Prairie Portraits: Jenilee Woltman

Prairie Portraits: Kristin Klaus

The Prairie Portraits series features founders, funders and community builders from Nebraska's innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.

Prairie Portraits: Taylor Korensky

The Prairie Portraits series features founders, funders and community builders from Nebraska's innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.

Prairie Portraits: Corrine Wardian

The Prairie Portraits series features founders, funders and community builders from Nebraska's innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.

Greater Omaha Chamber’s annual POWER Conference on workforce is back on Oct. 8

Tickets start at $250 to attend the Greater Omaha Chamber’s premier gathering on creating a positive business culture that can attract and retain talent in the region. The conference is tackling workforce at a time when Omaha, and Nebraska as a whole, is struggling with brain drain and slow job growth.

Skate pads to career launch pads: The Bay partners with MCC to build job pipelines for young adults

The Bay, a Nebraska-based nonprofit, is piloting programming with Metropolitan Community College. The goal is to enable early professionals to explore career pathways and gain credentials without the pressures of attending college. This comes as The Bay continues the construction of its new facility and skate park in Benson.