By Jill Bruckner, Communications/Public Relations Manager
“Oh my ears and whiskers!” You’ve turned another two weeks into an Adventure in Wonderland, Remarkable Chamber Members. Alice author Lewis Carroll aside, your astonishing contributions to the community have been nothing short of incredible, beginning with Omaha’s No. 1 ranking as best market for college grads.
Add to this Iowa’s No. 13 slot as best state to retire, and it’s apparent, you’re no “pack of cards,” (stick with me, I’m rolling with the literature references here) you, Members Extraordinaire, are collectively the top-of-the-heap, the A-No.-1, the masters-of-magnificent, the ACE.
Case in point: Our community came forward in support of Leadership Omaha, producing a promising Class 41 roster, prosperity pushed forward at the Everyone Prospers: The Path to Equity” Symposium and the Greater Fremont Development Council established the Dodge County Investment Fund. No question here: There. Is. No. Coasting.
That same no-coast attitude translated into a region-wide 24 Hours of Impact initiative that put We Don’t Coast T-shirts on the backs of a team of thousands who spent a day volunteering. The result: an echo heard through more than 300 articles on news and social channels nationwide. Not coasting, my friends, is cumulative.
In fact, your tendency for successful, “successive additions” seems no better served than with food; and Kitchen Council kicked it on KPTM with a food photography class designed for the culinary artist in all of us, hosting an evening of delicious image-making at the food incubator’s main site.
Speaking of “image making” virtual reality took a terrific turn when UNMC ushered in a new a new augmented reality academy, while the region augmented moving attitudes into action – and awareness – through community-wide diversity-and-inclusion initiatives covered by The Washington Post.
Now, as you reach the end of a regional news flash rich with your panache, don’t let this Tuskegee Airmen discovery that began at Offutt Air Force Base escape you. Ahh, the mystery makes you want to click for the story…
Go get ‘em, Chamber Members!