Project “O” Street - Community Engagement

Public Participation in Project "O" Street We’re shaping Project "O" Street with input from the people who know it best.

From the start, community voices have played a central role in shaping the vision, goals, and design of this project. Through open houses, surveys, and public meetings, we’ve gathered ideas from residents, business owners, workers, and visitors to downtown Lincoln. That feedback helped us define priorities, refine design concepts, and set the direction for the improvements underway.

We’re committed to keeping the conversation going. This page will be your source for upcoming engagement opportunities, recordings of past events, and materials that show how your input is helping shape the future of "O" Street.

Upcoming Opportunities

Check back soon for details on future open houses, virtual town halls, and other ways to share your feedback. We’ll post dates, locations, and registration information here as they become available.

Past Public Open Houses

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Background Information

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Survey Results – Spring 2022

The first step towards improvements to the downtown experience was to understand how people felt about the current downtown and see their vision for the future. Through surveys, interviews and street observations, the project team gained valuable insight into what’s working and not working downtown today, and where we should go from here.

This insight changed the project mindset from a revitalization effort to an opportunity for cultivation - and launched the team towards the creation of initial concepts for the heart of Lincoln, and see the future of downtown in a whole new way.

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Concept Diagrams

Keeping in mind those big ideas and opportunities, concept diagrams were developed to look at how different pieces of the streetscape like planters, trees, parking and open space could work together.

The concepts below show how streets in the project area could be organized, along with character images that show what downtown could aspire to be.

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Iconic Lincoln

The key insights suggest that there should be moments or locations downtown that reminds visitors where they are – something iconic and photo-worthy that represents Lincoln.

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