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Gross Sarpy reports permit rebound, 74 business visits and flags state budget risks to local incentives
Summary
Alicia Sheeb of Gross Sarpy told commissioners that building permits rebounded above 2023 levels, the office completed 74 business retention and expansion visits in 2024, and that pending state actions (including LB650 and other proposals) could reduce or remove incentive tools used to recruit and retain employers.
Alicia Sheeb, representing Gross Sarpy, told the Sarpy County Board of Commissioners that countywide building-permit activity rebounded above 2023 levels and that the economic-development office completed 74 business retention and expansion visits in 2024. She said the office had a healthy project pipeline but reported zero “landed projects” in 2024 in the office’s metric because leadership turnover prompted the staff to decline taking credit for projects they did not lead.
“She said Gross Sarpy is watching a slate of legislative items at the state level, including LB650 and other proposals that would sun set or reduce incentive…
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