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In this report, you’ll find stories from three of these amazing businesses who have been selected as our 2022 Business Award Winners: Grain Weevil of Aurora, FixLexia of Omaha, and Kana Systems of Lincoln. You’ll also read stories of how the consultants in NBDC’s five programs are serving clients, training future business talent, and making connections that create a stronger business ecosystem.
What has been most inspiring in 2022 has been watching business owners identify real challenges in their communities and then rolling up their sleeves to do the hard work of solving them. Rayneesha Yvonne saw a need for a creative space for young people in North Omaha and opened a dance studio. The Rodriguez brothers out of Mitchell purchased a meat processing company and have been quickly growing to meet the community’s demand. Amanda and Josh Mullen in McCook opened not one, but two child care centers to address the shortage of options in their area. Lincoln’s Rudy Perez opened Sanitize360 just before the start of the pandemic, and his work continues to keep workplaces healthy and clean. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
Through it all, NBDC consultants provide support at every phase of the business life cycle. Three of our programs provide expertise through direct consultations with business owners: the Nebraska Small Business Development Center, the Nebraska APEX Accelerator (formerly PTAC), and the Innovation & Technology programs. Our two other programs, NU Connections and SourceLink Nebraska, serve as a connection point between business owners and the vast number of resources available across the state.
NBDC is a center of the College of Business Administration at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. NBDC has offices in Omaha, Lincoln, Wayne, Norfolk, Kearney, North Platte, Scottsbluff, and Chadron. We have partnerships with the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, the University of Nebraska at Kearney, Wayne State College, and Chadron State College. We thank our partners for the support they provide to help us deliver our services across Nebraska.
The services of NBDC are not possible without the support and funding from the University of Nebraska, the U.S. Small Business Administration, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Department of Defense, and other federal, state, and private organizations.
