Events
OurStory Open House at Open Omaha
We’re a featured venue in Open Omaha! Come visit OurStory’s Benson House and Corby House on August 8th for free! Open Omaha is a showcase of our city’s most fascinating spaces.
“Creating Backyard Cottage ADUs: Policy, Design, and Finance” Webinar
A webinar for homeowners, builders, and lenders on how backyard cottage ADUs can expand diverse, lower-cost housing options in existing neighborhoods. Register here.
OurStory Small Houses Open House
Tour two newly built OurStory Small Houses and experience how design can support comfort, independence, energy efficiency, and changing needs over time.
Benson House and Corby House are side-by-side homes in Omaha’s Benson neighborhood. Together, they show how smaller homes can add aging-ready housing choices within established neighborhoods.
OurStory Small Houses Open House
Tour two newly built OurStory Small Houses and experience how design can support comfort, independence, energy efficiency, and changing needs over time.
Benson House and Corby House are side-by-side homes in Omaha’s Benson neighborhood. Together, they show how smaller homes can add aging-ready housing choices within established neighborhoods.
OurStory Small Houses Ribbon Cutting
Join us for the Ribbon Cutting of OurStory Small Houses Benson House and Corby House. Featuring remarks from Omaha Mayor Ewing, District 1 Councilman Pete Festersen, and others
Joslyn Castle Urbanism Summit
Join us for the opening reception of the Omatopia group art show in the historic Joslyn Castle Carriage House Gallery during the July 16th Art Walk from 5-8 pm. The Joslyn Castle & Gardens green space will host an Urbanism Summit, welcoming local organizations to share information on sustainable living, alternative modes of transportation, historic preservation, and beyond at our Art Walk vendor fair.
AIA Omaha Tour: OurStory Small Houses
Tour the first two iterations of OurStory Small Houses, a housing system envisioned as a replicable, accessible, and affordable approach to building homes. Recently featured in Fast Company magazine, these homes use hyper-efficient spatial layouts and manufactured prefab parts.
Developing Community Development Partnerships for Affordable Housing In Nebraska
The event will outline federal, state, and local tools supporting affordable housing development. Housing developers will discuss opportunities to increase the availability of affordable housing.
Generations x Place
Join us on Wednesday, April 29th from 6–7:30pm at Omaha's new Central Library to discover what cities and states across the country are doing to expand housing options and build age-friendly communities. Through an expert presentation and cross-sector panel, you'll explore how home design, housing policy, and social connection all shape whether older adults can truly age in place—and what Omaha can do to meet the needs of its changing population.
OurStory: Building Aging-Ready Housing at Scale Exhibition and Lecture
The “OurStory: Building Aging-Ready Housing at Scale” exhibition features work created by undergraduate architecture, landscape architecture, and interior design students mentored by professor and architect Jeffrey L. Day, FAIA.
Groundbreaking of Benson House and Corby House
Join us at 5804 Corby St. on Monday, June 2, at 10 a.m. for the groundbreaking of Benson House and Corby House — new OurStory homes that are designed to meet the needs of an aging population, while also appealing to the tastes of younger, first-time buyers.
“OurStory: creating aging-ready housing" Keynote Lecture at Nebraska Investment Finance Authority Innovation Expo
Jeff Day of Actual Architecture Co. and UNL College of Architecture, joined by Jessica Scheuerman of Partners for Livable Omaha and Matthew Cavanaugh of Holy Name Housing Corporation will deliver a breakfast keynote lecture “OurStory: creating aging-ready housing.” Join us at the 2025 Nebraska Investment Finance Authority Innovation Expo, Nebraska’s premier conference on affordable housing and community development.
“OurStory: creating aging-ready housing” Keynote Lecture
Jeff Day of Actual Architecture Co. and UNL College of Architecture and Jessica Scheuerman of Partners for Livable Omaha will deliver a keynote lecture “OurStory: creating aging-ready housing” at the 2025 AIA Nebraska Mid-Year Symposium.
OurStory exhibition
The “OurStory: Creating Aging-Ready Housing” exhibition by the University of Nebraska College of Architecture’s FACT Studio, runs December 16 through January 10 at Dundee Bank’s Benson Branch at 6073 Maple Street in Omaha. “OurStory” takes aim at the housing crisis and silver tsunami with a new concept for infill housing and accessory dwellings in the Omaha metro and beyond.