The Seward County Chamber and Development Partnership recently released its quarterly report of activities from the past three months.
Highlights of the organization’s work in Seward County include:
• a Nebraska Public Power District Site Ready Assistance Program grant for a 24-acre commercial development property
• disbursed $1.26 million in Rural Workforce Housing Funds to close out 2022. Four different housing projects in Milford, Seward and Utica will create 91 new housing units with a total investment of $15,753,190.
• submitted proposals for an insect protein manufacturer, feed mill, dairy processor and ag manufacturer to come to or expand in Seward County.
• staff attended the Mid-America Economic Development Council Competitiveness Conference in Chicago, Community Venture Network in Minnesota and Economix Conference in Columbus, Ohio, to interact with nationwide site selectors, expanding companies and professional colleagues.
• partnered with ALLO to apply for more than $5 million of the Nebraska Capital Projects Fund for constructing additional fiber optic networks in rural Seward County.
• distributed approximately $36,900 of the $78,500 of Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations funding to help child care providers to expand capacity.
• received preliminary plat approval for a 14-lot residential subdivision in Utica.
• worked with Concordia business students to research feasibility of a new senior care facility in Utica.
• sold $53,004 in Seward County Gift Cards since the program launched in June 2022.
• hosted the 12th annual Christmas Festival, an arts and business professional development luncheon, the annual SCCDP awards banquet and ribbon cuttings for three new or expanding businesses.
• connected resources for LB840, tax increment financing, grants and available spaces to companies wanting to start or expand businesses in Seward County, including two gas stations/convenience stores, a construction company, a chiropractor, three housing developers, a dance and arts studio, an event space, kids’ entertainment venue, ag production company, grocery store, two restaurants, a clothing store, a manufacturer, a preschool, two warehousing companies, a downtown building developer, an employment services nonprofit and a commercial building developer.
