Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird
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Lincoln, NE
Joined May 2019
Hi from one of the best places to live in the U.S.!👋 @livability just recognized Lincoln as one of the Top 100 Best Places to Live in 2025! With a strong community, robust economy, and plentiful opportunities, there’s so much to love about #LNK. https://t.co/tDTFiPA4Ng
livability.com
Our 12th annual Best Places To Live list is here! Explore the list using our interactive filtering and sorting tools and find your best place to live!
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#LNK made national news for our innovative work to ensure the affordability, improve the quality, & increase the safety & energy efficiency of our community’s rental housing. Proud of our City team & partners who are working to make life even better here!
nytimes.com
In a struggling area of Lincoln, a program pays for repairs and energy efficiency upgrades in rental buildings. In return, landlords must keep rents affordable.
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Lincoln continues to shine as the city where your dollar goes further. When the good life costs less, everyone gets to enjoy a bigger piece of the pie – or in this case, the cheeseburger. 🍔 Read the full “State of Local Commerce” report: https://t.co/eCn3W019cW
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Thank you, Lincoln, for supporting local restaurants and helping our community’s food scene stay full of flavor! Because of you, our locally owned spots are leading the nation in success. 🍔 https://t.co/CGANKztoIG
klkntv.com
A new report from Axios says restaurants using DoorDash around the capital city have a 97.3% survival rate after one year.
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I am thrilled to announce that, for our city’s central library project, we have selected Sampson Construction as the general contractor & The Mill as operator of the library’s cafe! Working with these local companies means partnering with people who know & care deeply about #LNK.
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On Veterans Day, we humbly acknowledge that we can never serve our veterans in quite the same way that they served us – but we can try. Thank you to all our veterans for your service, and thank you to our veterans’ families for supporting that service. 🇺🇸
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Our community is mourning another tragic loss to domestic violence. My heart is with the families and friends who are grieving, and with all survivors who continue to endure domestic violence’s impacts.
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So proud of you, Lance! Thank you for your devoted service to the people of Lincoln. Love this @LnkParksRec team!
We’re thrilled to share that District Supervisor Lance Wolken was recognized with the 🏆 Outstanding Park Professional Award 🏆 at the Nebraska Recreation & Park Association’s 2025 Conference this week! Please join us in congratulating him! 👏 @CityOfLincoln @MayorLeirion
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Buying local means fresher food on the table and a boost for Lincoln’s economy, all while cutting transportation emissions and supporting sustainable farms. There’s still time to get involved! Sign up at https://t.co/nVrxSNXbP0.
lincoln.ne.gov
The challenge runs from July 1 to October 31, and invites Lincoln's businesses, schools, institutions, restaurants, and other organizations to take an active role in strengthening our local food...
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Join the dozens of Lincoln businesses and organizations that are earning their tomato badges in the Mayor’s Local Food Challenge by placing at least two local food orders before October 31! 🍅
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On behalf of the entire community, I want to thank Police Chief Michon Morrow and her team for their outstanding work yesterday and every day.
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Their use of technology and social media helped rescue the victim, alerted residents to the potential danger, and kept the community informed as the investigation unfolded.
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This is just the latest example of how our law enforcement professionals work every day to protect our community.
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Thursday, our community witnessed how the rapid, responsible, and painstaking response of our @Lincoln_Police Department was critical in saving the life of a crime victim.
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Why do it? Find out at my State of the City address Tuesday, October 7, at 7:30 a.m. live and in person. Get your tickets at:
leadershiplincoln.org
Leadership Lincoln Event Calendar
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Proud to amplify the launch of Brave fACEs, a new resource from BraveBe, CHE, and CHI that helps all of us better understand trauma and how to respond with care. Take the ACEs assessment and find local tools at https://t.co/Lkw95fZCXL.
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"The murder of Charlie Kirk today in Utah is horrifying and evil… America’s mayors denounce all political violence with the strongest possible conviction." Read USCM President @davidfholt's full statement on the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk:
usmayors.org
Washington, DC— Below is a statement by U.S. Conference of Mayors President David Holt, Mayor of Oklahoma City, on the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk. “The murder of Charlie Kirk today in Utah is h…
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Our democracy depends on our ability to disagree peacefully. I am so sorry to hear the news of Charlie Kirk’s horrific murder and send condolences to his family and all those affected by gun violence.
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As we work every day to grow housing affordability and choices for our community members, WalletHub’s ranking of Lincoln as the 11th best place to rent in the nation gets us fired up to keep it up! 🏡✨ Check out the full list here:
wallethub.com
Best & Worst Places to Rent in America in 2025
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Husker Nation, it’s game day! Here’s a snap from last season’s win against Wisconsin. 🏈
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Building better, stronger, and faster development services is a top priority of my administration. When local government delivers efficient and effective service, we build more homes, support new and existing businesses, grow economic opportunity, and save time and money.
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