Housing Committee

• Obtained Community Development Block Grant funds (CDBG) from the State of Nebraska for a housing market study
• Northeast Nebraska Economic Development District completed housing market study
• Created and appointed Bancroft Housing Board
• Developed proposal for a down-payment assistance program

Parks and Recreation Committee

• Organize and sponsor annual park cleanup project
• Sponsor village membership in the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum (with funding assistance from Operation Roundup)
• Conducted village park and village tree inventories with state and district foresters
• Obtained park landscape plan from the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum
• Created new village Mini-Park on Main Street
• Obtained funding from the Lower Elkhorn NRD for plant materials at the Mini-Park
• Organized planting of plant materials at the mini-park
• Developed village tree ordinance
• Obtained 2005 Arbor Day Proclamation from the Bancroft Village Board
• Created and appointed Bancroft Tree Board
• Created committee for Recreation Complex
• Created plan for Recreation Complex
• Created plan funding proposals for village walking/biking trail system
• Developed funding proposal for village walking/biking trail system

Community Betterment and Beautification Committee

• Maintain landscaping areas at the village sign areas
• Complete the Department of Economic Development TARGET evaluation, a rural tourism marketing self-evaluation study, in conjunction with input from the public, local businesses and services and the Neihardt State Historical Site
• Creation of a new village website - www.bancroftnebraska.org - in partnership with the Village Board, the staff and students of Bancroft-Rosalie Community Schools, and Great Plains Communications
• Participation in the Nebraska Community Improvement Program through the Department of Economic Development; in 2004, Bancroft was an NCIP award winner in Class I, Parks, Recreation and Forestry
• Creation of a village newsletter in conjunction with the Village Clerk and Village Board Participation by a community team in DED/Heartland Center for Leadership Development community leadership training

Community Infrastructure Committee (in conjunction with the Village Board)

• Obtained Department of Environmental Quality loan for water system upgrade project
• Completed water upgrade project
• Obtained CDGG funding for waste water system planning project
• Obtained CDBG funding for further water system upgrades, including a new village well
• Obtained CDBG funding for a village comprehensive plan

Community Foundation Committee

• Creation of the Future of Bancroft Community Foundation, a foundation to raise money to support the economic and community development goals of the Bancroft Betterment Corporation