
Plans to open a recreational and services facility north of
South High School's football stadium. Now this property pretty much
has nothing on it, just a grassy area between Missouri
Avenue and K Street. The rezoning and Special Permit application
shows plans for a two story, forty thousand square foot building.
It would have a surface parking lot and an outdoor
(09:21):
play area. The facility would have a health and wellness space,
an indoor gym, other amenities. Now Girls, Inc. Was founded
in North Omaha in nineteen seventy five. They now serve
about one thousand girls and young women a year. Their
headquarters is not too far from forty fifth and Ames,
but they do have an existing South oh location, which
(09:42):
is known as the IMA Losier Center at fifty four
oh seven South thirtieth Street. You know, this is just
right off that twenty four Street quarter, which also has
been doing great. And we know that there are all
sorts of plans in the works for new amenities right
in the heart of old South o at twenty fourth
and in so the entire area seems to really be
(10:04):
really be doing great well. The developer behind the Urban
Waters apartments at Prairie, Queen Lake and Papillion has plans
to build another water adjacent apartment project. This one, though,
would be in far West Omaha so far west that
it would be in a marina or by a marina,
right by Salted Edge restaurant, So that's pretty far west.
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And the Planning board documents show plans for a one
hundred and twenty four unit apartment complex in the West
Shores Lake community. It would consist of two four story buildings.
Like I said, right by the marina near Salted Edge restaurant.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
Neighbors are loving it.
Speaker 3 (10:43):
The first floor of each building would be enclosed parking,
with the upper three floors having apartments, including sixty seven
one bedroom and fifty seven two bedroom units. And just
like that other one walking to the drover, these folks
can walk to the Salted Edge.
Speaker 2 (10:57):
Not a bad deal.
Speaker 3 (10:58):
Construction is underway the Primrose School of Elkhorn. The address
is one nine four oh one South HMS Cleveland Boulevard.
Now that address is a mouthful.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
Yeah. One nine four oh one South HM is all
over West omahat Meanders. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (11:18):
And and the goal, as I understand it, is for
it to someday be completely connected. That someday is probably
a long ways away because there's lots of things that
are in the way that still have to be developed.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
But at any rate.
Speaker 3 (11:30):
If you're wondering where where is one nine four oh
one South HMS Cleveland Boulevard, it's just southwest of the
one hundred and ninety second and West Dodge Expressway interchange.
So in that area you have the recently opened Bankers
Trust building they are a growl Omaha sponsor, by the way,
and also the fairly recently opened MD West one building.
(11:51):
And so it's kind of that area just west of
what we call Avenue One, which is part of that
Good Life District.
Speaker 2 (11:57):
So a lot of things happening in that area.
Speaker 3 (12:00):
Trent, and we've got one last story for today's news segment,
and that is the Omaha Economic Development Corporation will host
a grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for Laramore Senior
Housing on May thirty first at thirty fourth and Laramore Avenue.
This is formerly an old Emmanual hospital before the current
(12:21):
Emmanual Hospital. It was remodeled by Boyd Jones Construction. Forty
five units. Senior living complex aims to boost affordable housing
for low and moderate income residents in Omaha's neighborhood revitalization
strategy areas. The facility will feature an internal theater a
large kitchen area to serve individuals of special needs.
Speaker 2 (12:43):
They're gonna have a lot of soft carrots there a bit.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
If there are a lot of old people, they tend
to have soft carets. But you forgot something important. I
missed my grandma jello salad.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
Oh no, thank you.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
And with that we wrap up your development news of
the week, which has brought to you by Eagle MOOREAGEEGO
mortgage company dot com. We got to take a break
and when we come back, we're going to bring on
Mosa Goodman. He is the co founder of job Lasso,
a startup right here in Omaha, and one of our
Grow Omaha sponsors. You're going to love hearing about this
(13:15):
company and you're going to be proud that these types
of startup companies are happening in your favorite city, Omaha, Nebraska.
Speaker 2 (13:21):
So stay with us.
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with us. Today is co founder Mosa Goodman. Mosa, good
morning and welcome to Gromha.
Speaker 4 (14:41):
Thanks so much, guys, pleasure to be here. Thanks Jeff
and Turning.
Speaker 3 (14:44):
Yeah, it's our honor to have you. And this is
really exciting because you know, everyone talks about the need
to have a robust startup community in Omaha. We'll get
into some of that in a minute, but why don't
you start first with just giving us the overview of
what jobles So is.
Speaker 4 (15:00):
Yeah, sure, no, that sounds great. Thanks so much again
for having us or having me on the show this morning.
Job Lasso, I think the best way to think about
it or describe it is really solving the problem of
people always wanting to look for a new job, but
not necessarily wanting to tell the world that they're looking
for a new job. So job Lasso helps solve that
(15:22):
problem by allowing professionals, and we're starting here in Omaha,
and we're starting with lawyers and power legals, basically the
legal profession to look for new jobs and explore new
opportunities in complete privacy. That's the novelty of it, right.
Everyone can send out a resume and everyone can say
(15:42):
looking for a job, but most people don't want to
go about the search that way, and so job Lasso
is a really innovative piece of software that allows candidates
to look for new jobs entirely confidentially. So we're playing
off the concept of always be looking, but you don't
have to tell any one. Job Lasso helped solve that problem.
Speaker 2 (16:02):
What's the I was looking at your LinkedIn profile? It
talks about reverse recruiting or reverse something.
Speaker 4 (16:09):
Yeah, so we really think about advocating for We are
candidate centric, but we are a recruiter and employer friendly.
So all someone has to do is get on job Lasso,
create a profile. It takes a few minutes, and we
start helping you search for your next job entirely confidentially.
So we have a unique algorithm it's proprietary to job
(16:29):
Lasso that matches you with new opportunities and if and
when you're interested in connecting maybe you know, maybe some
are interesting, maybe some aren't, you then can connect with
the employer and begin messaging them entirely confidentially, entirely, you know, anonymously.
And we think it's going to revolutionize job searching, particularly
(16:51):
for those professionals who know that the great opportunities don't
always come around and don't have the time or energy
or the desire to put themselves out there publicly and
they want to still be on the market.
Speaker 2 (17:05):
What was impetus to start job Lasso.
Speaker 4 (17:08):
Yeah, it was really born out of a it's a
great question. It was really born out of the last
ten years of working with candidates in a business that
I've run. Every one of the two hundred and fifty
or so candidates I work with wants to find a
new job, and that's kind of what you were talking
about on the reverse recruiting side, but they don't want
anyone to know about it. So I got together with
(17:31):
my co founders Lindsay Hofbauer and Brian Ray and said,
you know, is there a technology solution that we can
build to help really bring a solution to this problem.
And that's kind of how job Lasso was born a
year or so ago. And we've had four law firms. Again,
we're starting with the legal community here in Omaha and
then looking to grow beyond that. But we're a Nebraska company.
(17:53):
We were funded by a series of investors and then
we've been the two time recipient of the Nebraska pro
To type grant. So we are launching with our early
adopter law firms here. Baird Home McGrath, North, Fraser, Striker,
and Cooley Jesson and we are you know, as Jeff said,
we're a startup, so we're learning a lot. We're open
(18:15):
to lots of feedback, but we're really helping people look
for jobs without having to let the world know they're looking.
I think your tagline should be we've got legal issues.
That's one possibility, like really good legal issues.
Speaker 3 (18:28):
So I'm sure he'll run that by the focus group
as soon as he gets out of the studio.
Speaker 2 (18:33):
Will work shop that we're talking with.
Speaker 3 (18:35):
Mosa Goodman, co founder of job Lasso, and most of
you talked about these local law firms being among your
first clients. So if I understand correctly, the candidates are
kind of like the inventory, right, and so you probably
need a lot of or want a lot of candidates
to register with the website or how does that work
(18:55):
entirely right?
Speaker 4 (18:56):
Yeah, we want it's entirely free for candidates to get
on the platform, takes five or ten minutes, and it's
entirely confidential, so you don't have.
Speaker 2 (19:03):
To have but you verify who they are.
Speaker 4 (19:05):
We do have a process to verify who they are
so that you're not a bot and so that those
who it's vetted on both sides, right, we know that
the jobs that are on job Lasso are real, right,
so you're not going to be one of four hundred
applicants applying to something that doesn't materialize. And on the
candidate side, for our employers, we make sure that the
people who come onto the platform are who they say
(19:27):
they are, and then we leave it to the two
parties to connect through the algorithm, have a conversation, and
when they're ready, say Hi, my name's Trenton Maggott and
I'm interested.
Speaker 2 (19:35):
I don't have a law license, but I'm interested.
Speaker 3 (19:38):
They just might not be interested in your license lists.
Practical job.
Speaker 2 (19:43):
Last is a cool name, and Jeff and I are
excited that you've got an event that features another attorney
at one of your law firms that you work with.
Our friend Chris Kovey, who's really tall but very funny
and a talented attorney. Tell us about that event at
the funny but yeah, thank you.
Speaker 4 (20:01):
So this Thursday, April tenth, we're hosting a legal comedy night,
and we've been promoting it on our social and we've
been sending it out to folks to let them know
it's actually a fundraiser for the Omaha Bar Association, so
you know, as you said, starving lawyers. Yeah, we need
to make sure that we're raising money for a good
(20:22):
cause when we're doing this, and Chris is going to
get up with another comedian and provide some entertainment. It's
really a social and fun evening and it is a
huge value at ten dollars ahead.
Speaker 2 (20:32):
Yeah, and all that.
Speaker 4 (20:33):
Money goes straight to the Omaha Bar Association, so we're
not keeping a dollar of it, and we're buying people
drinks and food and should be a fun.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
Evening and you can meet Jeff and trtton no additional charge.
Speaker 4 (20:45):
Yeah, no, that's a VIP seating and.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
We're even paying to go to it.
Speaker 3 (20:48):
So you got that going for you ladies, really nice,
which is nice, Thank you Moss. So you've got these
initial law firms that are on board. Are you looking
for other law firms? Yeah, to join, And do you
want some of the other law firms in the area
to contact you.
Speaker 2 (21:05):
Absolutely. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (21:06):
We've actually been getting quite a few inquiries from different
law firms, both national and here, focused solely on the
Omaha market, and we're thrilled we're having conversations. We're looking
for more feedback, but yeah, absolutely we would be interested
in having those conversations and are having them literally every week.
(21:27):
Most importantly, though, we built this to help people search
for jobs confidentially and confidently because we know people are
always looking, and so we want people to go on,
build your free profile, start using the system, and as
an Omaha startup, we want as much feedback on it
as we can get.
Speaker 2 (21:44):
What's your next industry accounting or well, you know that's interesting.
Speaker 4 (21:48):
Accounting is probably the most in demand white collar job
right now across the country. But right now we're focused
on Omaha and the legal market. We'll have to see
where it goes. We've got your test market. Well, it's
where we start, right and we're learning a lot and
the feedback that we've been getting is tremendous and thanks.
Speaker 2 (22:05):
To Beside, I assume signed some kind of a confidentiality
agreement so they don't hurt their current position that kind
of thing.
Speaker 4 (22:12):
Yeah, Well, when you're on the platform, nobody knows who
you are. They just know your credentials, right, so you're
being matched based on who you actually what you bring
to the table, and not so much who you are
and even though Omaha is one of the benefits of
it is that it's a great small town. We all
know that when you go to a coffee shop, people
notice you, and so this is a way for candidates
(22:35):
to always be looking to make sure they can market themselves,
know their worth, market their book of business, and do
so anonymously.
Speaker 3 (22:43):
When you go to job blasso dot com, the headline
is always be looking, even when you're not and the
spelling of that is j O B L A S
s O job blasso dot com two two. That's a
doubles okay, just like the cowboy Lasso. Mosa, we appreciate
you sharing information about the company, and we also appreciate
(23:06):
the contribution that you're making to the Omaha economy and
for being one of our Gromha sponsors.
Speaker 4 (23:11):
Thanks so much for all you guys do so it's
always great to listen to.
Speaker 2 (23:14):
You appreciate that.
Speaker 3 (23:15):
Mosa Goodman, co founder of job Lasso, job lasso dot com,
going to take our middle of the show break for
the news and when we come back, it'll be our
Nodel Company's commercial real Estate Development Spotlight of the Week,
and we're also going to talk about litter. Yeah, we
need to kind of clean up a few things around here.
Ladies and gentlemen, you don't want to miss this. It
(23:36):
is important, so stay with us. You are listening to
Grow Omaha. It's brought to you by Cheer Athletics along
with Dingman's Collision Center on News Radio eleven ten Kyfab
and welcome back to the show, Jeff Beals and Trenton
Maggot with you. Brought to you by Cheer Athletics and
Dingman's Collision Center. It is time for your nointal Nodl
(23:56):
Companies Commercial real estate development Spotlight of the Week, brought
to you, of course by Nodle Companies. You can find
out more about them by going to Nodlecompanies dot com.
And they are famous for so many real estate developments
and buildings here in the Omaha area and not all
also does things out of town a lot of different states.
(24:17):
By the way, a lot of people don't realize just
how active and involved Nodle Companies really is. And to
illustrate that point, the topic of today's segment is going
to be know your Nodle companies in Omaha. It's a contest.
We are going to see if Jeff and Trenton can
come up with ten local Nodle companies developments, we've got
(24:40):
to do this really fast because we're running out of time.
Ten not all companies developments in the metro area, and
we're gonna have Trenton go.
Speaker 2 (24:47):
First, River's Edgen Council Bliss, that's one. Two Sarbon Village.
I'm going to old school with Joe Kersherbaum and Harlan Nodel,
the founders. I will say commercial Federal Business Park, which
is now bemo Okay, business park. I thought we were
going to do this real fast paced.
Speaker 3 (25:06):
But yes, three that is that is right, Okay, National
Business Park, Okay, good. First National Business Park, Number four
Builders District, Number five, Velmont Headquarters, Velmont headker is very good.
One Number six Village Point West Medical Campus.
Speaker 2 (25:24):
Number seven is Exurbant Village. Did I say that one already? Bill?
Are we not? Okay? Number seven et Sarbon Village. Okay.
Speaker 3 (25:33):
Now I've got to say one the new Nodel Company's
mixed use development in Gretna, part of Gretna landing northwest
of one hundred ninety second and three seventy.
Speaker 2 (25:43):
The residential spot developments where they're doing row houses in midtown.
Speaker 3 (25:48):
And number ten would be the very cool Wait, those
are the row houses in midtown? Yeah, okay, I will
say number ten. Then is is that the Dewey Avenue
ones or the ones just off Levenworth by about fiftieth.
Speaker 2 (26:03):
Cons you have to come up with something better.
Speaker 3 (26:05):
Ah, all right, the HDR headquarters building. Do ten And
that is your Nodel Companies Commercial real estate. That's just
a fraction spotlight. There are a lot more, like I said.
You can find out more about them by going to
Nodelcompanies dot com. Well, everyone always says March is the
windiest month of the year. I looked it up online
(26:28):
this morning. It's second. Do you know what the windiest
month of the year is? This one April. And when
it is windy, we have a little bit of a
trash problem and it's time for a spring cleanup. So
I was driving a couple weeks ago around town and
I'm driving down four to eighty and I look around.
I'm like, jeez, there's a lot of litter along the side.
(26:49):
It looks like terrible, looks like crap. And so then
I go onto IAD westbound and it's even worse. Like
around forty second Street and all that area. Then I
get to six' eighty getting closer to our, office and
A i Inp, DODGE i got to take The West
Dodge expressway exit litter along six' eighty, two and so
THEN i started noticing a little bit. More And i've also,
(27:09):
knows you, know Just West Dodgic expressway.
Speaker 2 (27:12):
Had a little.
Speaker 3 (27:12):
Problem SO i called The Nebraska department Of, transportation The
district two office In. Omaha they're responsible for cleaning litter
along the freeways In omaha because those are all state maintained.
Speaker 2 (27:24):
Roads AND i was.
Speaker 3 (27:25):
Very nice about, it AND i, said, hey, Basically i'm
calling because we've got a bad problem right.
Speaker 2 (27:30):
Now and so we had. It we.
Speaker 3 (27:31):
Did we had a nice Long they did not say
they did not know. That we had a nice, talk
AND i got some information for EVERYONE i want to
share with. You first of, all every, Week Nebraska department
Of transportation for The omaha metro area, alone just the.
Freeways this doesn't include the city streets at the city Takes,
curve just the. Freeways they fill ten ten cubic yard
(27:54):
dumpsters every week full of, litter plus a bigger dumpster
full of fur and large, objects a lot of trucks
that fall out of. Trucks the biggest culprits for trash
alongside the freeway are number one. Littering of, course people
who are idiots and they just. Litter number two garbage
(28:16):
trucks that don't properly, seal and you've seen that when
you've driven on the road in a garbage trus truck
truck is blowing. Trash and number three pickup. Trucks there
are a lot of pickup trucks that are irresponsible in
the way they secure things in the back of the.
Bed the vast majority of the large debris you see
on the freeway system is stuff that bounces out irresponsibly
(28:38):
out of the back of pickup. Trucks SO i said to,
him what are we doing about, this because it doesn't look,
Good and he, said they have four inmate crews that
are out every. Week these are prisoners, who because of
well good, behavior can get out and do some, work
and there are four of. Those each crew has four
people in the, crew so sixteen people are out picking up.
(28:59):
Litter In dot says they generally work pretty, well but
what we got issues and the other thing you, said
is they only run the street. Sweeper they run a
street sweeper to get all the, grit gravel and small
objects on the concrete shoulder and the concrete medium where
you have the concrete. Barrier that only runs From april
(29:20):
first to the end Of. October so that only started
a few days. Ago so What i'm saying is the
in dot sounds like they're doing the best they can
with the money that they do or don't. Have But
i'm going to challenge Grow omaha listeners to be, better
to be. Better we say this almost every. Year the
(29:41):
way our city looks has a big impact on whether
visitors come and spend their, money and our museums and
our restaurants and our. Stores it has a big impact
on whether companies want to expand. Here it has big
impact on the emotional outlook and mental opinions residents have
of the. City So i'm, saying have you gone out
and checked your property if if the back of your
(30:04):
commercial or residential property is kind of out of, sight
out of, mind do you go back there and see
if there's litter against the fence. Line because you you
still have another month of really windy. Weather we got
to be on top of this.
Speaker 2 (30:17):
Absolutely my challenge to everyone listening, is especially if you
like role, play why don't you go out it's in
a safe way where your yellow clothing so you can be.
Seen don't put yourself in. Danger but you can get
one of those pick up things and a trash, bag
go out for a, walk get your get your your
(30:37):
steps in and pick it. Up it doesn't have to
be on your, property can be on public. Property whatever
you can do neighborhoods as well as you, know don't
get on the. Freeway that's not a good. Idea they
definitely don't.
Speaker 3 (30:48):
Like they don't even adopt a highway on the free
anymore because there's too much. Time but you can play
the role of like of a prison. INMATE i think
we're running out of. Time, okay you know What i'm talking. About,
Yeah so in other, words get out there and clean
up the damn, city. Folks it doesn't look good when
there's all this litter out. There we all need to
do our. Part so with, that we're going to get
(31:09):
a little bit cheerier in the next segment because it's
Our perkins Krits Er Construction Lightning, round which is when
we talk about a lot of things in a very
short period of. Time and we've got a very long,
list so you don't want to miss any of.
Speaker 2 (31:21):
It stay with. Us it's Grow.
Speaker 3 (31:22):
Omaha it's brought to you By Dingman's Collision Centered Cheer
athletics And perkins Krits Er. Construction and it's back after
this on News radio eleven ten Kfab it's The perkins
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(31:46):
whether it's an office, building a strip, center a, church
a financial, institution a lot of retail build. Out and
speaking of retail, Buildout perkins Chrits Er construction is the
proud contractor of the brand New barnes And Noble Store
Shadow Lake Town. Center it is opening officially this week On,
(32:10):
Wednesday april. Ninth Perkins Chreutzer construction has done such a
great job of turning what had been at a Former
Best buy. Store it was Best buy and it is
now a beautiful bookstore with all sorts of great fixtures
twelve thousand score. Feet This barnes And noble is located
actually on the far north end cap of the long
(32:33):
kind of outside ring of retail retailers along that of
all those buildings that kind of form the outer shell
Of shadow Lake.
Speaker 2 (32:40):
Town bookstores covered.
Speaker 3 (32:41):
Back, well you, KNOW i love bookstores AND i always
kept going to, them AND i like electronic reading as,
well but there's something about a. Book So Perkins Chreutzer,
construction good job guys for Bringing omaha a Second barnes
And noble In Papillion's shadow Lake Town. Center you can
find out more about that company by going to pdash
(33:02):
saconstruction dot. Com that's pdash saconstruction dot. Com all, right
here we. Go The spice And Tea exchange officially opens
In Village point this. Weekend they're actually open, now but
this is their soft opening weekend In Village point over
by the brand New Medis.
Speaker 2 (33:20):
Restaurant, Yeah i've been.
Speaker 3 (33:21):
THERE i have, not BUT i am going to go
check out That spice And Tea exchange BECAUSE i love
those types of. Places they even in addition to selling
the loose leaf tea and the spices and all, that
they do have an in house tea bar as. Well
And Trenton Acadian grill And bar is going to expand their.
Services i'm excited about. That dan And jennifer that own
(33:45):
it do a wonderful. JOB i Love acadie And. Girl you,
KNOW i went to college At ulane In New orleans
and their food is. Spectacular dan And jennifer O'Brien, proprietors nice.
Speaker 2 (33:56):
People so what's the service they're going to?
Speaker 4 (33:58):
Have?
Speaker 2 (33:58):
Breakfast they're going to be open for. Breakfast just check
out their website For Katie grill or Their facebook.
Speaker 3 (34:05):
Page located in The Miracle hills area on the east
side of one hundred and Fourteenth. Street and speaking of,
breakfast the Brunch box has announced that they are opening
a second location the existing. Location the first location is
downtown in The Capitol, district and this second location is
(34:25):
actually going to be An Oakview. Mall they are going
to be part of the renaissance Of Oakview. Mall they're
going to go in the food, court and we've talked
about a couple big, users like recreation type users going
To Oakview. Mall it'll be interesting to see how that
all plays. Out but as the name would, indicate they
focus on breakfast and lunch. Items Primo's Modern mexican restaurant
(34:46):
sixtieth And center was closed for somewhat of an extended
period of, time but they did go ahead and reopen
their store within the last, week and so that's encouraging
to see them back and up and. Running, Trenton we've
got a small restaurant building that is going to be
(35:07):
constructed in The Pepperwood village development near one hundred and
fifty sixth And West Dodge. Road it's going through planning
board right. Now just a small twenty seven hundred square
foot restaurant building near the First Interstate bank. Branch are
going to take up part of the existing parking. Lot
but we have an. Idea we think we know what it.
Speaker 2 (35:25):
Is, well if you look at the planning, board this
is public, information it looks like what the main prototype
for A. Starbucks starbucks is on the south west corner
one hundred and fifty six And dodge back there Behind Anderson.
Amaco you, know it doesn't have the best, access SO
i doubt they would keep both. Sides some of the
(35:47):
controversy is that whether the developer is going to have
enough parking with everything that's over there By bakers and
speaking of.
Speaker 3 (35:55):
Controversy club one eighty and adult entertainment club located Inside
Too Fine Irishman bar near one hundred and eightieth IN
q is facing a ten million dollar lawsuit from neighboring, businesses,
employees and security. Guards the lawsuit alleges labor law, violations
but that's nothing compared to what they're also, alleging sex
(36:16):
and drug trafficking and misappropriation of. Funds an attorney statement
claims the club's owner instructed dancers and customers to use
cocaine and alcohol in areas not covered by. Cameras for the,
record that is. Illegal these are just allegations, though so
nothing for sure yet.
Speaker 2 (36:34):
Probably not the best fit in that shopping center.
Speaker 3 (36:36):
Anywhere and happier, News Barn Girls farms held a ribbon
cutting this week for its new store at fifty three
Six south seventy Third street In. Ralston a very cool
family owned business that is a farm to table operation
right there In. Ralston and then we Have. Woodhouse cadillac
(36:58):
is building a twenty six thousand square foot auto dealership
at one hundred and seventy third In Bert street In
West Dodge. Point that's just north on the north side
of The freeway From Village Point. A Genesis dealership is
also in the same, Area and for those of you
who Like, hooters that organization has filed for bankruptcy.
Speaker 2 (37:18):
But will remain open for.
Speaker 3 (37:20):
Business The atlanta based restaurant chain has more than four
hundred locations in forty two states and twenty nine, countries
Including La vista And Council bluffs.
Speaker 2 (37:29):
Locally it's been a bumpy road for that.
Speaker 3 (37:31):
Company and the music is, playing which means that we
are out of time and out of. HERE i hope
you have a wonderful. Weekend I'm Jeff beils And I'm Trenton.
Maggott you've been listening To Grow, omaha brought to you
By Dingman's Collision, Center Cheer, athletics And Perkins Kritzer.
Speaker 2 (37:49):
Construction we'll chat with you again next week
Speaker 3 (37:52):
At nine right here on News radio eleven TEN kfab
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