Creative District update on NC agenda
Creative district sets 10-year goals
By News Channel Nebraska
The Nebraska City City Council is scheduled to meet at 6 p.m. on July 17.
The agenda includes a public hearing on the Citizen Advisory Review Committee’s annual report and an update on the Nebraska City Creative Arts District.
An ordinance to annex the Kreifels Hill Subdivision will come for third reading.
Discussion items include an electrical loop to serve NorthStar Patio Homes, a service agreement for the elevator at the Veterans Memorial Building and Nebraska CLASS investment opportunity.
Free admission is proposed for the Steinhart Aquatic Park on Sunday, Aug. 6, to celebrate paying off the aquatic center bonds.
Growth Fund
The Nebraska City Economic Growth Fund’s biannual report states $650,000 in outstanding loans and $587,000 in available funds.
Projects funding this year include grants for the flower basket program and street bump-out flowers and a loan to Lant Hardware.
Creative district
The Nebraska City Creative District has submitted a 10-year strategic plan that identifies the district to include portions of Central Avenue and First Corso, as well as the KHN Center for the Arts. The boundary could be expanded east on Central Avenue to the Missouri River in collaboration with riverfront development goals.
The plan includes capital improvements, marketing and programming in the district.
Programming ideas include a “third Thursday weekend” for live music, visual art events and theatre and capital improvement ideas include the Veterans Memorial Building theater.
The Veterans Memorial Building is listed as a goal for theater and culinary spaces, as well as a commercial kitchen.
Extending the flower basket program to the entire district and implementing a marketing campaign are also goals.
Other goals are a maker space, environmentally friendly parking lot and Missouri River visitor amenities.
Nebraska CLASS
The Nebraska Cooperative Liquid Assets Security System, Nebraska CLASS, was organized this year in accordance with a state law allowing local governments to pool and invest funds.
Nebraska City would have to pass a resolution in order to be able to participate.