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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is Grow Omaha, the only radio show that talks
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things that make Omaha a great place to live or visit.
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Speaker 2 (00:15):
Well, good morning, and welcome to the Grow Omaha Show,
brought to you by Dingman's, Closton Center and Cheer Athletics.
My today's's co host, Jeff Bials, is taking the weekend
off to spend it with his family. However, I am
pleased to have a longtime friend TJ. Twitt and his
longtime friend Mike App joined us on the show today.
(00:36):
While both of them have real day jobs, they also
have a passion for music.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
Welcome to Groha, TJ and.
Speaker 4 (00:44):
Mike, Thanks for having us.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
Thanks excellent.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
And when you hear about Maha these days, you might
be thinking make America great or make America healthy again?
Speaker 5 (00:55):
Right, No, make America happy again.
Speaker 4 (00:57):
Nothing wrong with either of those.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Well, both of these guys look pretty healthy and happy.
While these guys look very healthy and happy, their version
of Maha is short for Omaha.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
I would imagine you nailed that. Wow.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
You guys are serious focus groups for that one. They're
here to tell us about an amazing day of celebration
of music, community and culture next Saturday. Mark your calendars
August second at heart Land of America Park on the
Omaha's river front, all new and fresh and shiny, and
it's going to start at two pm August second. Before
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we learn all about the Maha Music Festival, I want
to thank our title sponsors, Dingman's Collision Center, which we'll
get to in the next segment. And Cheer athletics. Ladies
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It'd be kind of funny for a seventeen year old
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Speaker 3 (02:24):
No, there's there's a few of them. Really, absolutely, you
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is time for the Development News of the Week sponsored
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years ago.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
TJ. Full Disclosure is in the same business. I am.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
We're friendly competitors. We've done deals together. And Hunter and
fourteenth and Dodge was it's owned by the City of Omaha.
It was the old Union Pacific. And uh, there's talk
that Union Pacific is buying a new railroad. Have you
ever heard about that?
Speaker 4 (04:34):
Yes, I've heard about that.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
So are you involved in that deal? How cool would
that be?
Speaker 4 (04:38):
Right?
Speaker 2 (04:39):
So here's what I what I can see happening. There's
also talk about the things about twenty seven acres north
of Charles Schwabfield where the College World Series is played,
and that land there's a lot of talk about maybe
Union Omaha Soccer could go there, maybe it could be retail,
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mixed use development and things like that. And this is
all rumors and speculation at this point of course.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
And could it be.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
Just be.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
If if the city owns that lot and Union Pacific
is buying a new railroad, could there be a swap
going on, and how cool would it be if we
had a major soccer field and a mixed use development
and Union Pacific with their growth, if they need another
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building or something like that, that'd be pretty good for Omaha.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
Wo isn't it great? The do you think will happen?
I hope so, and I think I think it'd.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Be great and and uh so we have to watch
what's what's going on there. That thing was going to
be Wall Street Tower is going to be a tall
glass tower. Developer out of Kansas City that did a
similar project, and then it it came back to the city,
and then Lantaha Development had it, I believe, and then
Atlantajas traded land with a Omaha Public Library deal. Will
(06:05):
Clark Library was which is going to be the tallest
building in Omaha. And uh so that's a prime piece.
And there's always a lot of when it comes to
economic development Omaha. Guys, there's so many great charitable organizations,
there's so many great stakeholders, none other than Walter Scott,
and there's countless others that during their lifetimes and their
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current lifetimes now do some amazing projects. But the problem
is when you when you have a not for profit development,
the tax base isn't helped by that, and so the
city and the coffers we want to see great charitable
things like you've got the the the Omaha Childer's Museum
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going to go up, and a lot of other projects
are announced, but this site, uh could be a great
office build bilding. And then you've got the Civic Square,
which White Lotus announced plans got accepted by the city council.
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How important TJ is it for downtown Omaha to keep
reinvesting and keep growing up and have different offerings.
Speaker 6 (07:20):
I think it's I think it's really important. I think
it's very important for any major city to have a
vibrant downtown in a central business district. And I'd like
to see the sites that are appropriate for big buildings
have big buildings on.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
Them, right, and there's still room. And the other thing
too that we've talked about, Jeff and I talked about
on the show in previous episodes is that I think
it's Omaha Public Market and there's a website for it,
and down by the riverfront, probably near the skate ribbon,
would be like maybe a fifteen thousand square foot public market.
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Like you go to these big cities Philadelphia other places,
and there's a big gem meat market and there's a
there's yeah, there's seafood there. There's there's uh arts and
crafts and restaurants and and you go in there and
bars and things like that. But even if that happened,
you still need to build up, right, And so whether
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it's apartments or condos or things like that, I mean,
it'll be great. And I love how this stuff that
that you know, Mutual of Omaha didn't have to go
build there. It'd be a lot cheaper to build a
campus out west. And so kudos to those people that
take these risks.
Speaker 4 (08:33):
I agree. I agree the.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
You've done your your share of development, haven't you. I mean,
you're more of an investment guy.
Speaker 4 (08:42):
I like to like to think.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
So yeah, so that's good and and so uh, let's
see what else is going on this for uh city
of ours. Uh there is a fifty five senior living
fifty five plus senior living project which is planned for
a three acre lot southwest of one hundred ninety second
in Adams. Talking about going from downtown to out west.
(09:06):
It's in the Falling Waters subdivision. According to City Council documents.
The project will consist of eighty eight unit apartment buildings.
The City will The City Council will currently is currently
reviewing the amendment for the Mixed Use Development Agreement. When
there's been a lot of talk about we're short thousands
of single family apartments, and I remember thirty years ago
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in this business, apartments were getting built for maybe one
hundred thousand dollars a unit. And now they're lucky if
they can get by with two hundred dollars a unit
or two hundred thousand dollars a unit.
Speaker 3 (09:45):
And so.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
Kudos to people that go out west because they're not
getting the historic tax credits for remodeling, they're not getting
tax increment financing. Now they can get things for energy
efficient see and what's called pace and uh, and they're building.
And are you surprised that the amount of development in
our city is it's still so strong given the cost
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of land, given the cost of of of everything.
Speaker 6 (10:14):
Yeah, well, I mean, the apartment, the whole apartment universe
is something that's fascinating to me because it just seems
like there's there's a limitless appetite for more apartments, right,
and you know, and so so every time everywhere you know,
you look, and every time you turn around there's a
new apartment complex being built. But yeah, I mean the
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cost of construction and the cost of land. It somehow,
it somehow obviously works because like I said, it's it's
it's they're everywhere.
Speaker 2 (10:44):
And now we're seeing a lot of with brasically free
standing apartments where you're seeing these town homes and things
that act like h act like single family homes, look
like single family homes, but but they're for rent.
Speaker 5 (10:57):
So wait, tell the dumb guy in the room, and
that'd be me, if there's all my command for all
of this new multifamily where are the people now.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
In their parents' basement? And let's keep that for the
next segment or later on because we have to take
a short break. And that was your development News of
the week sponsored by Eagle Mortgage. Go to Eagle Mortgage
Company dot com. I'm Trenton Maggot. Jeff Beials will join
us again actually in two weeks, and I am here
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with my friends and my new friend TJ. Twitt and
Mike App. You're listening to eleven ten kfab.
Speaker 3 (11:37):
We'll be right back.
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Speaker 2 (12:09):
I am this is not Jeff Bial's. Jeff Bials is
taking the weekend off to hang with his family. But
I am joined by two very capable fellas that are
going to tell us about an exciting new not new
enhanced music festival. Mike App and Mike you are a
(12:31):
You're a fabulous guy, but you are also you're also
with Bridges Trust and you're my neighbor up at one
hundred and thirty third in California. You are a wealth manager,
but you do a lot more at Bridges Trust.
Speaker 3 (12:45):
Tell us about it.
Speaker 5 (12:46):
Well, it's a company that's been around since nineteen forty five,
growing its business. Was the first investment advisor in the
state in Nebraska, had the first mutual fund in the
state in Nebraska. And we do basely core four things,
which is investment management, trust in a state administration, philanthropy,
advisory services, and we have a family office group.
Speaker 2 (13:08):
I know that you're founder Mike McCarthy, who's legendary and
investments in Omaha Council Bluffs and he you know, he's
had a number of very successful partnerships. I have friends
that are in some of those partnership groups. Is he
still doing that for high net worth individuals?
Speaker 3 (13:25):
Well?
Speaker 5 (13:25):
So he remains chairman of McCarthy Group. That's actually an
outfit that's now run by a gentleman named Patrick Duffy.
Mike actually offices at Bridges Trust with Us and he
spends most of his time there. He's also chair of
the Union Pacific Railroad. He's got a couple of other
charitable things that he does. So Mike's a busy guy.
Speaker 3 (13:45):
Yeah, and all of you have been great for the
city of Omaha. TJ.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
Twitt, the name rings a bell. You have a beautiful family.
I've met your parents, I've met your siblings and big
fan of your sister Chris. And your family had a
mortuary in is it Carol Iowa? Right, and you've kind
of moved on since then. And in addition to to
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being in a very great bar band and being a musician,
and I've seen you play a couple times. Actually, do
you have any day jobs?
Speaker 4 (14:25):
Yeah? I work at the one company Kishian Waitfield.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
Oh yeah, Yeah, we're friendly competitors. Yeah, and what do
you do there?
Speaker 6 (14:32):
I am a executive vice president of investment services.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
Excellent, excellent, And I know you've done some humongous deals.
You're a wonderful person. At least that's what your your
sister told me. And and I'm welcome because both of
you guys, it's the first time on the show.
Speaker 3 (14:51):
And you know who hasn't been on the show.
Speaker 2 (14:54):
Let's see, there's a gentleman. This is our eleventh seventh
week of John Lue not being on our radio show.
And just to get it put it in perspective, his
son's been on it about three times. Many other people
(15:14):
that work at lun Company have been there been on
the show. It's seven and ninety one days since our
first show in January tenth of two thousand and four
and twenty one point six years. So John keep dridding baby.
Speaker 3 (15:30):
The uh. He's always listening the uh.
Speaker 4 (15:34):
No.
Speaker 2 (15:34):
We love John and Venida Lund more in Venida. So
you guys are here for a purpose, and your main
purpose is other than being great guys and friends of
the show. And you tell us the history of Outlandia
and the Maha Music festivals.
Speaker 5 (15:57):
Well, Maha really started in nine as a result of
a friend of ours, Tyler Owen, who I had met
long ago and discovered that we liked a lot of
the same music together. And what we found was we
were going to places like Kansas City, Denver, Chicago to
see those bands. And one day he comes to me
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and he says, why don't we bring the bands here.
Let's start a music festival. And that was in late
oh eight. The first festival was downtown on the riverfront,
the old Lewis and Clark.
Speaker 3 (16:29):
Laand any idea how many people?
Speaker 5 (16:31):
Well, that's funny. One of our co founders, Trabersheer, was
assigned the task of telling the public how many people
were at the festival. So while the Donald Trump approach
it more art and science, maybe let's attendance inflation perhaps
is the phrase. We sold a few hundred tickets that
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first year, but I think Trey claimed that we sold
you know, two thousand, and that there were three or
four thousand people on the riverfront.
Speaker 2 (16:59):
That works, well, you know, fake it till you make it.
And so from there, what happened the second year? Well,
uh did it come? The second year?
Speaker 1 (17:09):
Two?
Speaker 3 (17:09):
The story is.
Speaker 5 (17:11):
We were forty five thousand dollars in the hole after
year one, and you don't not pay your bills in
this town and live to see another year.
Speaker 3 (17:21):
So that's why you brought Tyler the founders.
Speaker 5 (17:23):
The founders each equally kicked in to fund the next year,
and then the next year was again down on the riverfront,
which is where we're back this year in twenty twenty five,
back to the roots.
Speaker 2 (17:34):
So, ladies and gentlemen, I'm gonna tell you this a
few times, but you got to get on. Is there
a website, Yes, Maha Festival dot com, Maha Festival dot com.
Speaker 5 (17:43):
And we'd especially like you to go to Maha Festival
dot com slash tickets.
Speaker 3 (17:47):
Absolutely.
Speaker 2 (17:48):
And this is Saturday, August second, two pm, and it's
gonna go late in the night or eleven pm.
Speaker 6 (17:54):
Yeah, so the gates actually open at one. First band
goes on at too.
Speaker 3 (17:58):
Do you allow Beach Wells?
Speaker 4 (18:00):
I don't know if you allow.
Speaker 3 (18:02):
You can find it on the.
Speaker 4 (18:03):
Website, I'd say, find out, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (18:04):
Find it on the website. Okay.
Speaker 2 (18:05):
So, so you took some years off during COVID, I'd
imagine took one year after in COVID. Oh that's it. Oh,
so that's that's that's great. Okay, So this is the Pixies,
which people should have heard of. There's some bands that
people have heard of, there's some bands that people probably
haven't heard of. So how do you decide what bands
are going to play the festival?
Speaker 4 (18:26):
Great question?
Speaker 6 (18:26):
So we we actually we partner with a production company,
local production company, one percent Productions, and you know, we
we have some influence and some input on which bands
are are chosen, mostly with the headliner, right, so we
we we UH had a lot of input on which
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headliner and then we we we we look at a
number of factors, but really what we want is bands
that will get people there early, get people buying beer
and buying food and buying T shirts for the entire
nine hours.
Speaker 2 (19:03):
To fund and make this bigger, better. I assume this
is you know, originally this was a nonprofit. It is
not by choice, it still is nonprofit.
Speaker 4 (19:13):
Yeah, there.
Speaker 6 (19:13):
I if there's such a thing as a for profit
music festival, that would be a foreign concept for.
Speaker 2 (19:19):
Us, right And and the truth is is that if
it wasn't for a gentlemen like this and the people
that they work with to bring these types of shows
and UH entertainment to Omaha. It would be a sad
place and and we're really lucky that you guys this
is it might be a labor of love, but it's
you're not doing it to put money in your pocket.
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You're you're doing it to get the bands that you
love and the culture and to give people an offering.
So are you getting all ages at the show?
Speaker 4 (19:48):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (19:48):
I mean we we will get I think kids under
town and get in free and right, and we'll have
we'll have you know, there's no age limit either, so
so we'll have Yeah, well fans of all ages for sure.
Speaker 3 (20:02):
What are the food offerings we have? That's what I'd
be going food trucks.
Speaker 5 (20:07):
And I don't eat creamery. Thank you, Rude de Begas
parthen On. I'm going to get the list for you.
Speaker 4 (20:16):
Trent.
Speaker 5 (20:16):
I don't have him memorized. Sarah Baker Hanson, our media manager,
is going to kill me for not man.
Speaker 2 (20:22):
Sorry Sarah. They can call Sarah Baker. She'll know she's
a friend of the show.
Speaker 4 (20:27):
You know.
Speaker 5 (20:28):
You to back up, you talked about the not for
profit peace there's actually a reason behind that. And when
we first started having conversations to put this show on,
John Hoaston. He Rest in Peace, was one of the
first people we went to talk to about this, and
he was encouraging us to set it up as a
business so that we could profit from it. And it
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was really Tyler's and Ma's decision to make it a
not for profit and that was really because we wanted
buy in from the community. We didn't think we would
be able to raise money from people unless we were
doing it for the community instead of for ourselves. And
so that, in fact, is how we got Trabor Sheer involved.
At that time he was an attorney. In fact, he
was my family's attorney, and we called him and said, hey,
(21:10):
would you please incorporate us as a five oh one
C three? And then the fourth leg to the original
stool was Mike Twey, who runs a distribution business here
in town.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
So whether it's not for profit or for profit, the
important thing is to make it sustainable and lasting and
create something that Omahons will be proud of and people
that come from all fifty states to the event. We
have got to take our middle of the show break,
and you guys are listening to Trenton Maggot, Mike app, TJ. Twitt,
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and We're going to be right back in two minutes
and two seconds or just a little bit longer.
Speaker 4 (21:44):
Here's the view really being canceled.
Speaker 3 (21:47):
Lots of fake news and the media spotlight.
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Get out of that. Eight fifteen KFAB is Morning News Monday.
Speaker 2 (21:55):
And welcome back to the Gromaha Show sponsored by Dingman's
Clinson Center and Athletics. Right here in eleven ten KFA
B I am Trenton Maggot, my co founder and sidekick
has the weekend off. I am joined here by my
friends TJ. Twitt and Mike App talking about the Maha
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Music Festival, which is going to be August second, next Saturday,
starting at two pm. And it's going to go to
about eleven o'clock on the Riverfront. So you have to
check it out.
Speaker 4 (22:26):
Go to.
Speaker 2 (22:28):
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Speaker 3 (25:01):
So go and have a.
Speaker 2 (25:01):
Drink, go play cornhole, go listen to the tasty tunes,
and hang out at Czarbon Village and you can get
excited for the Maha Festival, which will be next Saturday
down on the riverfront. So we're talking about the Maha
Music Festival, the Omaha music scene. Mike app you're a
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preveyor and you you frequent these things, and what would
you say about the overall independent music scene.
Speaker 5 (25:30):
Yeah, so that you know, Maha was born out of
the work that the Saddle Creek folks did in terms
of putting us on the music map. But what I
would say is that what we experienced from a supply
of good music, you know, in the mid two thousands
has exploded. It's remarkable what Mark Leebowitz and Jim Johnson
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at one Percent Productions have done with the Waiting Room,
with Reaver Blounge, with Astro Theater, with you know, purchasing
the Socle and rebranding it the Admiral Today, you know,
slow down Down on fourteenth and coming has regular show.
It's remarkable. I don't know if you pay attention to
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Jim Mingy's Dispatch where he lists what's going on each week,
or Mark Manor has something called Omaha Buzz.
Speaker 3 (26:18):
Are those websites.
Speaker 5 (26:19):
They're both websites at Mark Manors Omaha Buzz is on substack,
and then Jim at the Dispatch is a website that's
a good one that complements your grow Omaha. In fact,
I read his newsletter as religiously as I read yours
each week.
Speaker 2 (26:33):
And I appreciate that. And so what he's talking about
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(28:01):
and I call ourselves Omaha Famous and uh and we
hope without a doubt. Yeah, we hope that that people follow.
But and we have arts and entertainment on there as well,
and philanthropy and all kinds of stuff. But do we
need to do a better job and and and all
these guys have substack and they have their websites and
stuff like that. But TJ, do we need to do
(28:24):
a better job of announcing the live music in town?
Speaker 4 (28:28):
Couldn't hurt?
Speaker 6 (28:29):
I mean, we're I appre we appreciate the opportunity to
talk about Maha, But there is an abundance of live music.
Like Mike said, it is really kind of multiplied. And
and there's I mean, there's a show that you you
probably want to go see every night.
Speaker 5 (28:45):
And you got to throw in there, the Steelhouse, Omaha
Performing Arts, You've got Chi you know, the touring.
Speaker 4 (28:52):
Events that come in.
Speaker 5 (28:53):
It's just fantastic how much we have a lot of
great venues.
Speaker 2 (28:57):
The Astro, indoors and outdoors in La Vista. Do you
do you think you're getting people from all fifty states
at this event? Are there groupies that follow the circuit?
Speaker 6 (29:10):
Yeah, there's I mean there's groupies that follow the bands
for sure. But over the course of the last sixteen years,
we've sold tickets in every single one of the fifty states.
Speaker 2 (29:19):
And this is just like the College World Series, all
the events that you know, the swim Trials and we
had them for four different times. All of these kind
of things, they put Omaha on the map and they
get people to Omaha. We don't have to make excuses
about there's nothing to do in Omaha. And I got
news for you. If you're bored in Omaha, you're gonna
(29:39):
be bored in New York or Lunder or Paris. Well
Lunder of Paris. You might have to watch yourself. But
but but it's so great when when we have people
on the show and we see people paying it forward.
And that's really what you guys are doing with this concert, Vedeo.
You guys could be doing a lot of the others
(30:00):
up with your families and but your your love for
for music helped people out. And and and people are
going to see bands that maybe they haven't even heard of.
Speaker 5 (30:09):
But but we should talk about the bands. Let's talk
about it. So t J was instrumental in getting this
year's lineup together, that's true.
Speaker 6 (30:19):
Yeah, I mean Tyler and and and I Tyler Owen
worked with Jim and and mark at one percent productions
to to book the bands.
Speaker 3 (30:29):
I mean they're really affordable.
Speaker 4 (30:32):
Uh exactly.
Speaker 6 (30:34):
Uh, well, they're they're they're they they were instrumental in
helping us, obviously. They they're the booking agent and and
they kind of The Pixies was a huge get. I mean,
you know, we when we when we picked the date,
and and and uh, part of the reason that we
picked the date was because the Pixies were available to
headline the show, and.
Speaker 5 (30:52):
That allowed us to get the other bands exactly.
Speaker 6 (30:54):
And so that all kind of falls in line when
you when you when you book a legendary rock band
like the Pixie These people want to play.
Speaker 3 (31:01):
That's awesome.
Speaker 4 (31:02):
So who will to play? Who else? So we have
uh and I'll go and I'll go in order.
Speaker 6 (31:07):
So first note, we play at two o'clock by Little
Brazil local band. Then we have Silver Sun pickups.
Speaker 5 (31:13):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (31:14):
Then we have thanks for putting this in front of.
Speaker 6 (31:17):
Me, Magdalena Bay Band of Horses, Waxahatchie and the Pixies
will take us home.
Speaker 2 (31:23):
It's just fun to say Waxahatchie. Well, ladies and gentlemen,
we have one more short break to to go through
until we get to the Perkins Kratzer Construction Lightning Round.
We've got a ton of information that we're gonna talk
about openings, closings, uh, new businesses, new projects. Stick with
(31:44):
us right here at eleven ten kfab.
Speaker 7 (31:46):
You can win tickets to see Heart with cheap trick
December second at Baxter Arena. Enter to win right now
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Speaker 2 (31:59):
And welcome back to the Gromau Show brought to you
by Dingman's Collision Center and Cheer Athletics. I am Trenton Maggott.
Jeff Biels is off this weekend and I am here
with TJ. Twitt and Mike App who are instrumental see
how he did that in the Maha Music Festival, which
(32:20):
is going to be two o'clock next Saturday.
Speaker 3 (32:25):
At the Riverfront. You guys said that.
Speaker 2 (32:29):
It's gonna be kind of on the north side of
Heartland of America Park, and people can where can people park?
Speaker 4 (32:36):
They can park all over.
Speaker 6 (32:37):
I mean there's a lot of there's there's I think
there's something like sixteen thousand parking stalls that are within
a three block radius of the west.
Speaker 4 (32:47):
The entrance of the of the park.
Speaker 6 (32:49):
So any any any Omaha park.
Speaker 3 (32:54):
I'm sure it's all on your Website's on the website.
Speaker 4 (32:56):
Yeah, there's there's gonna be. There will be a math
that shows all of the parking garages that.
Speaker 5 (33:01):
Are bailing well and two other Orbit literally drops off
right right the front of the park so I can
take orbit and then we'll.
Speaker 4 (33:07):
Have a ride share location as well for Uber and Lyft.
Speaker 2 (33:10):
So go to Maha Festival dot com slash tickets slash
tickets of course and get that done. So thanks for that,
you guys. It is time for the Lightning Round, brought
to you by Perkins Chrysler Construction. Perkins Chrisler Construction, which
is pdashcconstruction dot com is led by a very capable
(33:31):
gentleman by the name of Dave Kreutzer, and they have
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industrial and financial institutions. And they not only cover Omaha
and Council Bus, but they go quite the radius around
here and One of their projects we'll start off with
on the widening round is Riddle's Jewelry is planning to
open two additional Omaha air locations by the end of
(34:15):
this year. The Rapid City, South Dakota based retailer has
more than sixty stores and ten states. They're currently in
West Roads Mall that'll remain open, and the second location
will be at Shadow Lake Town Center.
Speaker 3 (34:31):
So give.
Speaker 2 (34:36):
Perkins Chrisler Construction a call for all your construction needs.
Let's see what is going on in our first city.
That have you guys heard of the Mill Coffee and
Tea Though you're going to open a second location in
early twenty twenty seven, it's gonna be a while at
two two to South fifteenth Street inside the Forest, Starbucks
(35:00):
and the Duo.
Speaker 3 (35:01):
So this is Todd.
Speaker 2 (35:01):
He stands, oh yeah, and that's beautiful. That's gonna be
seven hundred apartments there. That's the Central Park Plaza. There
was a this is the former Starbucks space. But the
Lincoln based coffee shop opened its first location in Omaha
in twenty twenty three at thirty one oh five Loveworth
in Midtown. In Midtown, who says that we need more
(35:26):
Mexican restaurants.
Speaker 5 (35:27):
Mike, Mexican is good.
Speaker 2 (35:30):
Yeah, Yeah, there's definitely a lot of Mexican restaurants there,
and there's there's different variations and uh Flora Cafe, a
Mexican brunch restaurant, opened earlier this month at one zero
zero nine Farnham Street, along the south side of the
Jean Leahy Mall, taking over the former Matsu Sushi space.
We've got a lot of sushi places here too, which
I love sushi. And the restaurant serves authentic Mexican brunch
(35:53):
and features an outdoor patio. Hours are eight am to
nine pm Monday through Thursday and eight am to ten
pm Friday and Saturday. Now here's a big one that
people are talking about. If we don't have enough Mexican
restaurants or vape shops, we need drive through coffee damage.
(36:15):
As previously reported, Arkansas based coffee chains Seven Brew Coffee.
Speaker 3 (36:20):
Have you heard of that?
Speaker 2 (36:21):
Okay, it's entering the market with locations in Fremont, Omaha,
which is at one hundred and eighty second in West
Maple Road and Council Bluffs. Next week, the Council Bluffs
City Council will review a resolution for the development plan
of the location at twenty one twenty nine oh one
West Broadway, formerly a US Bank location. The existing bank
(36:41):
will be demolished. Plans show a coffeecast building with a
drive through and a separate storage and cooling building whatever
that is. Maybe it's for the HVAC.
Speaker 3 (36:54):
Maybe the store.
Speaker 2 (36:55):
Yeah, you don't seem separate very often that size the building.
Speaker 3 (36:58):
The store will be drive through.
Speaker 2 (37:00):
Only have you heard of something called the Scene which
is going to be in the Builders District?
Speaker 4 (37:09):
The Scene?
Speaker 3 (37:10):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (37:11):
What is the Scene trendon?
Speaker 3 (37:12):
I'm glad.
Speaker 2 (37:12):
Yes, The event venue known as the Scene is planning
to open this fall. In The former Urban Outfitters location
was right.
Speaker 3 (37:20):
Next to.
Speaker 5 (37:22):
Right next to Slow Down, right next to the.
Speaker 2 (37:24):
Slowed Down seven forty five North fourteenth Street in the
Builders District. The two story, eighty five hundred square foot
North Downtown space is between Rally Coffee and the Slowdown
live music venue. Urban Outfitters moved out to Village Point
about five years ago, leaving the space vacant ever since.
(37:44):
We have a lot of event center spaces. Have you
noticed that we do? And it's and it's nice and
if you want to know about event center spaces. Go
to gromha dot com and we have a whole thing
cam Vasik, one of our contributors. All you do is
you type in like what part of town, how many
people you have. You know, this is for all kinds
of different parties, weddings, family unions, and it'll give you
(38:06):
a list whether you have a cater whether just all
kinds of different points you put in there and it'll
tell you what's what's available. So that's kind of cool.
The Lemon Tree Cafe has reopened at seventy six fourteen
Main Street in Ralston following a fire on May sixth
(38:28):
or mar excuse me, March sixth. Family owned breakfast and
brunch spot has added many items. So that was a
fast hour. And I want to thank our guest Mike
App and TJ Twit and encourage everybody to go to
the Maha Music Festival next Saturday at two o'clock at
(38:48):
the Riverfront. I'm Trenton Maggot and we appreciate everyone listening.
Speaker 3 (38:54):
See you next week.
This is Grow Omaha, the only radio show that talks
about economic development, construction, business expansion, and all of those
things that make Omaha a great place to live or visit.
Grow Omaha on news Radio eleven ten KF baby.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Well, good morning, and welcome to the Grow Omaha Show,
brought to you by Dingman's, Closton Center and Cheer Athletics.
My today's's co host, Jeff Bials, is taking the weekend
off to spend it with his family. However, I am
pleased to have a longtime friend TJ. Twitt and his
longtime friend Mike App joined us on the show today.
(00:36):
While both of them have real day jobs, they also
have a passion for music.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
Welcome to Groha, TJ and.
Speaker 4 (00:44):
Mike, Thanks for having us.
Speaker 3 (00:46):
Thanks excellent.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
And when you hear about Maha these days, you might
be thinking make America great or make America healthy again?
Speaker 5 (00:55):
Right, No, make America happy again.
Speaker 4 (00:57):
Nothing wrong with either of those.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Well, both of these guys look pretty healthy and happy.
While these guys look very healthy and happy, their version
of Maha is short for Omaha.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
I would imagine you nailed that. Wow.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
You guys are serious focus groups for that one. They're
here to tell us about an amazing day of celebration
of music, community and culture next Saturday. Mark your calendars
August second at heart Land of America Park on the
Omaha's river front, all new and fresh and shiny, and
it's going to start at two pm August second. Before
(01:34):
we learn all about the Maha Music Festival, I want
to thank our title sponsors, Dingman's Collision Center, which we'll
get to in the next segment. And Cheer athletics. Ladies
and gentlemen. If you have kids or grandkids and you
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register your athlete and join the All Star Cheer Revolution
in twenty twenty eight. All Star Cheer is actually an
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Olympic sport. Do you guys have your kids in All
Star cheers?
Speaker 5 (02:19):
It'd be kind of funny for a seventeen year old
boy to be in cheer.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
No, there's there's a few of them. Really, absolutely, you
should sign up.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
And I signed up and they said there's some age
requirements and athletic ability to requirements. Located at one Gold
Coast Road. Papillion Cheer Athletics Omaha competes at the highest
level of All Star Cheer, which differs from the traditional
school cheer teams and it is primary purpose is it's competition.
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While cheer school cheer involves crowd leading and other school roles.
This is an option for competition and personal development. It
is time for the Development News of the Week sponsored
by Egle Mortgage. You guys have probably heard the commercials
for Eagle Mortgage, haven't you. Of course, we love our
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(04:07):
years ago.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
TJ. Full Disclosure is in the same business. I am.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
We're friendly competitors. We've done deals together. And Hunter and
fourteenth and Dodge was it's owned by the City of Omaha.
It was the old Union Pacific. And uh, there's talk
that Union Pacific is buying a new railroad. Have you
ever heard about that?
Speaker 4 (04:34):
Yes, I've heard about that.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
So are you involved in that deal? How cool would
that be?
Speaker 4 (04:38):
Right?
Speaker 2 (04:39):
So here's what I what I can see happening. There's
also talk about the things about twenty seven acres north
of Charles Schwabfield where the College World Series is played,
and that land there's a lot of talk about maybe
Union Omaha Soccer could go there, maybe it could be retail,
(04:59):
mixed use development and things like that. And this is
all rumors and speculation at this point of course.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
And could it be.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
Just be.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
If if the city owns that lot and Union Pacific
is buying a new railroad, could there be a swap
going on, and how cool would it be if we
had a major soccer field and a mixed use development
and Union Pacific with their growth, if they need another
(05:31):
building or something like that, that'd be pretty good for Omaha.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
Wo isn't it great? The do you think will happen?
I hope so, and I think I think it'd.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Be great and and uh so we have to watch
what's what's going on there. That thing was going to
be Wall Street Tower is going to be a tall
glass tower. Developer out of Kansas City that did a
similar project, and then it it came back to the city,
and then Lantaha Development had it, I believe, and then
Atlantajas traded land with a Omaha Public Library deal. Will
(06:05):
Clark Library was which is going to be the tallest
building in Omaha. And uh so that's a prime piece.
And there's always a lot of when it comes to
economic development Omaha. Guys, there's so many great charitable organizations,
there's so many great stakeholders, none other than Walter Scott,
and there's countless others that during their lifetimes and their
(06:29):
current lifetimes now do some amazing projects. But the problem
is when you when you have a not for profit development,
the tax base isn't helped by that, and so the
city and the coffers we want to see great charitable
things like you've got the the the Omaha Childer's Museum
(06:50):
going to go up, and a lot of other projects
are announced, but this site, uh could be a great
office build bilding. And then you've got the Civic Square,
which White Lotus announced plans got accepted by the city council.
(07:10):
How important TJ is it for downtown Omaha to keep
reinvesting and keep growing up and have different offerings.
Speaker 6 (07:20):
I think it's I think it's really important. I think
it's very important for any major city to have a
vibrant downtown in a central business district. And I'd like
to see the sites that are appropriate for big buildings
have big buildings on.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
Them, right, and there's still room. And the other thing
too that we've talked about, Jeff and I talked about
on the show in previous episodes is that I think
it's Omaha Public Market and there's a website for it,
and down by the riverfront, probably near the skate ribbon,
would be like maybe a fifteen thousand square foot public market.
(07:56):
Like you go to these big cities Philadelphia other places,
and there's a big gem meat market and there's a
there's yeah, there's seafood there. There's there's uh arts and
crafts and restaurants and and you go in there and
bars and things like that. But even if that happened,
you still need to build up, right, And so whether
(08:16):
it's apartments or condos or things like that, I mean,
it'll be great. And I love how this stuff that
that you know, Mutual of Omaha didn't have to go
build there. It'd be a lot cheaper to build a
campus out west. And so kudos to those people that
take these risks.
Speaker 4 (08:33):
I agree. I agree the.
Speaker 3 (08:36):
You've done your your share of development, haven't you. I mean,
you're more of an investment guy.
Speaker 4 (08:42):
I like to like to think.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
So yeah, so that's good and and so uh, let's
see what else is going on this for uh city
of ours. Uh there is a fifty five senior living
fifty five plus senior living project which is planned for
a three acre lot southwest of one hundred ninety second
in Adams. Talking about going from downtown to out west.
(09:06):
It's in the Falling Waters subdivision. According to City Council documents.
The project will consist of eighty eight unit apartment buildings.
The City will The City Council will currently is currently
reviewing the amendment for the Mixed Use Development Agreement. When
there's been a lot of talk about we're short thousands
of single family apartments, and I remember thirty years ago
(09:34):
in this business, apartments were getting built for maybe one
hundred thousand dollars a unit. And now they're lucky if
they can get by with two hundred dollars a unit
or two hundred thousand dollars a unit.
Speaker 3 (09:45):
And so.
Speaker 2 (09:48):
Kudos to people that go out west because they're not
getting the historic tax credits for remodeling, they're not getting
tax increment financing. Now they can get things for energy
efficient see and what's called pace and uh, and they're building.
And are you surprised that the amount of development in
our city is it's still so strong given the cost
(10:11):
of land, given the cost of of of everything.
Speaker 6 (10:14):
Yeah, well, I mean, the apartment, the whole apartment universe
is something that's fascinating to me because it just seems
like there's there's a limitless appetite for more apartments, right,
and you know, and so so every time everywhere you know,
you look, and every time you turn around there's a
new apartment complex being built. But yeah, I mean the
(10:36):
cost of construction and the cost of land. It somehow,
it somehow obviously works because like I said, it's it's
it's they're everywhere.
Speaker 2 (10:44):
And now we're seeing a lot of with brasically free
standing apartments where you're seeing these town homes and things
that act like h act like single family homes, look
like single family homes, but but they're for rent.
Speaker 5 (10:57):
So wait, tell the dumb guy in the room, and
that'd be me, if there's all my command for all
of this new multifamily where are the people now.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
In their parents' basement? And let's keep that for the
next segment or later on because we have to take
a short break. And that was your development News of
the week sponsored by Eagle Mortgage. Go to Eagle Mortgage
Company dot com. I'm Trenton Maggot. Jeff Beials will join
us again actually in two weeks, and I am here
(11:30):
with my friends and my new friend TJ. Twitt and
Mike App. You're listening to eleven ten kfab.
Speaker 3 (11:37):
We'll be right back.
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Speaker 2 (12:09):
I am this is not Jeff Bial's. Jeff Bials is
taking the weekend off to hang with his family. But
I am joined by two very capable fellas that are
going to tell us about an exciting new not new
enhanced music festival. Mike App and Mike you are a
(12:31):
You're a fabulous guy, but you are also you're also
with Bridges Trust and you're my neighbor up at one
hundred and thirty third in California. You are a wealth manager,
but you do a lot more at Bridges Trust.
Speaker 3 (12:45):
Tell us about it.
Speaker 5 (12:46):
Well, it's a company that's been around since nineteen forty five,
growing its business. Was the first investment advisor in the
state in Nebraska, had the first mutual fund in the
state in Nebraska. And we do basely core four things,
which is investment management, trust in a state administration, philanthropy,
advisory services, and we have a family office group.
Speaker 2 (13:08):
I know that you're founder Mike McCarthy, who's legendary and
investments in Omaha Council Bluffs and he you know, he's
had a number of very successful partnerships. I have friends
that are in some of those partnership groups. Is he
still doing that for high net worth individuals?
Speaker 3 (13:25):
Well?
Speaker 5 (13:25):
So he remains chairman of McCarthy Group. That's actually an
outfit that's now run by a gentleman named Patrick Duffy.
Mike actually offices at Bridges Trust with Us and he
spends most of his time there. He's also chair of
the Union Pacific Railroad. He's got a couple of other
charitable things that he does. So Mike's a busy guy.
Speaker 3 (13:45):
Yeah, and all of you have been great for the
city of Omaha. TJ.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
Twitt, the name rings a bell. You have a beautiful family.
I've met your parents, I've met your siblings and big
fan of your sister Chris. And your family had a
mortuary in is it Carol Iowa? Right, and you've kind
of moved on since then. And in addition to to
(14:15):
being in a very great bar band and being a musician,
and I've seen you play a couple times. Actually, do
you have any day jobs?
Speaker 4 (14:25):
Yeah? I work at the one company Kishian Waitfield.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
Oh yeah, Yeah, we're friendly competitors. Yeah, and what do
you do there?
Speaker 6 (14:32):
I am a executive vice president of investment services.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
Excellent, excellent, And I know you've done some humongous deals.
You're a wonderful person. At least that's what your your
sister told me. And and I'm welcome because both of
you guys, it's the first time on the show.
Speaker 3 (14:51):
And you know who hasn't been on the show.
Speaker 2 (14:54):
Let's see, there's a gentleman. This is our eleventh seventh
week of John Lue not being on our radio show.
And just to get it put it in perspective, his
son's been on it about three times. Many other people
(15:14):
that work at lun Company have been there been on
the show. It's seven and ninety one days since our
first show in January tenth of two thousand and four
and twenty one point six years. So John keep dridding baby.
Speaker 3 (15:30):
The uh. He's always listening the uh.
Speaker 4 (15:34):
No.
Speaker 2 (15:34):
We love John and Venida Lund more in Venida. So
you guys are here for a purpose, and your main
purpose is other than being great guys and friends of
the show. And you tell us the history of Outlandia
and the Maha Music festivals.
Speaker 5 (15:57):
Well, Maha really started in nine as a result of
a friend of ours, Tyler Owen, who I had met
long ago and discovered that we liked a lot of
the same music together. And what we found was we
were going to places like Kansas City, Denver, Chicago to
see those bands. And one day he comes to me
(16:17):
and he says, why don't we bring the bands here.
Let's start a music festival. And that was in late
oh eight. The first festival was downtown on the riverfront,
the old Lewis and Clark.
Speaker 3 (16:29):
Laand any idea how many people?
Speaker 5 (16:31):
Well, that's funny. One of our co founders, Trabersheer, was
assigned the task of telling the public how many people
were at the festival. So while the Donald Trump approach
it more art and science, maybe let's attendance inflation perhaps
is the phrase. We sold a few hundred tickets that
(16:52):
first year, but I think Trey claimed that we sold
you know, two thousand, and that there were three or
four thousand people on the riverfront.
Speaker 2 (16:59):
That works, well, you know, fake it till you make it.
And so from there, what happened the second year? Well,
uh did it come? The second year?
Speaker 1 (17:09):
Two?
Speaker 3 (17:09):
The story is.
Speaker 5 (17:11):
We were forty five thousand dollars in the hole after
year one, and you don't not pay your bills in
this town and live to see another year.
Speaker 3 (17:21):
So that's why you brought Tyler the founders.
Speaker 5 (17:23):
The founders each equally kicked in to fund the next year,
and then the next year was again down on the riverfront,
which is where we're back this year in twenty twenty five,
back to the roots.
Speaker 2 (17:34):
So, ladies and gentlemen, I'm gonna tell you this a
few times, but you got to get on. Is there
a website, Yes, Maha Festival dot com, Maha Festival dot com.
Speaker 5 (17:43):
And we'd especially like you to go to Maha Festival
dot com slash tickets.
Speaker 3 (17:47):
Absolutely.
Speaker 2 (17:48):
And this is Saturday, August second, two pm, and it's
gonna go late in the night or eleven pm.
Speaker 6 (17:54):
Yeah, so the gates actually open at one. First band
goes on at too.
Speaker 3 (17:58):
Do you allow Beach Wells?
Speaker 4 (18:00):
I don't know if you allow.
Speaker 3 (18:02):
You can find it on the.
Speaker 4 (18:03):
Website, I'd say, find out, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (18:04):
Find it on the website. Okay.
Speaker 2 (18:05):
So, so you took some years off during COVID, I'd
imagine took one year after in COVID. Oh that's it. Oh,
so that's that's that's great. Okay, So this is the Pixies,
which people should have heard of. There's some bands that
people have heard of, there's some bands that people probably
haven't heard of. So how do you decide what bands
are going to play the festival?
Speaker 4 (18:26):
Great question?
Speaker 6 (18:26):
So we we actually we partner with a production company,
local production company, one percent Productions, and you know, we
we have some influence and some input on which bands
are are chosen, mostly with the headliner, right, so we
we we UH had a lot of input on which
(18:48):
headliner and then we we we we look at a
number of factors, but really what we want is bands
that will get people there early, get people buying beer
and buying food and buying T shirts for the entire
nine hours.
Speaker 2 (19:03):
To fund and make this bigger, better. I assume this
is you know, originally this was a nonprofit. It is
not by choice, it still is nonprofit.
Speaker 4 (19:13):
Yeah, there.
Speaker 6 (19:13):
I if there's such a thing as a for profit
music festival, that would be a foreign concept for.
Speaker 2 (19:19):
Us, right And and the truth is is that if
it wasn't for a gentlemen like this and the people
that they work with to bring these types of shows
and UH entertainment to Omaha. It would be a sad
place and and we're really lucky that you guys this
is it might be a labor of love, but it's
you're not doing it to put money in your pocket.
(19:40):
You're you're doing it to get the bands that you
love and the culture and to give people an offering.
So are you getting all ages at the show?
Speaker 4 (19:48):
Yeah?
Speaker 6 (19:48):
I mean we we will get I think kids under
town and get in free and right, and we'll have
we'll have you know, there's no age limit either, so
so we'll have Yeah, well fans of all ages for sure.
Speaker 3 (20:02):
What are the food offerings we have? That's what I'd
be going food trucks.
Speaker 5 (20:07):
And I don't eat creamery. Thank you, Rude de Begas
parthen On. I'm going to get the list for you.
Speaker 4 (20:16):
Trent.
Speaker 5 (20:16):
I don't have him memorized. Sarah Baker Hanson, our media manager,
is going to kill me for not man.
Speaker 2 (20:22):
Sorry Sarah. They can call Sarah Baker. She'll know she's
a friend of the show.
Speaker 4 (20:27):
You know.
Speaker 5 (20:28):
You to back up, you talked about the not for
profit peace there's actually a reason behind that. And when
we first started having conversations to put this show on,
John Hoaston. He Rest in Peace, was one of the
first people we went to talk to about this, and
he was encouraging us to set it up as a
business so that we could profit from it. And it
(20:49):
was really Tyler's and Ma's decision to make it a
not for profit and that was really because we wanted
buy in from the community. We didn't think we would
be able to raise money from people unless we were
doing it for the community instead of for ourselves. And
so that, in fact, is how we got Trabor Sheer involved.
At that time he was an attorney. In fact, he
was my family's attorney, and we called him and said, hey,
(21:10):
would you please incorporate us as a five oh one
C three? And then the fourth leg to the original
stool was Mike Twey, who runs a distribution business here
in town.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
So whether it's not for profit or for profit, the
important thing is to make it sustainable and lasting and
create something that Omahons will be proud of and people
that come from all fifty states to the event. We
have got to take our middle of the show break,
and you guys are listening to Trenton Maggot, Mike app, TJ. Twitt,
(21:39):
and We're going to be right back in two minutes
and two seconds or just a little bit longer.
Speaker 4 (21:44):
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Get out of that. Eight fifteen KFAB is Morning News Monday.
Speaker 2 (21:55):
And welcome back to the Gromaha Show sponsored by Dingman's
Clinson Center and Athletics. Right here in eleven ten KFA
B I am Trenton Maggot, my co founder and sidekick
has the weekend off. I am joined here by my
friends TJ. Twitt and Mike App talking about the Maha
(22:16):
Music Festival, which is going to be August second, next Saturday,
starting at two pm. And it's going to go to
about eleven o'clock on the Riverfront. So you have to
check it out.
Speaker 4 (22:26):
Go to.
Speaker 2 (22:28):
Mahamaha Festival dot com. You got it, slash tickets, Trent
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have a location coming to Gretna that'll be the fifth location.
And I get the pleasure of working with them on
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Jaye Noel, there is Aaron Nodel. But there's a huge
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fifty years, they've done huge projects, mixed use developments, places
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Xarbon Village, Keywit Headquarters, the Builders District, Valmine Industries, and
back in the day, first National Business Park. And that
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Over time.
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They manage and they've built over eight million square feet.
The firm is one of the largest developers of community
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And what's really exciting today, starting at noon to five,
they're actually having at Sunny's, which is that airstream trailer
at Xarbon Village. They're bringing in there's a company that
(24:47):
does this. They're bringing in pools, so they're actually having
a pool party at Xarbonvilds. I've got my speed on
and I brought some of my older Speedos for the
fellows to wear.
Speaker 3 (25:01):
So go and have a.
Speaker 2 (25:01):
Drink, go play cornhole, go listen to the tasty tunes,
and hang out at Czarbon Village and you can get
excited for the Maha Festival, which will be next Saturday
down on the riverfront. So we're talking about the Maha
Music Festival, the Omaha music scene. Mike app you're a
(25:23):
preveyor and you you frequent these things, and what would
you say about the overall independent music scene.
Speaker 5 (25:30):
Yeah, so that you know, Maha was born out of
the work that the Saddle Creek folks did in terms
of putting us on the music map. But what I
would say is that what we experienced from a supply
of good music, you know, in the mid two thousands
has exploded. It's remarkable what Mark Leebowitz and Jim Johnson
(25:51):
at one Percent Productions have done with the Waiting Room,
with Reaver Blounge, with Astro Theater, with you know, purchasing
the Socle and rebranding it the Admiral Today, you know,
slow down Down on fourteenth and coming has regular show.
It's remarkable. I don't know if you pay attention to
(26:12):
Jim Mingy's Dispatch where he lists what's going on each week,
or Mark Manor has something called Omaha Buzz.
Speaker 3 (26:18):
Are those websites.
Speaker 5 (26:19):
They're both websites at Mark Manors Omaha Buzz is on substack,
and then Jim at the Dispatch is a website that's
a good one that complements your grow Omaha. In fact,
I read his newsletter as religiously as I read yours
each week.
Speaker 2 (26:33):
And I appreciate that. And so what he's talking about
ladies and gentlemen. There's a gentleman behind the camera camera
named Chris Corey, and he and his wife Jennifer Corey
have Arbor Creative and they built our website, but they
also really refrustrate. Within the last year, we have fifty
five thousand Facebook followers for a reason. So everybody, if
(26:55):
you go to grow Omaha dot com, everything at Gromha
Media is free and all you do is you sign
up for a newsletter that goes into your inbox every
Thursday afternoon. We have unbelievable sponsors. You've heard about some
of them already. But Groma Media is three things. It's
(27:17):
a Facebook page that leads you mainly to our website.
The website has fourteen contributors everything. Basically, we cover everything,
all the news you need to know for free from
We don't cover religion, we don't cover politics, and we
don't cover crime. Other than that, it's the hard news
(27:41):
that Omaha needs. And time and time again I hear
from these guys and other people that it's the number
one news source at Omaha, and we strive to do that.
We grow by about four to five hundred followers on
Facebook every week. So be part of the Gromaha nation
and our city whatever you want to call it. Jeff
(28:01):
and I call ourselves Omaha Famous and uh and we
hope without a doubt. Yeah, we hope that that people follow.
But and we have arts and entertainment on there as well,
and philanthropy and all kinds of stuff. But do we
need to do a better job and and and all
these guys have substack and they have their websites and
stuff like that. But TJ, do we need to do
(28:24):
a better job of announcing the live music in town?
Speaker 4 (28:28):
Couldn't hurt?
Speaker 6 (28:29):
I mean, we're I appre we appreciate the opportunity to
talk about Maha, But there is an abundance of live music.
Like Mike said, it is really kind of multiplied. And
and there's I mean, there's a show that you you
probably want to go see every night.
Speaker 5 (28:45):
And you got to throw in there, the Steelhouse, Omaha
Performing Arts, You've got Chi you know, the touring.
Speaker 4 (28:52):
Events that come in.
Speaker 5 (28:53):
It's just fantastic how much we have a lot of
great venues.
Speaker 2 (28:57):
The Astro, indoors and outdoors in La Vista. Do you
do you think you're getting people from all fifty states
at this event? Are there groupies that follow the circuit?
Speaker 6 (29:10):
Yeah, there's I mean there's groupies that follow the bands
for sure. But over the course of the last sixteen years,
we've sold tickets in every single one of the fifty states.
Speaker 2 (29:19):
And this is just like the College World Series, all
the events that you know, the swim Trials and we
had them for four different times. All of these kind
of things, they put Omaha on the map and they
get people to Omaha. We don't have to make excuses
about there's nothing to do in Omaha. And I got
news for you. If you're bored in Omaha, you're gonna
(29:39):
be bored in New York or Lunder or Paris. Well
Lunder of Paris. You might have to watch yourself. But
but but it's so great when when we have people
on the show and we see people paying it forward.
And that's really what you guys are doing with this concert, Vedeo.
You guys could be doing a lot of the others
(30:00):
up with your families and but your your love for
for music helped people out. And and and people are
going to see bands that maybe they haven't even heard of.
Speaker 5 (30:09):
But but we should talk about the bands. Let's talk
about it. So t J was instrumental in getting this
year's lineup together, that's true.
Speaker 6 (30:19):
Yeah, I mean Tyler and and and I Tyler Owen
worked with Jim and and mark at one percent productions
to to book the bands.
Speaker 3 (30:29):
I mean they're really affordable.
Speaker 4 (30:32):
Uh exactly.
Speaker 6 (30:34):
Uh, well, they're they're they're they they were instrumental in
helping us, obviously. They they're the booking agent and and
they kind of The Pixies was a huge get. I mean,
you know, we when we when we picked the date,
and and and uh, part of the reason that we
picked the date was because the Pixies were available to
headline the show, and.
Speaker 5 (30:52):
That allowed us to get the other bands exactly.
Speaker 6 (30:54):
And so that all kind of falls in line when
you when you when you book a legendary rock band
like the Pixie These people want to play.
Speaker 3 (31:01):
That's awesome.
Speaker 4 (31:02):
So who will to play? Who else? So we have
uh and I'll go and I'll go in order.
Speaker 6 (31:07):
So first note, we play at two o'clock by Little
Brazil local band. Then we have Silver Sun pickups.
Speaker 5 (31:13):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (31:14):
Then we have thanks for putting this in front of.
Speaker 6 (31:17):
Me, Magdalena Bay Band of Horses, Waxahatchie and the Pixies
will take us home.
Speaker 2 (31:23):
It's just fun to say Waxahatchie. Well, ladies and gentlemen,
we have one more short break to to go through
until we get to the Perkins Kratzer Construction Lightning Round.
We've got a ton of information that we're gonna talk
about openings, closings, uh, new businesses, new projects. Stick with
(31:44):
us right here at eleven ten kfab.
Speaker 7 (31:46):
You can win tickets to see Heart with cheap trick
December second at Baxter Arena. Enter to win right now
at afab dot com slash Contests.
Speaker 2 (31:59):
And welcome back to the Gromau Show brought to you
by Dingman's Collision Center and Cheer Athletics. I am Trenton Maggott.
Jeff Biels is off this weekend and I am here
with TJ. Twitt and Mike App who are instrumental see
how he did that in the Maha Music Festival, which
(32:20):
is going to be two o'clock next Saturday.
Speaker 3 (32:25):
At the Riverfront. You guys said that.
Speaker 2 (32:29):
It's gonna be kind of on the north side of
Heartland of America Park, and people can where can people park?
Speaker 4 (32:36):
They can park all over.
Speaker 6 (32:37):
I mean there's a lot of there's there's I think
there's something like sixteen thousand parking stalls that are within
a three block radius of the west.
Speaker 4 (32:47):
The entrance of the of the park.
Speaker 6 (32:49):
So any any any Omaha park.
Speaker 3 (32:54):
I'm sure it's all on your Website's on the website.
Speaker 4 (32:56):
Yeah, there's there's gonna be. There will be a math
that shows all of the parking garages that.
Speaker 5 (33:01):
Are bailing well and two other Orbit literally drops off
right right the front of the park so I can
take orbit and then we'll.
Speaker 4 (33:07):
Have a ride share location as well for Uber and Lyft.
Speaker 2 (33:10):
So go to Maha Festival dot com slash tickets slash
tickets of course and get that done. So thanks for that,
you guys. It is time for the Lightning Round, brought
to you by Perkins Chrysler Construction. Perkins Chrisler Construction, which
is pdashcconstruction dot com is led by a very capable
(33:31):
gentleman by the name of Dave Kreutzer, and they have
a group of professionals with many with over thirty years
of experience. They do commercial their commercial general contractor class
day that works on projects from small renovations and repairs
to multi million dollar new developments. Experienced in healthcare, retail, office, educational, religious,
(33:55):
industrial and financial institutions. And they not only cover Omaha
and Council Bus, but they go quite the radius around
here and One of their projects we'll start off with
on the widening round is Riddle's Jewelry is planning to
open two additional Omaha air locations by the end of
(34:15):
this year. The Rapid City, South Dakota based retailer has
more than sixty stores and ten states. They're currently in
West Roads Mall that'll remain open, and the second location
will be at Shadow Lake Town Center.
Speaker 3 (34:31):
So give.
Speaker 2 (34:36):
Perkins Chrisler Construction a call for all your construction needs.
Let's see what is going on in our first city.
That have you guys heard of the Mill Coffee and
Tea Though you're going to open a second location in
early twenty twenty seven, it's gonna be a while at
two two to South fifteenth Street inside the Forest, Starbucks
(35:00):
and the Duo.
Speaker 3 (35:01):
So this is Todd.
Speaker 2 (35:01):
He stands, oh yeah, and that's beautiful. That's gonna be
seven hundred apartments there. That's the Central Park Plaza. There
was a this is the former Starbucks space. But the
Lincoln based coffee shop opened its first location in Omaha
in twenty twenty three at thirty one oh five Loveworth
in Midtown. In Midtown, who says that we need more
(35:26):
Mexican restaurants.
Speaker 5 (35:27):
Mike, Mexican is good.
Speaker 2 (35:30):
Yeah, Yeah, there's definitely a lot of Mexican restaurants there,
and there's there's different variations and uh Flora Cafe, a
Mexican brunch restaurant, opened earlier this month at one zero
zero nine Farnham Street, along the south side of the
Jean Leahy Mall, taking over the former Matsu Sushi space.
We've got a lot of sushi places here too, which
I love sushi. And the restaurant serves authentic Mexican brunch
(35:53):
and features an outdoor patio. Hours are eight am to
nine pm Monday through Thursday and eight am to ten
pm Friday and Saturday. Now here's a big one that
people are talking about. If we don't have enough Mexican
restaurants or vape shops, we need drive through coffee damage.
(36:15):
As previously reported, Arkansas based coffee chains Seven Brew Coffee.
Speaker 3 (36:20):
Have you heard of that?
Speaker 2 (36:21):
Okay, it's entering the market with locations in Fremont, Omaha,
which is at one hundred and eighty second in West
Maple Road and Council Bluffs. Next week, the Council Bluffs
City Council will review a resolution for the development plan
of the location at twenty one twenty nine oh one
West Broadway, formerly a US Bank location. The existing bank
(36:41):
will be demolished. Plans show a coffeecast building with a
drive through and a separate storage and cooling building whatever
that is. Maybe it's for the HVAC.
Speaker 3 (36:54):
Maybe the store.
Speaker 2 (36:55):
Yeah, you don't seem separate very often that size the building.
Speaker 3 (36:58):
The store will be drive through.
Speaker 2 (37:00):
Only have you heard of something called the Scene which
is going to be in the Builders District?
Speaker 4 (37:09):
The Scene?
Speaker 3 (37:10):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (37:11):
What is the Scene trendon?
Speaker 3 (37:12):
I'm glad.
Speaker 2 (37:12):
Yes, The event venue known as the Scene is planning
to open this fall. In The former Urban Outfitters location
was right.
Speaker 3 (37:20):
Next to.
Speaker 5 (37:22):
Right next to Slow Down, right next to the.
Speaker 2 (37:24):
Slowed Down seven forty five North fourteenth Street in the
Builders District. The two story, eighty five hundred square foot
North Downtown space is between Rally Coffee and the Slowdown
live music venue. Urban Outfitters moved out to Village Point
about five years ago, leaving the space vacant ever since.
(37:44):
We have a lot of event center spaces. Have you
noticed that we do? And it's and it's nice and
if you want to know about event center spaces. Go
to gromha dot com and we have a whole thing
cam Vasik, one of our contributors. All you do is
you type in like what part of town, how many
people you have. You know, this is for all kinds
of different parties, weddings, family unions, and it'll give you
(38:06):
a list whether you have a cater whether just all
kinds of different points you put in there and it'll
tell you what's what's available. So that's kind of cool.
The Lemon Tree Cafe has reopened at seventy six fourteen
Main Street in Ralston following a fire on May sixth
(38:28):
or mar excuse me, March sixth. Family owned breakfast and
brunch spot has added many items. So that was a
fast hour. And I want to thank our guest Mike
App and TJ Twit and encourage everybody to go to
the Maha Music Festival next Saturday at two o'clock at
(38:48):
the Riverfront. I'm Trenton Maggot and we appreciate everyone listening.
Speaker 3 (38:54):
See you next week.
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