First National Business Park is located at 144th & Dodge Streets, just north of Boys Town in

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regards the park as Omaha's "most prestigious location". It was a significant part of the largest annexation in Omaha's history, which former mayor

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called for in 1999. Founded in 1997, the

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is notable as one of the most desirable locations for business parks in the

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. The Park had its last building commitment within a year of its founding. The park includes a building finished in 1998, the

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building of , a third building of building, and a building. Harlan Noddle, a past chairman of the

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Foundation and a prominent Omaha businessman, was involved in building the park. It was announced on October 23, 2008 that

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will be coming to the

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. Yahoo stated that the First National Business Park will be the home to the customer care center that would open the following April.(200
Yahoo Coming To Metro
WOWT. Retrieved 25 October 2008. Image:FirstNationalBusinessParkYahooBuilding.jpg, Yahoo offices in the First National Business Park. Image:OmahaFirstNationalBusinessPark.jpg, Additional buildings located in the business park. Image:First National Business Park Omaha.jpg, View of a section of the business park, looking west.

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