ED Links & Resources

NPPD Economic Development Publications

Industry Studies:

• Fabricated Metals Manufacturing
• Food Processing Manufacturing
• Outlook for the Ethanol Industry
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• Plastics Product Study

Calling Card Nebraska:

• Calling Card Nebraska (2021 Version)

State Incentives

• The ImagiNE Nebraska Act

Business Assistance Resources

• Small Business Association www.sba.gov/about-offices-content/2/3129
• UNL Food Processing http://fpc.unl.edu/
• Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy http://www.deq.state.ne.us/
• Nebraska Department of Revenue http://www.revenue.nebraska.gov/
• Nebraska Department of Labor https://dol.nebraska.gov/
• Nebraska Manufacturing Extension Partnership https://nemep.unl.edu/
• Nebraska Business Development Center http://nbdc.unomaha.edu
• Nebraska Transportation Maps http://dot.nebraska.gov/travel/map-library/

Useful data including demographic, labor information

• American Factfinder http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml
• Bureau of Labor Statistics http://www.bls.gov/
  • Occupational Employment Statistics Query System
    http://data.bls.gov/oes/
• Bureau of Economic Analysis http://www.bea.gov/
• United States Department of Agriculture http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Nebraska/
• Nebraska Department of Economic Development https://opportunity.nebraska.gov
• Nebraska Department of Labor https://dol.nebraska.gov/
• Nebraska Department of Revenue http://www.revenue.nebraska.gov/
• Nebraska Department of Agriculture http://www.nda.nebraska.gov/
• University of Nebraska-Omaha, Center for Public Affairs Research www.unomaha.edu/cpar/
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln Climate Center http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research http://ncesr.unl.edu/
• University of Nebraska Bureau of Business Research https://business.unl.edu/outreach/bureau-of-business-research/
• Nebraska’s Rank in U.S. Agriculture – https://www.nass.usda.gov

Economic Development Organizations and Training

• International Economic Development Council http://www.iedconline.org/
• Economic Development Institute, Oklahoma http://edi.ou.edu/
• Nebraska Economic Development Association http://www.neda1.org/
• Heartland http://www.bcs.uni.edu/heartland/
• National Rural Economic Development Association http://www.nreda.org
• MidAmerica Economic Development Council http://www.maedc.net

Economic Outlook

• Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City  http://www.kansascityfed.org/research/indicatorsdata/regionaldatabook/index.cfm
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln Bureau of Business Research
  https://business.unl.edu/outreach/bureau-of-business-research/
• Creighton Economic Outlook http://creighton.edu/instituteforeconomicinquiry