South Salt Creek - Community Organization

04/21/2026

Save the date for our annual Cooper Park Party this May!

04/15/2026

New skatepark in the 'hood! Congrats to all who had the vision and put in the work to make this happen!

04/14/2026

The weather held out for us this weekend just enough to have another successful neighborhood trash cleanup! Special thanks to Global Ties Nebraska for bringing their delegation of 28 visiting undergraduate students from Northern Africa and the Middle East, and to the University of Nebraska College of Law for sending student volunteers through University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s volunteer day, The Big Event!

04/09/2026

We appreciate the good neighbors we have at TMCO, Inc.! Thank you for helping us meet our goals with our annual neighborhood cleanup—what a fantastic (and hard working) crew!

03/06/2026

Wise advice from our local experts! 🐝 🦋

It’s about that time again...to let you know that it is NOT time to cut back your perennial gardens yet.

Once this evening's thunderstorm threat passes and the sun starts shining again tomorrow morning you may be tempted to get out and spend the warm weekend and week ahead working on some garden clean-up, but don’t be fooled! Even though it *seems* like Spring has sprung, remember that this is Nebraska and the weather can and does turn on a dime!

You may have heard the general rule of thumb that it is safe to cut back your gardens (which ideally were kept intact since last Fall) once the day temperatures reach a steady 50 degrees F. While we're definitely going to be a lot warmer than that this weekend and throughout next week, the second part of the rule also requires that the threat of a hard freeze has completely passed. The average last freeze in Lincoln and Omaha generally occurs sometime during the last week of April, so we still have the potential for a lot more Winter weather, and keeping those dead sticks, stems, and leaves around just a little while longer is imperative to ensure that all of the native insects and other critters utilizing those materials for shelter still have access to them when the temperature, and likely more snow, inevitably falls again.

So please, we ask that you resist the urge to clean up your gardens this time of year and wait until at least mid-, if not late-April. The pollinators will thank you!

And as always, when it does come time to cut everything down for the year, remember to try and leave approximately 12-18 inches of the dead stalks standing so that our many species of stem-nesting bees can utilize them to successfully rear their offspring, both this season and next.

The wonderful graphic below (click to see the full image) developed by Heather Holm, Elaine Evans, Colleen Satyshur, and Sarah Foltz-Jordan shows the importance of this practice in the year-long lifecycle of this amazing group of pollinators!

For more detailed information about Leaving the Leaves and Spring Clean-Up visit our website at https://www.midwestnativesnursery.com/helpful-information

To download this graphic as a PDF and learn more about different types of pollinators and the plants they depend upon, visit Heather Holm's website at https://www.pollinatorsnativeplants.com/resources.html

03/03/2026

We are so excited for our neighborhood music festival! Follow Porch Jam for updates on this year's event.

It's official! Porch Jam 3 is coming! September 13, 2026!

Cooper Park, Lincoln NE

02/13/2026

Through various funding sources, the City offers grants to remove dangerous and diseased trees and replant new trees to restore the urban canopy. The most recent grant funding is targeted for dangerous trees within a certain geographic area and is available as funding allows. In addition, your household income must be below 80% Area Median Income.

The entire South Salt Creek neighborhood qualifies!

The purpose of the Removal and Replanting Program is to remove and replace at risk tree(s) free of charge for homeowners who income qualify and for properties are located in the target area.

12/24/2025

The first place winner in the 2025 SSCCO Holiday Home Decorating Contest is 1427 S. 7th! Congratulations, and thanks to all the homes who entered this year! Also thanks to TMCO, Inc., White Elm Brewing Company, and Hub Cafe for donating the gift card prizes to our first, second, and third place winners! 🎅🏼

12/24/2025

Second place for this year’s Holiday Home Decorating contest goes to 600 A Street!

12/24/2025

3rd place in this year’s Holiday Home Decorating Contest is 638 Garfield. We especially love the leg lamp in the upper window!

12/24/2025

Happy holidays from SSCCO! 🎄 The honorable mentions for this year’s Holiday Home Decorating Contest are 1225 S. 6th and 223 W. E!