Economic Development North Platte Area Chamber & Development
Economic Development Growth Fund Champions
Year” twice in the past four years and achieve Certified Economic Development Community status. We are a Nebraska Economic Development Certified Community Based on the work of the Chamber & Development staff and economic development incentive contributors, North Platte has been designated as a Nebraska Economic Development Certified Community. The Nebraska Economic Development Certified Communities program is one of the handfuls across the nation that recognizes community economic preparedness. Certification signals a community’s dedication,
leadership, and vision for growing and attracting new jobs and people. Helping North Platte Grow We work closely with the City of North Platte, Lincoln County, State of Nebraska, North Platte Public Schools, Mid-Plains Community College and all of our 630 plus business partners. We provide the information and contacts needed by prospective businesses and industries as they look at North Platte and Lincoln County as a potential location. This includes financial resources, incentives, building and land inventories, demographic information, labor supply and training resources. These partnerships indicate to business prospects that North Platte is a forward- thinking community and strongly supports economic development. We also realize the importance of having shovel ready business parks through our Chamber & Development’s ownership of Twin Rivers Business Park and the industrial Hershey Rail Park.
Several of our Chamber Members also choose to be an Economic Development Growth Champion by contributing to our incentive fund used specifically to enhance development projects spearheaded by our organization. The champions can be bronze, silver, gold, or platinum level members. Platinum members get priority status to be on our Economic Development Committee or Board of Directors. The incentive dollars are not used for general operations but help provide match money for grant applications, studies that enhance project development and provide infrastructure and marketing for our business park and industrial rail park. These champions helped the community get on an exciting growth pattern and spurred a record amount of economic activity earning North Platte the honor of being “Nebraska Economic Development Community of the
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