⚡ Action needed

Hearings May 21 and June 2. Seven Saddle Creek businesses face demolition. Email city council now.

Urgent Action Needed

Seven businesses. Two hearings. One chance to stop it.

Two development projects are closing in on Saddle Creek from both ends. Both use public tax incentives to destroy what already exists here. The final hearing on the Family Fare project is June 2. Email every council member now.

Hearing Schedule — Family Fare / Saddle Creek Marketplace

May 21, 2026 Public hearing on TIF and EEA agreements, Omaha City Council, 2:00 PM
June 2, 2026 Final Final hearing to approve the EEA and TIF agreements. Last chance for public testimony before the vote.

All hearings at Omaha City Council Chambers, Omaha-Douglas Civic Center, 1819 Farnam Street. Arrive by 1:30 PM to sign up for public testimony.

Sign the petition — add your name to the public record of opposition. Every signature counts. After signing, please also email council directly using the button below.

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Most important action

Tell Mayor Ewing how you feel.

This ultimately lies with the mayor. Mayor Ewing has the power to veto the TIF and EEA agreements for the Saddle Creek Marketplace project. If he truly cares about affordability and regular people, he can stop this deal or require that it include real community benefits — affordable housing, food access, and relocation support for the businesses being displaced.

Council Members Begley and Festersen promised those very things to our coalition in a direct meeting. None appeared in the final agreement. The mayor can make it right where they would not. Let him know where you stand.

✉ Email Mayor Ewing Call 402-444-5555

What to say

Sample email — copy and personalize

Subject: Please oppose the demolition of Saddle Creek businesses I am writing to urge you to oppose the Saddle Creek Marketplace proposal that would demolish seven businesses at Saddle Creek Plaza using $21 million in public TIF and EEA subsidies. These are functioning, community-rooted businesses that were not meaningfully consulted and were not offered real alternatives. Parts of our neighborhood already face food access challenges. Demolishing Family Fare and the other businesses here makes that problem worse, not better, while generating returns for a private developer. I am asking you to vote NO on this proposal and to require a genuine community benefits process before any similar development moves forward. Thank you.

Sign with your name and neighborhood. A personal email carries more weight than a form letter — add your own experience if you can.

Email everyone at once

This opens a pre-addressed email to all seven council members and the mayor's hotline simultaneously.

✉ Email All Council Members + Mayor Now

Contact them individually

Your own district rep and the council president carry the most weight. Emailing all of them matters.

Council President Danny Begley District 3
Introduced Ordinances Pete Festersen District 1
Mayor of Omaha Mayor John Ewing Jr. Mayor's Hotline
District 2 LaVonya Goodwin  
District 4 Ron Hug  
District 5 Don Rowe  
District 6, Vice President Brinker Harding  
District 7 Aimee Melton  

Attend in person

Your physical presence matters, even if you don't testify. Show up.

Omaha City Council Chambers
Omaha-Douglas Civic Center, 1819 Farnam Street, Omaha NE 68183
Meetings begin at 2:00 PM. Arrive by 1:30 to sign up for public testimony.

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