OMAHA BOARD PEPPERS DEVELOPERS WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT PROJECT IN LINE FOR $90M IN STATE FUNDS

OMAHA- A $90 million plan to launch a business park near Omaha’s airport faced continued scrutiny from a board that must provide a letter of support for the publicly funded project in order for it to proceed.

The questions from Omaha’s Inland Port Authority board also raised questions about whether the development team would meet its deadline to get the project site shovel-ready for job-producing industrial businesses to sprout. State Sen. Terrell McKinney, who chairs the board, said he was more focused on “transparency” and getting firm financial details from the development team led by the Omaha Economic Development Corp., Burlington Capital, and Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce.

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