Article: Gallup Organization's Move Was 'a Wake-Up Call' for Lincoln, Neb.

By John Taylor, Omaha World-Herald, Neb. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jul. 12--LINCOLN, Neb.--Nothing like losing a big company and its high-paying jobs to shake up civic boosters and elected officials of a community.

That's what happened in Lincoln when the Gallup Organization announced in the summer of 2000 that most of its operations were being moved from Lincoln to a new operational headquarters and leadership training center along the Missouri River in Omaha.

A consultant was hired by the City of Lincoln and a Technology Council appointed by the mayor to look at the economic environment in Lincoln.

In its report, HDR ...

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