Happening This Week

Event:

Business After Hours

Date:

Thursday, March 14th

Time:

5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Location:

Ruhter Auction & Realty

2837 W HWY 6

Host:

Ruhter Auction & Realty

Click Here For Flyer

Event:

Candidate Coffee

Date:

Friday, March 15th

Time:

8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Location:

Hastings Municipal Airport

3300 W 12th

Host:

Hastings Area Chamber of Commerce

Click Here For Flyer

Save The Date

Get ready to make an informed decision in the upcoming election!

We are excited to invite you to come and meet the candidates over a cup of coffee. Join us on Friday, March 22nd from 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM at the Hastings Municipal Airport to engage with the candidates, ask them questions, and learn more about their vision for our community.

Don't miss out on this opportunity to make your voice heard and connect with your local leaders. See you there!

Click Here For Flyer

Member Resources

Internships create lasting connections between students, businesses, and regions; more than half of young people who participate in an internship become full-time employees where they intern. The Intern Nebraska Grant Program (InternNE) provides financial assistance to businesses that create new internships in Nebraska.

InternNE connects students with internships in key sectors, fostering local talent development and bridging the gap between education and Nebraska's evolving workforce, laying the groundwork for its future expansion and success.

Local businesses can apply to receive up to $7500. The deadline to apply is April 1st.

Businesses and organizations that may receive support from an InternNE grant must:

Be located in Nebraska.
Be a for-profit company or a non-profit; government entities, as well as both public and private colleges and universities, are not eligible.

Click Here For More Information

Leadership Hastings

Click Here For Flyer

Purchase Soap Here

The Leadership Hastings Class of 2023-2024 proudly collaborated with Pacha Soap to design, craft, and package a distinct and purposeful creation: the "Play Hard, Stay Clean" bar of soap.

All profits will benefit HPS Foundation's PROJECT: Playground to help improve playgrounds at Alcott, Hawthorne, Lincoln, Longfellow, and Watson Elementary Schools.

All “Play Hard, Stay Clean” soap bars must be ordered by Friday, April 5, 2024.

Thank you for supporting the ‘23-’24 Leadership Hastings Class, Hastings Public Schools Foundation, and the Hastings community!

Reach out to the Leadership Hastings Class if you have questions or would like to order directly from them!

View Class Here

Register Today

Elevate, a program from Hastings Economic Development Corporation & Hastings Area Chamber of Commerce, connects interns from a variety of career paths, backgrounds, and lifestyles with a network of young professionals their age while they experience purposeful engaging community opportunities together. The program features several meaningfully designed events to immerse interns in all things Hastings outside of their workday!

Businesses with interns can sign up for ELEVATE 2024 now! Last year we had 19 interns participating in the ELEVATE program from 4 Hastings area businesses.

If you are interested in your summer interns participating in Elevate 2024 sign up here .

Click Here For More Information

State Chamber

The Dish on D.C.

The House convened briefly last week to debut and pass a FY2024 stopgap spending bill. Passed by the House and Senate in the same day, the legislation provides a very short extension – budgets that expire March 1 now have until March 8 and budgets that expire March 8 now have until March 22 – enough time for lawmakers to move forward with a budget compromise between majority and minority leaders in both chambers.