This area has been operating informally for two years with only partial funding. Neither an office location nor the staff has been chosen yet. Many Nebraska communities find it difficult to locate and acquire funds and other resources to improve the quality of life for their citizens. We don't directly fund all the projects, but we provide the staff who can work daily with the council to help bring these projects about through grant writing and regular coordination, Chick added. The councils are made of volunteer citizen members, tribal members, municipalities, county and natural resources district representatives from the multi-county areas.
Councils identify their own projects.
Another project was the Alternative Ag. Expo attended by 285 people. The expo provided participants with alternative methods of marketing their products like pheasant production, hydroponic tomato production, or fish farming. The unusually depressed farm economy emphasizes the tremendous need for wealth creation for the area.