In December, NPPD announced its new, “Featured Properties Program.” The purpose of the program is to identify high‐quality, shovel or move‐in ready properties (sites and buildings) for Economic Development staff to promote during marketing visits, tradeshows and other interactions with businesses seeking to expand and considering communities within NPPD’s service area. The “Featured Properties Program” […]

They might surprise you! A snapshot of industry clusters in non-metro Nebraska can help reveal the state’s strengths and where to focus our attention for potential future growth. The industry cluster analysis takes three factors into account: Average Wages, Location Quotients and Average Annual Employment Growth Rates. For this analysis, I used a 5-year historical […]

Nebraska’s annual labor and energy costs for the model food manufacturing plant are $68,379, or 2.1 percent less than the average annual labor and energy costs for the 15 alternative states considered in the study. Find out more in the newly updated Profit Opportunities for Food Manufacturing study. Industry Study – Nebraska Profit Opportunities for […]

There is comfort in consistency, and NPPD delivered once again on its mission to provide reliable, low-cost sustainable energy. The December board meeting brought the announcement that there would be no increase in base electric rates and a one-year bill credit for NPPD wholesale and retail customers in 2020. In addition, there will be no […]

As we look back on 2019, the year has brought Nebraska many challenges. Multiple “Polar Vortexes” brought bitter cold temperatures and record-breaking snowfall to some areas of the state. Once that snow began to melt, rivers swelled and some residents fled for higher ground. Despite these challenges, people across our great state reminded the rest […]

Community Guides – Schuyler, Nebraska Trend Studies – Knox County, Nebraska Holt County, Nebraska Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska York County, Nebraska Stay tuned for changes to our 2020 publications!!!

Thank you for giving the NPPD Economic Development Team the opportunity to work with you this year.  Whether you are a site consultant or prospect who we helped with a site selection project or a community who received assistance with data, research, surveys, business retention & expansion visits or strategic planning, we are grateful to […]

Madison County’s manufacturing employment grew by 4.1% between 2008 and 2018. Atkinson, Nebraska has two available sites, a one-acre site and a 3.5-acre site, both suitable for commercial use. Read about these facts and more in the November publications now available. Community Guide Lite: Atkinson, Nebraska   Trend Studies: Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska Custer County, Nebraska […]

When Curbtender Incorporated, a Cedar Falls, Iowa manufacturer of refuse collection vehicles went looking for a location for a new manufacturing facility to support the company’s growth they found what they were looking for in Gothenburg, Nebraska. The company recently announced that it had purchased the former Baldwin Filters building in Gothenburg and is in […]