OUR STAFF
Brian Bywater is the Community Housing Specialist with Schuyler Community Development, a 501(c)(3) located in Schuyler, Nebraska, and has been in this role since October 2014. The Community Housing Specialist position was created to place a full-time focus on growing Schuyler’s housing stock, and exists through a partnership between, local government and business sources to build capacity through facilitating accelerated expansion of new housing construction, to continue upgrading overall quality of existing housing stock, and to grow Schuyler’s property tax base. To date, Brian is credited with helping establish 69 housing units in Schuyler, and increasing the municipal valuation 54.82% to $239,368,515.
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Prior to becoming Community Housing Specialist, Brian spent 20 years in the banking industry with experience in Bankcard telemarketing, credit and collections, as well as consumer, commercial, agricultural and residential mortgage lending.
Brian holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and History from Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln, and holds an MBA from Bellevue University. He is also a 2016 graduate of the Heartland Economic Development Course.
Brian is married to Christina who works for Schuyler Community Schools, and they are the parents of two sons, Connor (23) and Gavin (19).
