On Tuesday morning, August 9th, the Sarpy County Chamber of Commerce held its annual Economic Outlook breakfast at Trinity Village in Papillion.

MCC Exec VP Jim Grotrian at the podium

MCC Exec VP Jim Grotrian at the podium

Following a delicious breakfast, opening remarks by Sarpy County’s Fred Uhe and invocation by Pastor Erik Boye, emcee Uhe proceeded to welcome attendees and introduced a series of outstanding presenters, including Jim Grotrian of Metro Community College, Courtney Dentlinger, NE Dep’t. of Economic Development, UNO’s Cathy Lang, Renee Fry and Tiffany Seibert-Joekel of the Open Sky Policy Institute and Sarah Moylan of the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce.

Cathy Lang shares her thoughts at SCCC Economic Outlook

Cathy Lang shares her thoughts at SCCC Economic Outlook

Topics addressed spanned MCC’s role in Economic Development, the Nebraska Department of Economic Development, Nebraska Tax Policy, and Workforce Development. A power point presentation augmented each segment and displayed interesting facts, figures and statistics to reinforce each speaker’s talk.

Sarah Moylan of Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce illustrates an issue at the SCCC Economic Outlook

Sarah Moylan of Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce illustrates an issue at the SCCC Economic Outlook

The Economic Outlook breakfast was quite informative and insightful, and attendees paid close attention to each presenter and participated in Q & A sessions following each presentation.

Midwest Sound & Lighting provided A/V support for the event and is a proud sponsor of the Economic Outlook breakfast. We congratulate the Sarpy County Chamber of Commerce and all attendees on another successful and informative glimpse into the business going on now and in the future in Nebraska’s fastest-growing county.