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Plan would use taxpayer money for UNMC training facility

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha taxpayers would subsidize the construction of a new University of Nebraska Medical Center training facility under a new funding plan.

The Omaha World-Herald reports that under a plan approved Wednesday, the city would pay $10.7 million toward the expected $102 million cost of the university's Global Center for Advanced Interprofessional Learning.

The Omaha Planning Board voted unanimously, with no questions or debate, to recommend that the Omaha City Council approve the proposal. The center would, among other things, offer health care training, education and research with cutting-edge simulation technology. It would be built at 42nd and Emile Streets on the UNMC campus.

Public redevelopment bonds would go toward such costs as demolition of an existing building, extending utilities to the location and adding sidewalks and street lights.

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