Year in Review
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2024
Livable Omaha:
Completed a 3-year strategic plan
Featured in 11 news outlets
Ran a social media awareness campaign, focused on the greater Omaha metro, that included 200+ posts, 19 original videos, and reached 153,000+ people
Provided fiscal sponsorship to 3 local arts projects
OurStory:
Launched our second major initiative, Ourstory, focused on small house design and development
Supported a semester-long designbuild studio at UNL’s College of Architecture for 13 graduate students and hosted a free, month-long design exhibition in Omaha
Omaha Mobile Stage:
Provided free arts enrichment and entertainment to 23,000+ visitors at 28 free events in the Omaha metro
Hosted more than 220 unique performances that featured more than 140 individual adult performers and more than 230 individual youth performers
Paid over $68,360 to creative workers, including event planners and managers, audio engineers, stagehands, and professional artist stipends
Provided paid work to 8 participants in our creative workforce development program
Supported a semester-long music tech studio at UNO’s School of Music for the creation of SOUNDSPARK
Received 1 national design award
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2023
Livable Omaha:
Featured in 12 news outlets
Omaha Mobile Stage:
Provided free arts enrichment and entertainment to 11,500+ visitors at 30 free events in the Omaha metro
Hosted more than 215 unique performances that featured more than 50 individual adult performers and more than 230 individual youth performers
Paid over $135,500 directly to creative workers, including event planners and managers, designers, audio engineers, stagehands, and professional artist stipends
Provided paid work to 11 young adult participants in our creative workforce development program
Supported a semester-long music tech studio at UNO’s School of Music for the creation of Noisefest
Received 2 national design awards
Ran a social media awareness campaign, focused on the greater Omaha metro, that included 240+ posts, 19 original videos, and reached 161,000+ people
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2022
Livable Omaha:
Featured in 10 local publications and 1 national outlet
Omaha Mobile Stage:
Hosted 14 free live entertainment events in the Omaha metro
Hosted more than 90 unique performing artists of all ages
Celebrated the end of OMS's construction
Began a creative workforce development program to train and mentor audio engineers and stagehands
Ran a social media awareness campaign that included over 200 posts, 5 original videos and reached 54,000+ people
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2021
Livable Omaha:
Obtained 501(c)(3) recognition for Partners for Livable Omaha
Omaha Mobile Stage:
Purchased and repaired the OMS truck
Supported a semester-long designbuild studio at UNL’s Nebraska Innovation Studio and College of Architecture for 16 undergraduate students
Completed the OMS design, including the custom truck fit-out plan and equipment selections
Hosted a public event to announce the final design
Completed the first 50% of OMS's construction tasks
Supported Omaha and Lincoln-based metal workers, mechanics, musicians, and designers
Launched a social media awareness campaign that included 190 posts and 12 original videos and reached 8,300 people