With a new entrepreneurship space and housing boom, Hastings aims for breakthrough growth - Silicon Prairie News

With a new entrepreneurship space and housing boom, Hastings aims for breakthrough growth - Silicon Prairie News

Hastings — Depending on your point of view, the population of Hastings has been at worst, stagnant, and at best, consistent. In 2013, the city had 25,003 people, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. A decade later, it grew by just two — standing at 25,005 in 2023.  But that doesn’t mean the city itself has been stagnant. Long defined by entrepreneurship — famously, Kool-Aid was invented here — Hastings continues to host industries like agricultu…