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A recent board retreat allowed the Phelps County Development Corporation’s board of directors to learn from other community’s successes and to generate new ideas to help grow the county. PCDC board members traveled to northeast Nebraska to Fremont’s Costco/Lincoln Premium Poultry Plant and to Wayne, where they met at...Continue Reading

Phelps County needs more housing. The continued tight-housing supply in Holdrege is prompting PCDC to formulate new strategies to create housing and attract developers to the area. For the past six months, just a few dozen or fewer homes are on the market in the county each week....Continue Reading

The pandemic created a chance opportunity for Wood River native Mady Thelen to purchase a local dance studio and become a small-town entrepreneur. Mady graduated from Wood River High School nine years ago and then earned a bachelor’s degree in dance (with a minor in agricultural entrepreneurship) from the...Continue Reading