Lincoln Area Development Partnership
Contact: Luke Peltz
VP of Economic Development
P.O. Box 83006
Lincoln, NE 68501
Phone: 888-451-0551
www.lincolnpartners.org
Where Business Comes Naturally
Around here, we understand what businesses need to succeed—all the right elements coming together in the right way at the right time. The Lincoln area is an excellent model of this convergence. The ready availability of key resources, valuable incentives, and strong community partners makes southeast Nebraska an inherently great place for business.
To support companies as they develop and expand, we’ve created a region with a diverse economy, a solid transportation network, an educated population, and a strong technology foundation. We’ve received a lot of praise about the ease of doing business here, including recognition from Inc. magazine as one of the best small metro areas for starting and growing a business.
Location Advantages
The first rule of business is location, location, location. Southeast Nebraska provides a central location with quick access to several large interstates, numerous motor carriers, two class one railroads, several short-line rail systems, and multiple national air cargo transporters. In addition, the area is supported by strong telecommunication networks.
Quality People
Those with firsthand experience appreciate working with the people in the Lincoln area. Employers have described their employees as dedicated, reliable, knowledgeable, and productive—proof that the legendary Midwestern work ethic is not a myth.
Of course, we value education as well as hard work. Southeast Nebraska is home to nationally recognized Southeast Community College (recently ranked no. 8 in the nation by CNNMoney), the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, and several high-quality state and liberal arts colleges that produce a young, energetic, and skilled workforce. And this youthful population grows each year.
Strategically located southeast of Austin in the heart of the Texas Triangle, Bastrop provides the ideal environment for relocating or expanding your business. It’s only 20 minutes to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, with easy access to four-lane divided highways, the Union Pacific rail line and all of Texas’ major markets. Our community offers low taxes, a low cost of living, superb connectivity, and a large, cost-effective labor force within a short commute.
The Right Resources at Your Fingertips
Excellent local resources are major assets for new-development and expansion ventures. The Lincoln area provides everything you’ll need to make growing your business as simple as possible.
Our Communities
Nebraska is truly right-in-the-middle-of-it-all offering an endless array of advantages that make living, working, and doing business here a wonderful and rewarding experience. Nebraska is a state that balances and blends economic opportunity with lifestyle; offers a wide variety of employment opportunities; has minimal commute times, safe communities and life-long learning prospects; provides variety and accessibility to natural, recreational and lifestyle amenities; has a great sense of place offering authenticity and realness featuring interesting older structures with new; blends a range of public space with commercial and personal spaces; has a bustle and buzz of varied activities; boasts exceptional environmental air and water quality, diverse populations, progressive thinking, and innovative and inclusive attitudes. It is this high quality of life that has created an environment where the possibilities for prosperity and happiness are endless.
A few more of the endless possibilities Nebraska also offers:
- Employees with an unmatched work ethic
- Central location offering an integrated system of interstates, mainline railroads, and airports
- Industrial sites and buildings ready for immediate occupancy
- A 100% public power system the only state that offers it providing customers with electrical power at some of the lowest rates in the nation
Many companies in the U.S. and around the world have discovered that Nebraska offers the ideal location, quality workforce, and positive economic environment for a wide variety of industries and business endeavors. Our balanced economic base and vast market potential have provided a profitable home for five Fortune 500 Companies including Berkshire Hathaway, ConAgra Foods, Mutual of Omaha, Peter Kiewit Sons, and Union Pacific Railroad.