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Spring Parade of Homes in Omaha, NE

The Spring Parade of Homes takes place in Omaha between May 11th and May 18th. There are 74 entries which includes residential homes as well as condos with price range of $111,000 to $800,000. A nice way of spending an evening with your family or friends!

"Demand for ethanol helps fuel 23% rise in ag property prices"...

 The Omaha World Herald in the Business Section has a interesting article on the Farmland values that are up. "Farmland values in Nebraska increased 23 percent from 2007 to 2008, the largest jump in the 30 years that the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has conducted the annual survey." "Corn demand from the rapidly growing ethanol industry in the state fueled prosperous returns across the corn-producing areas of the state,"

2008-- A BIG YEAR IN OMAHA, NE IN SPORTS

  1. NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT --March 20-22 at Qwest Center
  2. COLLEGE WORLD SERIES--June 14 to 25 at Rosenblatt Stadium
  3. U.S. OLYMPIC SWIMMING TRIALS--June 29- July 6 at Qwest Center
  4. COX CLASSIC--July 31-August 3 at Champions Run
  5. NCAA VOLLEYBALL FINAL FOUR--Dec 18-20 at Qwest Center

For additional information on the above events please log on to Omaha World Herald.