📣 Meeting Alert! 👉 Board of Directors Meeting 👉 1:30 p.m. on 10/22/26 👉 MAPA Offices, 2222 Cuming St., Omaha 🔗 Learn more about this event and others at the MAPA webpage: mapacog.org/calendar/events

Iowa Regional Planning Affiliation 18 is accepting applications for projects for FY2028 Surface Transportation Block Grant & Transportation Alternatives Set Aside funding from 10/20/26-01/20/27. More info: mapacog.org/reports/rpa18cal…. Submit apps to [email protected] by 01/20/27.

🚧 Public Comment Period Now Open! 📝 📅 October 15-22, 2026 📄 View the proposed amendment: 🔗 tinyurl.com/FY27TIPAmend1 💬 Submit comments by 4:30 p.m. on October 22, 2026: 📧 Email: [email protected] 📬 Mail: MAPA 2222 Cuming St. Omaha, NE 68102 #transportation

📣 Meeting Alert! 👉 Transportation Technical Advisory Committee 👉 10 a.m. on October 16, 2026 👉 MAPA Offices, 2222 Cuming St., Omaha 🔗 To learn more about this event, please visit mapacog.org/calendar/events

📣 Meeting Alert 👉 Coordinated Transit Committee 👉 MAPA Offices, 2222 Cuming St. 👉 Wednesday, October 14 at 10:30 a.m. 🗣️ All voting members must attend in-person in order to vote on agenda items. 🔗 Find out more about this meeting at mapacog.org/calendar/events

📣 Meeting Alert! 👉 RPA-18 👉 11 a.m. on 10/14 👉 Pott. Co. Secondary Roads Dept., Council Bluffs 💻 This meeting will be available both in-person and via livestream, but to make a public comment, you must attend in-person. 🔗 Learn more at mapacog.org/calendar/events

📣 Forest Alert 👉 Heartland 2050 Natural Resources Committee 👉 10/20/26 at 2:30 p.m. | Fontenelle Forest, Bellevue 🌳 Join us for a site tour of Fontenelle Forest. Begins promptly at 2:30 p.m. ❓ RSVP: [email protected] 🔗 For more information, visit heartland2050.org

📣 Meeting Alert! 👉 Regional Planning Advisory Committee 👉 10/02 at 10 a.m. 👉 MAPA Offices, 2222 Cuming St. Omaha 💻 This meeting will take place in-person with a virtual option. 🔗 mapacog.org/calendar/events

📣 Historic Bus Tour! 👉 Heartland 2050 Engagement + Housing/Development Meeting 👉 10/13/26 at 3 p.m. 👉 MAPA South Parking Lot, 2222 Cuming St., Omaha 📑 Join us for the South Omaha Tour. Bus departs at 3 p.m., returns around 5 p.m. ❓ RSVP: [email protected]

Survey Closes 10/4: Give insight on use, safety & access for electric mobility devices in Omaha metro area of MAPA region. MAPA, @BikeWalkNE & @PapioNRD's EMoto Policy Planning Project to create consistent recs to address safety concerns & usage. engage.mapacog.org/emotos

There's still time to take our survey about electric mobility devices, particularly high-powered electric motorcycles or EMotos. Help us address the safety challenges caused by their rapid rise in popularity. Survey: engage.mapacog.org/emotos #EMotos #EMotoPolicyPlanning

⏳ Less than two weeks until MAPA's Council of Officials Annual Meeting on 10/7! Join us and keynote speakers Ryan ZimmerMas and Jim Clements for a conversation on age-friendly, livable communities. 🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/COOAnnualMtg2026

Paula Dennison, @CityofGretnaNE Administrator, will receive our 2026 Regional Citizenship Award at our Council of Officials Annual Mtg on 10/7 for her leadership on regional initiatives impacting growth and infrastructure. She explains what motivates her public service work.

📣 Meeting Alert! 👉 Foundation & Board of Directors Meetings 👉 1:30 p.m. on 9/24/26 👉 MAPA Offices, 2222 Cuming St., Omaha 🔗 Learn more about this event and others at the MAPA webpage: mapacog.org/calendar/events

📣 Event Alert! 👉 Heartland 2050 Speed Networking Event 👉 10/7/26 at 2:30 p.m. | Barbara Weitz Community Engagement Center, UNO Students in Urban Studies, Engineering & more come and connect with our regional professionals! 🔗 Register here: tinyurl.com/UNOSpeedNetworki…

🏠 Aging in place is not guaranteed for all. Join MAPA’s Council of Officials Annual Mtg 10/7! Keynotes Ryan ZimmerMas (Age-Friendly Omaha) & Jim Clements (HomeWoven) will discuss creating communities that work for people at all life stages. Register: tinyurl.com/COOAnnualMtg2026

🎉Congratulations to our 2026 Annual Awards recipients! 🎉 Regional Citizenship Award: 👉Paula Dennison, Gretna City Administrator Regional Service Award: 👉Heartland Bike Share Awards presented at 10/7 Council of Officials Annual Mtg. 👉Register: tinyurl.com/COOAnnualMtg2026.

📣 Meeting Alert! 👉 RPA-18 👉 11 a.m. on 9/9 👉Pott. Co. Secondary Roads Dept., Council Bluffs 💻 This meeting will be available both in-person and via livestream, but to make a public comment, you must attend in-person. 🔗 Learn more at mapacog.org/calendar/events

Electric mobility devices are creating new safety concerns. Our EMoto Policy Project will help create consistent use, safety & access recommendations across the region. Please take our survey to help increase safety around electric mobility devices: engage.mapacog.org/emotos

📢 New “Moving Forward” Newsletter! 🏡 MAPA and housing partners celebrate new federal housing tools to help ease the housing crunch 🏍️⚡Efforts to address safety challenges due to rapid rise of emotos 🚸 Regional projects to improve traffic safety tinyurl.com/News08-2026