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Public meetings are held on the second Monday of each month from September through May (except December). Meetings are held at the Dundee Presbyterian Church at Happy Hollow Blvd. and Underwood Avenue. The typical meeting is 7:00-7:30 p.m. (Social), 7:30-8:00 p.m. (Business Meeting) and 8:00-8:30 p.m. (Program or Presentation). Drinks and snacks will be provided. […]

The Gateway
Published September 27, 2005
by Brooke Szeliga
OmahaJunk.com gives locals the chance to sell all that stuff that’s been collecting in their closets for years.
To junk or not to junk? That is the question.
Omaha will soon have its own selling and buying marketplace called OmahaJunk.com where your junk becomes another’s treasure.
According to Brad Nietfeldt, President of […]

Congratulations Dundee Elementary!

Omaha World Herald
Published Friday September 23, 2005
BY JEFFREY ROBB
Four schools across Nebraska have been named national Blue Ribbon Schools.
Jefferson Elementary in Norfolk and Valentine Elementary in Valentine were selected for the award from the U.S. Department of Education. Two Omaha schools, Dundee Elementary School and Duchesne Academy, also were selected.
The award officially recognizes […]

Nebraska Community and Rural Development: Tax Increment Financing (TIF)
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Tax increment financing (TIF) in Nebraska is primarily designed to finance the public costs associated with a private development project. Essentially, the property tax increases resulting from a development are targeted to repay the public investment required by a project.
TIF provides a means of encouraging private investment […]

Omaha World Herald
Published Wednesday September 21, 2005
BY RICK RUGGLES
The Dundee area, seen as hip and trendy by many Omahans, was described Tuesday in vastly different terms - substandard and blighted.
The Omaha City Council on a 5-2 vote gave the area that designation to aid redevelopment of the southwest corner of 50th Street and Underwood Avenue.
The […]