The Sidney Sun-Telegraph - Serving proudly since 1873 as the beautiful Nebraska Panhandle's first newspaper

On July 13, a public meeting was held on a proposed Creative District in downtown Sidney.

The discussions included, why are people moving to Sidney, what can be done to promote more curiosity of downtown, add more growth, and bridging the gap between the highways and downtown Sidney.

We need to move past the stage of, “we tried it before and it didn’t work,” and ask the question of why didn’t it work, and what can be done differently.

Sidney, and Cheyenne County overall, has history streaming through it. The rails that once fed into “Sinful Sidney” are now moving coal and freigh...