City Council Approves New Look to P Street & Project Oscar Underway
Hopefully you have either noticed or read about all the wonderful changes we are going through in Downtown Lincoln. In a unanimous decision by the city council in early June, P Street from 11th Street to Centennial Mall will see significant changes to its landscaping, lighting, and shopping. With development finishing up around Antelope Valley and big things happening in the West Haymarket this project hopes to link the two with a more accessible shopping and dining district. The P street development is expected to be finished by August 2014.
Many exciting developments in West Haymarket have begun as well. On June 7th, Scott Woodbury Wiegert held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Class A office building known as ‘Project Oscar’.
The ceremony was held at the corner of Canopy and P St. just a few blocks south of the new Pinnacle Bank Arena. Scott Woodbury Wiegert was excited to announce Olsson Associates as the anchor tenant for the building and the relocation of their corporate headquarters.
Project Oscar will house over 250 employees on the top 3 floors and first-floor retail on the ground level. Project will be open for business end of Summer 2014.
Lincoln’s Bulu Box Offers Trials of Vitamins and Supplements as a One-Stop Affair
Shortly after making the move to San Francisco a few years back, Paul and Stephanie Jarrett were excited to make the region their new long-term home. After honing their marketing chops at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the duo had spent time locally and also in New York working for firms including LeapFrog, Nike, Curel, TD Ameritrade and Complete Nutrition building brand recognition and managing ad campaigns. For the couple, the move to San Francisco was a logical move in seeking new entrepreneurial opportunities to explore.
Both Jarrett’s had strong fitness backgrounds. Paul played Division I football as a defensive lineman, always on the lookout for supplements that would enhance his playing abilities and overall general health. Stephanie is an avid runner, occasionally nudging Paul to join her in running a full or half-marathon with her. The San Francisco half-marathon ended up being the catalyst to a shortened stay in the San Francisco area. Upon completing the race, Paul and Stephanie loaded up on samples of vitamins, supplements and recovery gels from vendors at the event and the idea for Bulu Box was born.
The general idea was to offer a monthly subscription sample box containing various premium vitamins and supplements so people could try out new products before committing to buying a large quantity of an unknown product.
“Growth is good,” Paul Jarrett said. “We’ve had a few reasons to celebrate, for sure. The boxes are $10 a month with free shipping and are completely different every time. People can discover what works best individually and make more informed larger scale purchases from there.”
Paul said the Bulu Boxes are currently being shipped to subscribers in all 50 states and the company is planning to expand its employee roster beyond the current seven person full-time and five person intern crew in the coming weeks.
“All of our employees have backgrounds in Nebraska, whether they grew up here or stayed here after finishing school. We’ve prevented talented workers from leaving Lincoln and we think that’s great.”
For more information about Bulu Box, feel free to check out the company website at www.bulubox.com.
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