OMAHA- Gov. Pillen joined Mayor Stothert and top business leaders of the state’s largest city to announce plans for nearly $125 million in public funds headed to historically disadvantaged northeast Omaha. The group said the public funding makes possible job-producing and family activities that otherwise likely would not materialize.

The money will go towards two transformational projects. About $90 million in state funds will go to a development team poised to turn 160 acres near Eppley Airfield and north of Carter Lake into “shovel-ready” land for an industrial business park. The other $35 million, in pandemic recovery funding, is to help build a city-owned and -operated multipurpose sports complex nearby in Levi Carter Park.

Pillen acknowledged the work of State Sens. Justin Wayne and Terrell McKinney of North Omaha, who led the legislative effort to fund the business park and other major projects intended to boost their community. Despite the praise, both Senators were unaware of the event. “It’s a slap in the face of the Legislature and my community,” said Wayne. “No other senator would not be invited to something that they worked on for over five years.”

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