Annual Report Available Online
July 01, 2008
Omaha by Design’s 2007 annual report is now available online at www.omahabydesign.org.
The publication charts the organization’s progress in its three program areas: Green Omaha, which seeks to preserve and enhance the city’s natural setting and public park system; Civic Omaha, which seeks to define and improve the city’s civic places and public image; and Neighborhood Omaha, which seeks to preserve and enhance the diversity of the city’s residential neighborhoods.
Among the 2007 accomplishments are the unanimous city council approval of a groundbreaking package of revisions and additions to Omaha’s zoning code, the publication of the inaugural Omaha Catalogue of Urban Design Philanthropy, and the continuing development of the Benson-Ames Alliance. “Throughout the city, growing numbers of people are beginning to realize that how a city looks and feels and how its many parts connect with one another relate directly to its potential for transformation,” said Connie Spellman, director of Omaha by Design.