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Developers and community members detailed the latest large affordable housing project -- with space for Clinic with a Heart -- proposed in the South of Downtown area.
Hoppe Development wants to build an apartment building in the South of Downtown area with 125 affordable units, rooftop terraces, a "linear park," community space and public art.
A local non-profit will bolster affordable housing projects across the city with close to $1 million in grants...
Lincoln elevators deteriorate as neighborhood grows PETER SALTER, Lincoln Journal Star July 16, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — He’s had trouble at the top of the grain elevator before. Last month, it was fresh graffiti -- more than 80 feet up, numbers and letters spray-painted so tall, broad and bright they could be seen from several blocks away. But more than 40 years ago, when James Woolsoncroft bought the elevator on the edge of the Haymarket, it was the roof itself. The previous owner had let it fail, and rainwater had seeped into the silos, ruining the corn. Woolsonc...
Heâs had trouble at the top of the grain elevator before. Last month, it was fresh graffiti -- more than 80 feet up, numbers and letters spray-painted so tall, broad and bright they could be seen from several blocks away. But more than 40 years ago, when James Woolsoncroft bought the elevator on the edge of the Haymarket, it was the roof itself. The previous owner had let it fail, and rainwater had seeped into the silos, ruining the corn. Woolsoncroft knew the property needed work. But he also considered it the Cadillac of grain elevators: A dozen concrete bins on the north side, 80 feet...