Wright Enterprise, LLC: North Omaha Food Hall and Indoor Green Space

ID

268

OrgName

Wright Enterprise, LLC

PhysicalAddress

MailingAddress

Website

SocialMediaAccounts

Name

Vanessa Wright

Title

Managing Member

EmailAddress

wrightenterprisellc@gmail.com

Phone

+1 (510) 480-6560

Team

No

TeamExplanation

OrganizationalChart

OtherCompletedProjects

I am the CRO of Out in Tech, a non profit organization that has spent the last 10 years creating community for underserved communities in technology. Helping members gain and leverage their careers for personal gain and social change. I have a deep understanding of how to bring community together and impact them socioeconomically.

ProposalTitle

North Omaha Food Hall and Indoor Green Space

TotalBudget

42000000.0

LB1024GrantFundingRequest

42000000.0

ProposalType

Combination of capital project and service/program

BriefProposalSummary

Food is the heart of any urban culture. The North Omaha Food Hall & Indoor Greenspace will create a place for small business owners and community to collide. We will work with the city to choose a location and build a multi functional environment designed to bring jobs and revenue to North Omaha while also creating a beautiful and safe space for residents to gather, shop, walk, eat, be entertained. The Food Hall provides stalls (10-12) for many small businesses to display their culinary skills while highlighting the many different cultures the live, grow, and thrive in Omaha, NE. Ideally we want to bring a small produce space as well ensuring fresh food is available to the residents of the area. We also envision retail or commercial spaces allowing for other businesses to benefit from the increased traffic. The indoor green space provides visitors with places to sit, gather, and work. Spaces for artist to perform and small communities to meet. This multifunctional space gives residents and reason to come and stay in the area. This project has the potential to bring hundreds of jobs to North Omaha while impacting the entire area economically and socially.

Timeline

I do not yet know the complete timeline of this project, but know we can delivery a viable project ready for public interaction by July 2026. We can then continue the other phases.

PercentageCompletedByJuly2025

0.7

FundingGoals

Fundamental Change (i.e., a proposal that will continue to elevate North or South Omaha's presence and perception within the region, significantly improving the lives of area residents through physical development) Long-Lasting Economic Growth (i.e., a proposal that will foster gainful employment opportunities and financial investment in the area, leading to the creation of generational wealth and widespread economic vitality in North and South Omaha) Transformational (i.e., a proposal that will help energize, recharge, or spur significant and favorable advancements in North or South Omaha's function or appearance)

Community Needs

Multimodal Transportation (i.e., enable connectivity through driving, biking, taking transit, walking, and rolling) Quality of Life (i.e., create or enhance natural spaces, mixed uses, parks, safety, etc.) Sustainable Community (i.e., create or enhance housing, services, education, civic uses, recreation, etc.)

OtherExplanation

ProposalDescriptionAndNeedsAlignment

The North Omaha Food Hall will make North Omaha a destination giving folks from all over Omaha a reason to come to and embrace the area.

VisioningWorkshopFindingsAlignment

PrioritiesAlignment

EconomicImpact

approximately 150-300 temporary and permanent jobs with wages ranging $12-15 per hour to $180k+ salary.

EconomicImpactPermanentJobsCreated

125+

EconomicImpactTemporaryJobsCreated

200+

EconomicImpactWageLevels

$12hr to $180K+ salary

EconomicImpactAlignProposedJobs

The food hall will work with community groups to prioritize hiring of local workers and entertpreneurs

CommunityBenefit

North Omaha needs a place to call it's own. Gather community where they can be, learn, grow and thrive. This project will provide all of those. It will increase the community as well as the entire area. Bringing outside residents to the area to spend money while improving the lives of the people already living there.

CommunityBenefitSustainability

The indoor garden gives a place for people to come, walk, rest, meet and gather, work etc. Food helps sustain the community 365 days a year

BestPracticesInnovation

OutcomeMeasurement

High wage jobs, Small business support, beautification of the area

OutcomeMeasurementHow

OutcomeMeasurementCoinvestment

Partnerships

Yes

PartnershipsOrgs

I do not know who yet, but we will partner with organizations to help

PartnershipsMOU

Displacement

No

DisplacementExplanation

PhysicalLocation

QualifiedCensusTract

Within one or more QCTs

AdditionalLocationDocuments

PropertyZoning

ConnectedToUtilities

ConnectedToUtilitiesConnected

ConnectedToUtilitiesUpgradesNeeded

DesignEstimatingBidding

No

DesignEstimatingBiddingPackageDeveloped

No

DesignEstimatingBiddingCostsDetermined

I took examples of other food halls and spaces built in Atlanta, GA who has used this model to really grow their urban landscape

GeneralContractor

No

GeneralContractorPublicCompetitiveBid

GeneralContractorPublicCompetitiveBidWhyNot

RequestRationale

GrantFundsUsage

ProposalFinancialSustainability

Yes

ProposalFinancialSustainabilityOperations

FundingSources

FundingSourcesPendingDecisions

FundingSourcesCannotContinue

Scalability

It can be completed in smaller components. It can be paired down if a lower amount than requested is provided. It can also be scaled up with the right partners and we will have/find the right partners

ScalabilityComponents

FinancialCommitment

I do not know

ARPAComplianceAcknowledgment

1.0

ARPAReportingMonitoringProcessAck

1.0

LB1024FundingSourcesAck

1.0

PublicInformation

1.0

FileUploads

Additional Location Documents (see application for list)