The City of Lincoln has spent the last year building up its new tourism department and working to grow local economic development. 

Lincoln Mayor Tracy Welch indicates that earlier this year, they purchased a building that is intended to house a Route 66 Train exhibit, another piece of the new Route 66-focused direction the City is taking with its tourism. In the lower level will be what the Mayor calls an Economic Development Incubator. 

While Mayor Welch wants the City to be represented in this new building, he says they have no intention to use the facility as a "second City Hall." He feels that it is valuable to have someone close by. 

For the museum portion of the building, the Mayor states that it will be the host of an exhibit given to the City by a donor from Chicago. He says the City now has possession of the exhibit, and it is in the process of being set up. 

The Mayor reiterates the City's commitment to having the museum ready and open to the public by April of 2026.