harkens a new arts-culture district for the city   – credits The Reader BY LEO ADAM BIGA The days when North 24th Street jumped with folks out on the town, strolling the main drag, hitting one live music spot after another, are decades past. Aside from biennial homecoming activities, North 24th is a drive-through artery on the way to somewhere else. Few souls trod its walkways. If people do stop it’s for Sunday sanctification, a haircut, a fill-up or some social service business. There’s little else to see or do. Food options are mostly confined to the fast variety and …

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The Sherwood Foundation funds gang intervention, prison re-entry and summer jobs programs at Impact One Community Connection, a North Omaha non-profit. Warren Buffett’s Daughter Susie Is Taking On Early Childhood Education And Gangs

Impact One, a gang intervention program for North Omaha youth, has volunteered workers through its summer jobs program;  mowing and trimming around the garden plots. NorthStar’s Sahler Street Community Garden at 48th & Sahler has been a busy site recently, with dozens of volunteers committing time to help the garden take shape. NorthStar Foundation: Community Garden Volunteer Day Photos from the garden with Impact One

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