City Council Backs Business Promotions Plans

In baseball, “if you build it, they will come.” In community development, if you provide a reason for “them” to build it, artists and collectors will come.

That is the hope of a proposal approved by the Sidney City Council in the Oct. 26 meeting. The program is called “Energizing Entrepreneurial Ecosystems,” E3 for short.

Sidney Economic Development Director Kim Matthews presented a proposal that could move Sidney toward having its own certified creative district. The program includes listening to, and supporting entrepreneurs who want to do the building.

On October 13, the Nebr...