Whether or not you call child care infrastructure, providing working parents with safe, nurturing, and affordable child care is vital to our economy. If parents…
Tag: economic development
I give South Dakota government a hard time for its narrow business-über-alles mindset. Our short-sighted willingness to do anything for a buck leads to air and…
Senator Lee Schoenbeck is going to have a lot more drinking buddies at Lake Kampeska. KELO-TV reports on the construction of Stony Point, which will…
While the Next Biggest Thing our Governor seems capable of thinking up for economic development is to quarter-heartedly fund a shooting range where West River folks…
Lincoln County residents get to vote next week on whether to allow a new beef plant to stink up the neighborhood around Worthing. East Dakota…
Industrial hemp is blossoming slowly in South Dakota. After a couple years of state-government foot-dragging, 20 South Dakota farmers are growing about 2,000 acres of…
Here’s another Next Big Thing for South Dakota to consider: We’ve turned most of our prairie into fenced-off food factories… so why not turn old…
South Dacola quite aptly notes the strange reaction of Sioux Falls Mayor Paul TenHaken to the announcement of a huge economic development project in Sioux…
Our Governor has given up on looking for South Dakota’s Next Big Thing in favor of making herself MAGA Nation‘s next big thing, but hey,…
The Governor’s Office of Economic Development last week touted another “Best Cities for Young Professionals” list from financial advisors SmartAsset, which ranks Sioux Falls as…