Rendering of the 29th and Jackson Townhomes project in Omaha, which is funded partly by a state award from the North South Omaha Recovery Grant Program. A multicultural quilt mural shown here is a concept. Artists will be commissioned to produce various pieces that depict the history and heritage of various groups that settled in the area. (Courtesy of Conzett Architecture and Collective Development)

OMAHA — A quilt mural reflecting assorted cultures and populations of an Omaha neighborhood will be featured on a $2.5 million townhome project funded in part with a state grant.

Ground preparation is underway at the long vacant 29th and Jackson Streets site, where six market-rate rental townhomes are to rise in a historically diverse section of Nebraska’s largest city.

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