MISSION

Founded in 2020, Partners for Livable Omaha is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the livability of communities throughout the Omaha metro.

VISION

Partners for Livable Omaha (Livable Omaha) partners with organizations, stakeholders and experts who share a common vision for strengthening our communities. Our programs build bridges across disciplines and across community populations. We focus on creative workforce development, arts-based community empowerment, design-based solutions, and creating new livability resources that are accessible to all.

PROGRAMS

We created and operate the Omaha Mobile Stage. Launched in 2021, our Omaha Mobile Stage (OMS) program uses creative placemaking, community-based arts and cultural resources, and multidisciplinary collaboration to expand live performing arts opportunities and make space for creatives to participate in community and economic development in the Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area. Our service areas include Douglas and Sarpy Counties in Nebraska,  Pottawattamie County in Iowa, and the metro’s nearby rural communities.  

In summer 2024, we launched our second major program, called OurStory, to create new design solutions for aging-ready infill housing and accessory dwellings in the Omaha metro and beyond.

STAFF

  • Jessica Scheuerman, Founder and Executive Director, jessica@livable.org

  • Kaylea Kuhlman, Marketing and Communications Manager, kaylea@livable.org

  • James Schroeder, Production Manager, jim@livable.org

  • Keiria Marsha, Program Manager, keiria@livable.org

  • Bobbi Trujillo, Audio Engineer and Production Assistant

  • Logan Smith, Audio Engineer and Production Assistant, logan@livable.org

  • Tyler Russell, Audio Engineer and Production Assistant

    Read more about our team here.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

  • Manne Cook, Senior Planner, Lamp Rynearson

  • Adam Fritz, Tax Manager, Gallup

  • Blake Harris, Executive Director, Skatefest Omaha

  • Sara Howard, OPPD Director + Policy Advisor, First Five Nebraska, Chair

  • Emma Mabry, Realtor, NP Dodge Real Estate, Treasurer

  • Erin L. Moran, Director of Development, Humanities Nebraska

  • Katie Kresha, Grant Writing Consultant

  • Allie Schrader Lund, Operations Manager, Waiting Room Lounge and Reverb Lounge

  • Eleanore Tiehen, CADRE Associate, Omaha Public Schools, Secretary

View our w9.

View our 2023 Form 990.

View our IRS Determination.

Partners for Livable Omaha is a member of the Nonprofit Association of the Midlands.

All are welcome.

Partners for Livable Omaha does not lawfully or unlawfully discriminate in its hiring practices or service provision to clients and/or customers based on race, ethnicity, religious preference, age, mental, emotional, or physical disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, military service, or gender.