Developing Gering Nebraska

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My hometown of Gering is in a pinch. Its population is aging and the economic development there is nearly nil.

The reason for this is because Gering is just across the North Platte from the economic center of the Panhandle, Scottsbluff.

Now Scottsbluff is a great town, it's got two theaters, a school that's doing much better lately, and its industry in cattle and farming, railroads, health care, and finance are doing well, but what about the bastard city of Gering?

Gering, by origin, is older than the neighbor across the platte, Scottsbluff. The city of about 9,000 combined with the dork-child of Terrytown, 1,200, and Scottsbluff, 15,000, make the area a considerably good sized market in Nebraska of 25,000.