News
Council Club and NOISE
After Sarah Johnson’s unsuccessful bid for Omaha’s District 1 City Council seat, she has not lost any of her drive. She’s created a weekly City Council review/preview of council meetings, called Council Club. Hosted on Zoom for since May 2021, the group discussed the previous week’s votes and previews the upcoming agenda items.
Starting with October 7th’s Council Club, NOISE will be posting some of the group’s research. I have been attending most of the Council Club meetings and look forward to this collaboration between Sarah Johnson and NOISE. This is a start for NOISE’s recently announced downtown news and civics bureau. They are also hosting their first fundraiser on November 13th, 2021: Making NOISE AF.
Library Saga
Public input period for October 2021 at various branches across town.
On Strike
Workers at Kellog’s and John Deere have gone on strike. I don’t know much about this yet, when I do learn more expect to see some information in this space. You can follow along at BCTGM’s Twitter (for Kellog’s).
Events, Meetings, Lectures, Conversations
- 10/20 6pm – Benson Block Talk. Event gathering feedback on some issues at an intersection that Mode Shift Omaha has brought attention to previously: 52nd & Radial! More info and Zoom registration at Mode Shift Omaha.
- 10/21 5:30pm – Missing Middle Omaha. Introduction to the Missing Middle efforts in Omaha. Info on Missing Middle Omaha’s Facebook.
- 10/21 7:30pm – Council Club. Weekly discussion about the Omaha City Council. Register for the Zoom link here.
- 10/22 8:30am – Omaha’s Circular Food Economy. The second presentation in the Food Justice series focuses on zero waste and creating a closed loop eco system in organizations. Speakers are Beth Ostdiek Smith of Saving Grace Perishable Food Rescue and Brent Crampton of Hillside Solutions. Registration via Event Brite.
- 10/24 2pm – Trunk-or-Treat. Each October, MMI provides a Trunk-or-Treat for children with disabilities and their families to participate in sensory-friendly (outside with no loud music) trick-or-treating fun at the Munroe-Meyer Institute. MMI event page.
