The HomeNE Learning Network is designed to connect and engage rural community leaders with one another and explore innovative approaches to housing development and redevelopment. The long-term goal of HomeNE is to foster the development of local expertise to successfully assess and address their housing needs.


Through our educational sessions, we hope to provide you with the knowledge and tools you need to fulfill your organization/community goals and create a better Nebraska!

Events


REGISTRATION


Next Webinar - November 21, 2024


Monthly Webinars: 2:00 - 3:00 PM (CT) every third Thursday of the month (January through November) - Hear from a variety of presenters about programs, projects, successes and lessons learned.  Then seek to design and apply what you heard to your own housing situation!


HomeNE WEBINAR RECORDINGS

By Sheri Alber October 18, 2024
Amy Haase and Joe Spitsen provided a great look at the Nebraska Housing Toolkit completed in 2022 by the Strategic Housing Council. The toolkit offers communities of all sizes comprehensive guidance, instructions, practical steps, and case studies to assist and develop their own housing development short and long-term plans.
By Sheri Alber September 19, 2024
On the September 2024 HomeNE Webinar you can hear from Megan Helberg, 2020 Nebraska Teach of the Year, as she talks about Asset Based Community Development (ABCD). She encourages community to put their talk into action and "Love Your Community". Finding ways to bridge the gap between the school and the community can lead to very positive results. Her message is one that emphasizes the ability to live in rural Nebraska and still chase your dreams!
By Sheri Alber August 15, 2024
The August, 2024 webinar is a revisit to the February 2022 HomeNE Webinar. Ben Conover is sharing where Conover Properties is today and the progress they have made in Norfolk, Tilden, Madison and Pierce in Northeast Nebraska. The amazing before and after renovation photos and the changes they are creating for their communities is a story worth hearing and sharing.
By Sheri Alber July 18, 2024
Amanda Engell and Charlie McPherson, McCook Economic Development Corporation, presented great information about housing growth in McCook. A community without a new subdivision since before 1980, McCook is now seeing the construction of duplexes, single-family homes, infill development, and a new swimming pool as a result of intentional, invested activity in the community.

Top 10 Webinars

July 15, 2021
Candice Alder and Andy Colvin, Economic Development in Norfolk, shared the journey with the city from 2013-2020.
April 15, 2021
Andrew Willis, partner with Cline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather, presented about looking beyond the 'typical' redevelopment projects within a community and how a CRA can help create infill housing opportunities.
November 19, 2020
Consultant for MA Barnhart Enterprises, LLC, Marty Barnhart, presented on a guide to getting a Nebraska Land Bank started in your region.
March 19, 2020
In this session, Doug Koch (President of Petersburg Industrial Development Corporation) and Michelle Olson (Executive Director at Boone County Development Agency), their journey of developing housing in a rural community.
May 16, 2019
Megan Spargo, Benkelman CRA Coordinator, shared the Benkelman Foundation Story, which touches on a community gaining traction, getting community buy-in, and preparing a community for housing.
September 20, 2018
John Madsen and Mark Stracke, of Stuart Development Corporation, discussed the power of perseverance how that played into the role of the housing programs in Stuart, Nebraska.
July 19, 2018
During this webinar, Gary Person & Lou Ann Tooker discussed housing solutions with the Local Sales TAX LB840. Lou Ann Tooker, the Director of Economic Development for the City of Atikinson, Nebraska, talked about the various spec houses that they were developing.
June 14, 2018
Guest presenter, Nancy Striebel, the Executive Director of Lincoln County Community Development Corporation discussed nontraditional houses and how finances can cause a barrier with potential home owners.
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February 15, 2018
Marty Barnhart, Executive Director of Omaha Municipal LandBank presented during the 2018 February HomeNE Webinar.

HOUSING STUDY LITE

Nebraska Community Housing Study Lite Toolkit

This Toolkit (“Kit”) was developed to empower community leaders to conduct self-learning and engagement, taking the initial steps to tackle a locally-identified housing challenge. The Kit contains templates, survey examples, and process recommendations that can be utilized by small, rural communities to implement self-information gathering of the current housing conditions and needs. 


The use of the Kit will work best for a community that is guided by a Facilitator or Planner with community development planning experience (such as a Development District). This exercise can increase the usefulness of an independent, third-party Housing Market Study or Housing Needs Assessment. 


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