Upcoming Events
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NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP + BNA MEETING
4.27 9:00am-2:00am & 4.29 7:00pm
The Benson Neighborhood Association is hosting their yearly neighborhood cleanup this Saturday, April 27th from 9:00-2:00 at the Omaha Home for Boys. Bring your bulky items that are not taken with curbside trash pickup. The BNA will also be holding their regularly scheduled meeting at 7:00 next Monday, April 29th at Benson Baptist Church.
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BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT MEETING
4.26 9:30am
The BID is hosting their monthly meeting at the Benson Library this Friday, April 26th at 9:30am. The agenda includes updates from the community forum, the ARPA funded bollard project, and Pete Festerson provided us an update on the old gas station property!!
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ART BENEFIT & POST-IT SHOW BUSINESS MEMBER PREVIEW
5.2 6:30pm-8:00pm
Radial Arts Center has extended an invite to BCD business members inviting them to a preview of their Art Benefit & Post-It Show Exhibition on Thursday, May 2nd from 6:30-8:00pm. They recognize that we’re all pretty busy on First Friday, but this is really a show you don’t want to miss! They’re also still looking for a couple volunteers for the May 3rd show. If you’re available or know anyone who may be interested—you can sign up Click Here!
EXPERIENCE
Benson
Where Creativity Is Our Culture
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Benson Business Improvement District
The Benson Business Improvement District, established by the City of Omaha in 1977 and reinvigorated in 2010, is responsible for raising funds to maintain and improve the Benson business district.
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Benson Neighborhood Association
The Benson Neighborhood Association (BNA) was originally comprised of five neighborhood associations that were formed within the Benson boundaries between 1910 and 1920.
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Creative District
Benson is now an official Creative District!
In June 2022, Benson was designated as Omaha’s first Creative District!
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Benson Business Owners
Benson Business Owners (BBO) is an informal group of merchants interested in working together to bring customers, shoppers and visitors to downtown Benson through coordinated promotions and events.
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BFF Omaha
We believe that everyone has the right to create, experience, and cultivate the arts in our communities. goes here
Welcome to Benson!
Our story starts way back in 1887 with Erastus Benson, a land speculator, investor, and philanthropist. He purchased 900 or so acres of land from Edward Creighton, an Omaha businessman. On March 4, 1887, Erastus platted the land and called it Benson Place, later changing it to Benson. We were annexed into the City of Omaha in 1917.
‘Ole Erastus was quite the entrepreneur and renaissance man. He helped found the first of the regional phonograph companies and invested in a young man named Thomas Edison and his Kinetoscope. In his spare time, our founder wrote songs – more than 20 of ’em are included in the Edison Sheet Music Collection of the U.S. Library of Congress.
His spirit must have somehow settled into our dirt, because the entrepreneur is alive and well in today’s Benson, helping our neighborhood become the place you want to live, hang out, or open a business.
Stop by for a visit – you’ll be back for the experience.