economic development
City Council to Review Wonder Lodging Land Deal Near Bellevue Bay
At next Tuesday’s meeting, the Bellevue City Council will consider an ordinance approving the sale of nearly seven acres of city-owned land tied to the ongoing Bellevue Bay Indoor Waterpark and Good Life District development northwest of the Highway 75 / Highway 34 intersection. Under Ordinance No. 4218, the city would sell approximately 6.997 acres…
Guest Editorial: The Bellevue Good Life District
by Harrison Johnson, Bellevue Director of Community & Economic Development The Transformational Good Life Act passed by the Legislature in 2023 was a bold, ambitious, albeit clunky invention. Often confusing, and vague in its language about what it was and what its requirements are, the process to establish one was a journey for Bellevue City…
State Officially Approves ‘Good Life District’ for Bellevue Bay Waterpark Area
The City of Bellevue announced today that their application for the Nebraska Good Life District under the Nebraska Good Life Transformational Act has been approved. The establishment of the Good Life District, near the intersection of Highway 75 and Highway 34, will center on the new-to-market, regionally unique, City owned, Bellevue Bay Indoor Waterpark. The 100,000…
Agreement Reached with Prairie Hill Farm Nonprofit to Oversee $600M Development
At Bellevue’s City Council meeting Tuesday evening, the City of Bellevue entered into an agreement with the Prairie Hill Farm Development Authority to oversee the evolution of the new Prairie Hill Farm “village-within-a-village” project. The project includes the REACH building (Research, Engineering, Architecture Collaboration Hub), a $200 million dollar investment that will be a national…