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 - April 17, 2025


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 March 21, 2025
Dana Village in Blair, Nebraska is a unique project that shows how one man can change the world. Through a need to rid the Omaha area of homelessness, Ed Shada embarked on a journey to start Dana Village. Learn how one man is making a difference in Eastern Nebraska, assisting kids ageing out of the foster care system to get on their feet and find a path that works for them.
By Sheri Alber February 24, 2025
Spark’s mission is to help profoundly transform disinvested neighborhoods into prosperous and thriving communities. Communities like North Omaha have vacant, scattered infill lots that have remained dormant for years. The underlying economics that make development in distressed communities unprofitable remain unchanged. Hear how SPARK is activating an army of small-scale, mission-oriented, entrepreneurial developers with intimate local knowledge. Spotlight - Trades on the Move: Hear from Michelle Lubken with Hamilton Communication as she spotlight a new program coming out the Central Region for 6 Regions 1 Nebraska.
By Sheri Alber January 16, 2025
In the January, 2025 HomeNE webinar you will hear the story of Wood River, from where they started to where they are going and everything along the way. Sara Arnett highlights the current Nebraska Affordable Housing Trust Fund Project that is currently underway, then touches on the projects that brought this to this point.
By Sheri Alber November 21, 2024
Join Gary Perason with the North Platte Area Chamber and Development Coproration as he looks at the different types of TIF available in Nebraska and how each of them differ. He has a wealth of knowledge around of lay person knowledge and and is willing to share with our viewers.

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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