Temporary Locations

Westfield Gateway Holiday Store

6100 O Street, Bay #228
Westfield Gateway Mall
Lincoln, NE 68505
402-464-3030

Store hours
Monday-Saturday: 10:00am – 9:00pm
Sunday: 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Please check Westfield Gateway Web site for specific holiday hours.
November 4 - December 24

For the 2011 Holiday Season, GROW Nebraska™ is opening a holiday store featuring Nebraska products for the discerning shopper at Westfield Gateway Mall in Lincoln. This allows consumers an additional opportunity to purchase locally during the busy holiday season. The holiday store offers many unique items that you can’t purchase anywhere else so you can find just the right gift for everyone on your list.

Products are also available at the year-round stores at Kearney Hilltop Mall and Conestoga Mall in Grand Island, and the holiday store in Downtown Norfolk.

2011 Participating Members

Annette Snyder - Novelist	J. Devlin's Glass Art
Award Keeper	J & L Lee Co.
Back Home Wreaths	K & A Creations
Barb's Buttery Toffee	KD Designs
Bert Anderson Collection	Land Alive Foods
Beverage Butler	Lilly's Sweet Tooth
Big Red Popcorn	Mike Mennard
Bud's Books	Monson Foods
Calligraphy Designs, Ink.	My Ear Jazz
Chili Dawg's Foods of Fire	NebraskaBison.com
Country Neighbor Foods	Omaha Books
Country Taste of Homemade	Opa-O's
Creations by Valerie	Polaris Products
Crete Glass Creations	Prairie Barn
Cynfull Sauces	Prairie Industries
D. Jean Smith, Author	Preferred Popcorn
Designer Dachshund Dog Clothing	Pur Java
Design Haven Graphics	Rafter 7S
EC Beads	RCK Creations & More
Ely Farms	Rosemary's Porcelain Art
From the Heart Creations	Rustic Writing
Garvin Meats	Sandra Hilsabeck Books
Grandma's Home Brewed Soap	Scottish Highland Farms
Hallow Candle Co.	SEM Jewelry Designs
Heartland Gourmet	Shepherd's Dairy 4 Ewe
Heavenly Creations	Sheryll Hickman - Artist
Heirloom Treasures	Soy Accent Candle Co.
Heritage Falls Candles	Sportsman's Hair Care
Hilger Agri-Natural	Taylor Made Clothing
HR Poppin' Snacks	Teresa Heying, Author
Hunzeker Frameables	The Cross Makers of Seward
IM's Countryside Painting	The History of Prayer in America
Ink Images	The Nebraska Pantry
Inner Maker	Two Ewes
Italian Fusion	Valerie Masin, Author
It's All About Bees	Wingsets

Downtown Norfolk Store

Downtown Norfolk
311 Norfolk Ave., #100
Norfolk, NE 68701
(402)371-7891

Hours:
Monday-Wednesday: 11am - 6pm
Thursday: 10am - 7pm
Friday: 10am - 6pm
Saturday: 10am - 4pm
Hours will be expanded during Holiday season November 1 to December 31.

The Northeast Community College, Norfolk Chamber of Commerce and Heritage Nebraska Main Street Program have teamed up with GROW Nebraska to offer a unique shopping opportunity in downtown Norfolk. The store was originally a holiday store for the 2010 holiday season, and is also open for the 2011 holiday season.

“This is the first time GROW’s gone into a historic building downtown,” said GROW CEO Janell Anderson Ehrke. “Norfolk has just launched a buy local program so this is a really good fit for us.” The Northeast Community college encouraged GROW to open a store in Norfolk to reach new markets in the Northern part of the state. “We are revitalizing downtown Norfolk right now, so GROW was a good fit with the other improvements that are going on in that area right now,” says Joe Ferguson, Director of Business & Industry/Economic Development at NECC. “There are a lot of great restaurants and retail shops in downtown already and the GROW Nebraska store just helps round out the whole downtown shopping experience.”

If you have questions or would like to participate, please e-mail info@grownebraska.org.

The Buy Local Nebraska Store

Presented by GROW Nebraska and the Nebraska State Fair

The goal of the GROW Nebraska™ Buy Local Nebraska Store at the Nebraska State Fair is to provide awareness of GROW Nebraska™ members’ products and help their companies build brand identity. Sales from the store are important, but the purpose of the service is exposure for Nebraska companies.

The 2011 Nebraska State Fair is from August 26 - September 5. The GROW Nebraska™ Buy Local Nebraska Store is located in the Exhibition Hall. GROW was excited to create new traditions at the 2010 Nebraska State Fair held in Grand Island.

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2011 Participting Members

67th Street Goodies	Midwest Messenger
Alexa Whipple	Mike Mennard
Annette Snyder-Novelist	Monson Family Foods
Back Home Wreaths	Moody Girl Salsa
Baldridge Food Company	Mosaic
Bert Anderson Collection	My Ear Jazz
Big Red Popcorn	My Still Water Massage
Billie Jo Ross	NebraskaBison.com
Bud's Books	Nebraska Pantry
Calligraphy Designs, Ink.	No-No Bird Feeders
Claudia's Books & Art	Oasis Enterprises
CornCoctions	Ogallala Bay Rum
Country Neighbor Foods	Omaha Books
Country Taste of Homemade	Opa-O's
Creations by Valerie	Petals and Pastries
Crete Glass	Photos by Ms. Mac
Designer Dachshund Dog Clothing	Pixie Dots
Doggone Clean Paws	Polaris Products
Double Lung Outdoors	Prairie Harvest Granola
EC Beads	Prairie Industries
Ely Farms	Preferred Popcorn
Epp Productions	Pur Java Coffee
From The Heart Creations	Ricky and Lucy's Country Greenhouse
Garden Fresh Vegetables	Rafter 7S
Garvin Meats	Randys Garage Studio
Giftwood of Nebraska	RCK Creations & More
Grandma's Home Brewed Soap	Rising Star
Hansen Fine Art Studio	Rosemary's Porcelain Art
Heartland Nuts 'N More	Rustic Writing
Heavenly Creations	Say It Flags
Heirloom Treasures	Scottish Highland Farms
Heritage Falls Candles	SEM Jewelry
High Plains Wheat Weaving	Shepherd's Dairy 4 Ewe
Hilger Agri/Natural	Sheryll Hickman - Artist
Holen One Farms	Shortcuts to Gourmet Cooking
Hometown Produce	Soy Accents Candle Co.
Horned Beef Company	Sparky's LLC
HR Poppin' Snacks	Susanne Osberg, Artist
Hunzeker Frameables	Tammy's Soap Shack
I Made That!	Teresa Heying, Author
IM's Countryside Painting	The Beverage Butler
Ink Images	The History of Prayer in America
Italian Fusion	The Ogallala Cream Can Supper Company
JB's Fatboy	The Seward Cross Makers
K & A Creations	Time in a Treasure
KD Designs	Two Ewes Bath & Body
Land Alive Food	Valerie Masin, Author
LaVonne's Artistic Image	Whispering Pines Farms
Little Blue River Soap Company	Y Knot NEpacas
Lovely Street	Zooreka
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MarketPlace Store

MarketPlace is an event focused on energizing small businesses and rural communities. The conference features strong, hands-on learning opportunities for potential and existing business owners including on and off farm/ranch, store front or home based, women and Hispanic owned businesses; community leaders; and youth interested in entrepreneurship. Numerous sectors of businesses and organizations regularly attend. MarketPlace is organized by the Center for Rural Affairs and moves locations yearly.

The MarketPlace Store is a "retail store for a day" giving an extra boost of marketing exposure to Nebraska artisans and entrepreneurs. GROW Nebraska is a MarketPlace sponsor and markets the retail store to potential vendors, provides expertise and staff and pays sales taxes incurred from store sales. Commission fees for all items sold in the store are 25%. There is no registration fee.

The 2011 MarketPlace Conference was held in Kearney at the Ramada Inn Convention Center on Tuesday, Februrary 22 and Wednesday, February 23. The 2012 Conference will be held in Kearney on February 22. You can learn more about the MarketPlace Conference on their web site.

Columbus Holiday Store

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108 East 24th Street, #80
Village Centre
Columbus, NE 68601

For the 2010 Holiday Season, GROW Nebraska™ opened a holiday store featuring Nebraska products in Village Center in Columbus, NE. The Columbus Community College, Columbus Pinnacle Bank and Cornerstone Bank were all participating sponsors to help make this fourth holiday store a reality. For Columbus, this partnership is not just about another marketing opportunity for Nebraska businesses. "This activity will be an education adventure for CCC Business Administration/Marketing students," says Doris Lux of Central Community College. "The college supports any entrepreneurial adventure that will help local entrepreneurs grow and become successful. If other people in Nebraska can do it that might give some local people the idea that they can also be successful in their product ideas."

2010 Participating Members