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Nebraska Diplomats, company, community, and government officials gathered in North Platte today at the Sandhills Convention Center to celebrate the economic contributions of the state’s businesses and industries.

The Nebraska Department of Economic Development today awarded a total $100,000 in Nebraska Innovation Fund grants for Pre-seed Stage (or Prototyping) completed by two Nebraska companies in support of conceptual work and commercialization of their products or processes.

The Nebraska Department of Economic Development (DED) has awarded the City of Red Cloud with $300,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding in the Tourism Development category to renovate the three-story “Moon Block” building to house the National Willa Cather Center.

The Nebraska Department of Economic Development (DED) has awarded $350,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding to the Village of Jansen to update components of its wastewater system. Jansen (pop. 161) will use the funding to line portions of the existing sanitary sewer system with Cured in Place Pipe, install new service connections and replace sewer main where needed, along with other improvements.