Collaboration

Dancers perform at the Fiesta on the Green festival.

Nebraskans thrive when we collaborate. The Rural Prosperity Nebraska team embraces that togetherness with programs that encourage a variety of business models that best fit your community, your culture, and your integration into the fabric of Nebraska’s future.

The Region's Hub

Heartland Regional Food Business Center

Focused on supporting small, mid-sized, and diverse food and farm businesses, as well as local and regional food initiatives, the Heartland Regional Food Business Center aims to make local food a simple, everyday choice by strengthening community connections.

Vegetables growing. Photo by Russell Shaffer

Programa Latino para Pequeñas Empresas

Latino Small Business Program

Immigrant entrepreneurs interested in creating their own businesses in Nebraska receive business development guidance through the Latino Small Business Program, which offers education, expert advice, and connections to help entrepreneurs with every step of business development.

Latino-owned stores on 4th Street in Grand Island, Neb.

Honoring the Past. Creating the Future.

Native American Coalition

The Native American Coalition builds bridges between tribal and non-tribal communities, facilitating community development and leadership in Native communities, and brings Native American traditional worldviews and cultures to greater Nebraska.

Omaha woman showing the medicine wheel.

Cooperation Equals Community

Nebraska Cooperative Development Center

The Nebraska Cooperative Development Center is Nebraska’s source for cooperative-based business development, which has the power to increase quality of life and economic vitality.

Centennial Marketplace in Utica, Neb.