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Bellevue’s REACH Innovation Campus Moves Closer to Construction
BELLEVUE, Neb. — A long-planned economic development project designed to strengthen Nebraska’s defense, technology and workforce sectors reached a significant milestone this week. The Prairie Hill Farm Area Development Authority (PHFADA) and the Nebraska Defense Research Corporation (NDRC) have signed a Letter of Intent to move forward with construction of the REACH Collaboration & Innovation…
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…
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…
Lawmakers hear benefits of Bellevue cybersecurity project, but state funding ask is unclear
Prairie Hill Farm campus would include research facility and mini-village By Cindy Gonzalez, Nebraska Examiner LINCOLN — Supporters of a proposed Bellevue campus that could make Nebraska a leader in cybersecurity sought the backing of Nebraska lawmakers on Tuesday. But they left open what the cost to the state might be. Omaha State Sen. Mike…