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The Sioux Metro Growth Alliance (SMGA) is a nonprofit economic development organization that works to improve the economy and advocates for business development and quality of life in the communities around Sioux Falls. SMGA advocates on behalf of Beresford, Brandon, Canton, Centerville, Colton, Crooks, Dell Rapids, Garretson, Harrisburg, Hartford, Humboldt, Lennox, Salem, Tea, Valley Springs, and Worthing. All of these communities provide rewarding places to live and to work.
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Sharese Ihnen, Chair, Lennox Area Development Corp.
Mike Jaspers, Vice Chair, East River Electric
Heather Kranz, Secretary/Treasurer, TrioTel Communications
Jay Buchholz, Past Chair, Sioux Valley Energy
Robert Baker, First National Bank
Mike Wendland, Grant Park Capital
Marcus Mahlen, NAI Sioux Falls
Tony Wiseman, Journey Construction
David Kull, City of Brandon
Dean Karsky, Minnehaha County Commission
STAFF
Tyler Tordsen, President & CEO
Bryce Healy, Economic Development & Member Relations Specialist
Chris Fields, Economic Development and Member Relations Specialist
Joshua Chase, Economic Development and Member Relations Specialist
Karen Ruhland, Administrative Support
MEMBERSHIP ADVISORY BOARD
City of Beresford Jerry Zeimetz
City of Brandon Patrick Andrews
City of Canton Jeff Tanner
City of Centerville Jared Hybertson
City of Colton Monte Koopman
City of Crooks Mike Harstad
City of Dell Rapids Chuck Jones
City of Garretson Chad Hanisch
City of Harrisburg Derick Wenck
City of Hartford Amy M. Farr
City of Humboldt Kelly O’Gorman
City of Lennox Dr. Britney Mower
City of Salem Mitch Rayman
City of Tea Aaron Otten
City of Valley Springs Rick Larsen
City of Worthing Scott DeWitt
Lincoln County Joel Arends
McCook County Chuck Mehlbrech
Minnehaha County Dean Karsky (Chair)
Turner County Mick Miller
Alliance Comm. Paul VanDeBerg
Bluepeak Lucas Peterson
East River Electric Eric Fosheim
Golden West Greg Oleson
Lloyd Companies Drew O’Brien
Midco Andrew Curley
MidAmerican Energy Sam Wagner
NorthWestern Energy Paul Mantz
Sioux Valley Energy Brandon Lane
Southeastern Electric Todd Nelson
US Bank Eric Krouse
Xcel Energy Joe Anderson
GROWTH SUMMIT FOCUSES ON CRITICAL WATER ISSUES
Let me start and end this update by giving thanks. Thank YOU for reading this, for being engaged with us here at your Sioux Metro Growth Alliance, and for having an interest in our growing Sioux Metro. Wrapping up year one in my role leading SMGA, I’m incredibly proud of the work we’ve done, the events we’ve hosted, and the impact we’re facilitating for our members. There’s only one big event left to round out an incredible 2024 – our annual Growth Summit!
Each year SMGA hosts a premier economic development conference focused on a pillar of growth. Last year was our 2023 Growth Summit – “Filling the Housing Gap” – where we brought hundreds of people from across the state together to focus on housing challenges and opportunities. I’m excited to share this year’s Growth Summit – “H2O: What You Should Know” – is all about water. For communities to grow and for development to happen, you need land and access to available utilities. Early on in this position, I found myself realizing how little I actually knew about water. How did it get here to my home or business? What did it take to build out the water systems we have today? How much do we have left? How do we get access to more?
These questions led the SMGA team to focus on putting together a great Growth Summit that will focus on the past, present, and future of water needs and development. Sort of a “Water 101” if you will. We hope you can join us on December 10th in Sioux Falls to learn more about this critical resource and how it impacts you and your business. Scan the QR code to learn more and register today!
The holiday season is a time for thankfulness. On the personal front, I’m thankful for my family. My wife serves as my best friend, advisor, and the awesome mother of our growing family. I’m thankful beyond words for their never-ending love and support. They’ve sacrificed a lot the last year with the commitments and demands of a new job, but I’m thankful for having them as my “why.”
I’m also very thankful for the new SMGA family I’ve gained over the last year. From former staff and board members to the current team, we’ve learned a lot, grew a ton, and are better equipped than ever to keep serving and growing our Sioux Metro region together. Thanks Team!
Finally, thank you for the role you play in your home, business, and for our region. From our team to yours, we hope you enjoy the holidays!
Tyler Tordsen President & CEO, Sioux Metro Growth Alliance
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The 2024 Growth Summit – H20: What You Should Know
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This year’s Growth Summit will share the history, current conditions, and future needs in regard to water access and its critical importance to future development.
Federal, state, regional and local experts will share their insights on the past, present, and future efforts surrounding water in order to rally decision-makers together towards finding solutions for future growth in the Sioux Metro.
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GROUNDBREAKING ACTION IN SIOUX METRO CITIES
The city of Dell Rapids recently celebrated the opening of its new city hall. When it began discussions about a new city hall, the Dell Rapids City Council was intentional about wanting to keep civic operations downtown. The availability of the former Wells Fargo Bank building fit the need perfectly. The lower level of the new city hall includes “The Riverside,” a 175-person event center usable by the public, another method for driving traffic downtown.
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The city of Crooks reached a major milestone with the opening of the new Crooks Community Childcare Center. The community has been fundraising for the project for five years. The center is only a few blocks from the new elementary school. The capacity of the facility will be 124 children, more than double what had been available.
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The city of Salem and the Salem Economic Development Corporation (SEDC) broke ground on the new Colonial Addition project which will bring 18 new single-family and multifamily housing lots to the southeast part of the city. The Colonial Manor Nursing Home was on this site, but it was destroyed in the May 2022 derecho. SEDC purchased the property to help grow Salem’s availability of homes. Four of the five build-ready homesites are already sold and further infrastructure enhancements are currently under way.
Monarch Development Partners, LLC has broken ground on a 64-acre housing subdivision in Canton. EXP Development is the primary developer on the project. Teaming with the Canton Economic Development Corporation, EXP is bringing muchneeded single-family homes and multi-family units to the community. This buildout will include a singlefamily housing inventory of startup, step-up and third tier housing options. EXP Development is a multinational developer with experience in developing housing for rural communities. Charles Yi of EXP is holding the golden shovel plaque.
PUBLIC OFFICE IS AN EDUCATION IN HOW THINGS WORK
By Bob Fitch
Chuck Jones of Dell Rapids has always felt compelled to serve. He joined the U.S. Army right out of high school. After his active duty, he served a combined total of 23 years in the Army Reserves and the Army National Guard. Ultimately, he retired as a major in 2012. He has spent much of the past 24 years in an additional realm of public service: He’s served on two different city councils plus a county commission; been a city administrator; and a legislator.
His military career reinforced his belief to put the needs of others first. Too often, “it’s all about me” is prevalent in today’s culture. “When I reflect back on my military experience, it’s the complete opposite. The military is not about the individual. That’s why everyone has the same haircut and uniform. It’s about the group. The military teaches people to think of themselves last, and you’re not taught that in most school systems or homes.” It’s a leadership quality which is difficult to acquire unless it’s ingrained or institutionalized into a person – it’s not easy to pick up a book and just learn it, he said.
After his active duty, Jones returned to his hometown of Flandreau. Between deployments, he served two separate terms on the Flandreau City Council. Later he became the city administrator, a position he held for about five years. Next, he went to work as the controller at Royal River Casino and then served for a short time as the casino’s general manager. He’s an enrolled member of the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe.
In 2014, Governor Daugaard appointed him to be a state senator. He served one year. Then he was appointed to fill a vacancy on the Moody County Commission. He gave up the commissioner position when he and his wife wanted to live closer to Sioux Falls. His wife, Melissa, works at
Avera in the field of health information management. He works as an independent financial consultant, based in Sioux Falls. “We wanted to build a house and we did a lot of research and decided Dell Rapids was a great community.” They have two children, both of whom attend Dell Rapids Public High School. Son Gabe is a senior and daughter Madi is a sophomore.
Because of his past public service, he was recruited to run for the Dell Rapids City Council and was elected in 2022. “I’ve really enjoyed the chance to participate in local government. Whether it’s the city or county, everything kind of works the same way from a board perspective even though the issues are different,” said Jones.
LOCAL GOV’T IS AN AMERICAN CORNERSTONE
“The world is run by those who show up. I enjoy the process and idea that the Founding Fathers created –and it seems to work. Serving on a county commission or the city council is kind of the cornerstone of how our entire system operates at the local level. The only thing I haven’t done yet is the school board. I really like the local issues because you don’t get into the ideology discussions. It doesn’t really matter if you’re left or right. What I really like about serving at the local level is
The Jones family: Chuck, Madi, Gabe and Melissa.
it’s nice to see the fruits of your labor and your decision making.”
Government processes can take longer than most people like, but that’s part of building consensus to ensure it’s not just one person’s point of view moving things forward. The qualifications of elected office are easy to meet: Residency, citizenship and minimum age of 18. “I don’t even say a whole lot at city council meetings. I’ve come to say less the older I get. I don’t have a political agenda. I just think I’ve got a good leadership background to share. I challenge people to get involved with boards, whether it’s a church board, local nonprofit or city council. To me it’s a free education in how things work.”
PULLING IN THE SAME DIRECTION
He said Dell Rapids is a progressive community. “I feel like everyone’s kind of pulling the same direction – the public, the council and key stakeholders.” Critical to the city’s strength is the quality of the “two great school systems” and the cooperation and coordination between local churches, businesses, and the public and Catholic schools. Even though Jones is “not a baseball nut,” he supported and admired the way so many entities came together to improve the town’s baseball field. “I love to
see groups come together and work together like that.”
Dell Rapids has had “measured growth and a strategic growth,” he said. “It sounds cliché, but it still has that small town feel. Dell Rapids has its own identity and is still its own community. At the same time, we’ve got that proximity to Sioux Falls, where so many people work.”
Doors recently opened at Dell Rapids’ new city hall. “It was great to see the whole vision of that come together. The city staff was just amazing at executing that. Now we have a modern building that’s positioned for further growth. And there’s an event center in the basement. The project is another statement out there of the direction that this community is moving.”
He said the city has worked diligently to upgrade infrastructure in the older and historic parts of town. Dell Rapids is also striving to identify and move forward on adding new areas for industrial development. Regional approaches to water availability to help with economic development may be on the horizon. At the same time, the city is focused on quality of life factors such as parks and recreational areas. “I don’t want to see Dell Rapids sit still. If you’re not growing, you’re shrinking.” //
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SUCCESS STORIES IN THE SOUTHERN SIOUX METRO
The Sioux Metro Growth Alliance conducts two tours each year to highlight stories of economic development in the greater Sioux Metro area. In May, SMGA toured sites in Minnehaha County. In August, SMGA visited sites south of Sioux Falls in Lincoln and Turner Counties. Thank you to the sponsors of the southern Sioux Metro Bus Tour:
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Farmers State Bank in Canton
Harrisburg Economic Development Corporation
The first stop on the SMGA South Metro Tour was Showplace Cabinetry in Harrisburg (see related story on page 24). On the bus, Harrisburg Mayor Derick Wenck discussed the city’s progress on residential and commercial development, along with upgrades to the city’s infrastructure.
In Lennox, participants visited Prosper Country Warehouse & Event Hall, a modern industrial event space for gatherings such as weddings, holiday parties, dances, birthdays, and vendor events. Lunch was catered by El Mariachi, a recently opened restaurant in Lennox.
The tour group included civic and business leaders from SMGA member cities. The end of the day featured driving tours of Beresford and Canton. Finally, leaders gathered at The Meadow Barn, a wedding venue located on Highway 115 (South Minnesota Avenue) on the western edge of Harrisburg. The social time was sponsored by the Harrisburg Economic Development Corporation.
Next on the itinerary was Centerville including several businesses in the downtown retail district and Centerville Manufacturing, a new company specializing in metal fab engineering and manufacturing, 3D computeraided-design, fiber laser cutting, brake forming and welding.
The tour’s next stop was the new Thornton Flooring location in Tea’s Bakker Landing development. Opened in spring 2024, Thornton’s new location encompasses 109,000 square feet of showroom and warehouse space, allowing the company to consolidate five previous locations.
A big group of sharp shooters gather to get the rules and safety instruction prior to the first annual SMGA Clay Classic at Hunters Pointe in Humboldt. Proceeds raised go towards scholarships for students who live in Sioux Metro communities.
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Right: SMGA CEO Tyler Tordsen (right) presents the trophy for “Top Shooter” to Joey Rotert of BHFCU.
The team championship was won by “Team Fiegen.” Pictured are Greg O’Dea, Rusty Fiegen, Bob Jarding and Pat Haschke, plus SMGA CEO Tyler Tordsen.
MAYOR’S ROUNDTABLE
Each month, Sioux Metro Growth Alliance hosts a Mayor’s Roundtable for the top elected officials from cities in the Sioux Metro region. At the October meeting in Tea, South Dakota’s first gentlemen, Bryon Noem, visited with the group.
MEMBER ADVISORY BOARD SERIES
Each month, Sioux Metro Growth Alliance hosts representatives of the cities, counties and corporate partners who make up SMGA. At the September meeting, leaders heard from Dr. Ron Place, CEO of Avera McKennan, and Kasi Haberman of Southeast South Dakota Tourism. The meetings also provide the opportunity for networking and idea-sharing among the advisory board members.
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RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL (January - September 2024)
333 permits totaling $25M including 58 new homes at $19.6M
45 permits totaling $30.9M including $12.9M for Showplace addition
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HARRISBURG AND SOUTH SIOUX FALLS HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS AND INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS
By Bob Fitch
The greater Harrisburg and south Sioux Falls community always has high expectations.
The city of Harrisburg is one of South Dakota’s superstars for growth in population and economic development. Since 2000, the city’s population has grown 1,000 percent and Harrisburg School District enrollment has grown 690 percent. The industrial sector has been consistently strong and the retail sector has expanded in a stunning fashion in the past five years. But there’s always catch-up work to do when an area grows so quickly. The Harrisburg School District is nearly always in a building mode and the city of Harrisburg is in the midst of upgrades to infrastructure such as sewers and streets.
Other quality of life factors have required innovative solutions by the Tiger community. Improving baseball and softball facilities has long been high on the list for many people. A decade ago, supporters of the Harrisburg Baseball Association (HBA) began working to improve the American Legion baseball program and the corresponding facilities at Central Park. The diamond’s grass turf was improved and, with a lead gift from Energy Transfer, construction of modern restrooms and other infrastructure was completed about three years ago.
These efforts have synchronized to the point that HBA has become one of the strongest and largest programs in the state, said John Sutton, president of the Harrisburg Baseball Association. Five years ago, the Harrisburg American Legion senior team still needed to bring players from Tea to fill the roster. Flash forward to spring 2024: HBA was the first program in state history to have two Legion teams make the state tournament. “We have more kids going to play college baseball than any other South Dakota program.”
ON DECK: A NEW SIX-FIELD COMPLEX
Now girls softball and youth baseball are getting their crack at the bat for new facilities. Construction is
underway on the north side of Harrisburg High School for what will eventually be a six-field ball complex. The first field will be a women’s championship-size softball field with an artificial turf infield and sodded outfield. Sutton says a diamond this size can also be used by age 9-12 baseball. Scheels is the lead sponsor for this field which will be ready for play in spring 2025.
The other five fields will be dual purpose, serving age 9-12 baseball and all ages of girls softball. Because these fields will be seeded, the first two will likely not be ready for play until spring 2026. Progress on the other fields will depend on further fundraising success.
The Harrisburg Community Foundation is an independent nonprofit organization that has spearheaded the major donor phase of fundraising. “We wish we could have raised the money to do it all at once, but it just couldn’t happen. So the Community Foundation took its role as laying down the infrastructure for all the fields at one time,” said Sutton, who is a Sioux Falls businessman and also vice president of the Harrisburg Community Foundation. In addition to the foundation and private donors, the city of
John Sutton
Harrisburg and the Harrisburg School District have been partners planning and funding the project. Since the South Dakota State High School Activities Association sanctioned girls softball, HSD has been able to increase its support of the project. A critical part of the project infrastructure is utilization of the parking lots already in existence at HHS.
“We understand that baseball and softball are not the only public recreation needs in a growing community like Harrisburg. With limited public dollars to go around, it will be crucial that the community at large embrace a grassroots fundraising effort to help complete the next phase of the project.” He said Harrisburg’s youth sports/ recreational needs are unique because about half the residents in the Harrisburg School District live in Sioux Falls (and about 800 families from the larger city participate in the smaller city’s rec programs).
MONEY FOR YOUTH ATHLETICS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES
“When you look at us compared to towns such as Brandon, Mitchell and Watertown, they’ve all had ball complexes for years and have run many tournaments,” he said. “Those tournaments have been a critical funding component of their baseball associations – they’re the lifeblood.”
In addition … “It doesn’t take an economist to figure out that when the parking lots and the restaurants are full, that’s going to positively impact the town. A lot of our lead donors recognize this and they’ve jumped on board because they understand how this community is part of the bigger metro area.” He’s hoping families whose children will benefit from the playing fields will participate in fundraising and find ways to draw in the support of their employers. “If you’re a baseball or softball family, it kind of becomes your life; and it becomes your circle of friends. It’s just natural to want a project like this to move forward.” Both of Sutton’s sons graduated from Harrisburg High School and played baseball for the local Legion team.
Sutton encouraged the communities in the Sioux Metro Growth Alliance and the city of Sioux Falls to find ways to innovate and collaborate for the betterment of the region and meet high expectations for economic development. “The more we can regionalize this sort of project and figure out how to erase the lines between communities, the better.” //
HARRISBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT
BUILDING STRONG FOUNDATIONS FOR SUCCESS
Harrisburg School District (HSD) encompasses the entirety of Harrisburg, a portion of southern Sioux Falls and adjacent rural areas.
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Harrisburg High School has been on the leading edge of growing career and technical education (CTE) programming. HHS has established partnerships with many local employers and organizations to help prepare students for various careers in agriculture, food and nutrition, culinary arts and hospitality, business, certified nursing assistant (pictured), engineering, consumer science and skilled trades such as welding and construction.
The Harrisburg High School homecoming parade.
Science and
meet fun as students build a lighted and moving Ferriss wheel out of K’nex blocks in the library.
Photos by Jon Klemme.
SHOWPLACE CABINETRY EXPANSION: NEW CHAPTER INCLUDES EXPANDED USE OF AUTOMATION
By Bob Fitch
The story of Showplace Cabinetry begins in 1999 when a small group of industry professionals decided to strike out on their own, establishing a new factory to build semi-custom cabinetry in the small town of Harrisburg (population 958 at the time). Twenty-five years later, Harrisburg’s population has reached 10,000 and Showplace has grown to become one of the 10 largest cabinet manufacturers in the U.S. The company now has more than 700 employees and ships out 800 cabinets per day to customers across all 50 states. The company builds two product lines for the residential cabinetry market: A traditional American face frame cabinet line marketed as Showplace Cabinetry and a full access (frameless) cabinet line marketed as Showplace EVO.
At the 25-year mark, Showplace Cabinetry is writing a new chapter in its book of success. It recently announced plans to build a $25 million addition, its biggest expansion ever.
“We’ve manufactured our products much the same way for a long time. We’ve used dedicated automation such as CNC’s and beam saws to enhance our productivity throughout our company over the years and it’s allowed us to grow,” said Bart Brost, director of engineering at Showplace. While the traditional process includes some automation, it also takes a lot of labor – and labor continues to be hard to come by, he said. When home remodeling increased dramatically during the pandemic and demand for its products followed suit, Showplace was playing catch-up for a long time.
“We’re actually in a pretty good spot right now, but it took us three years of battling – and always being 50 to 70 people short.” Production levels stayed high and the company struggled to meet demand even with a lot of overtime labor.
MORE AUTOMATION
With the struggle to find enough workers, Showplace must move a greater share of its production to automated methods if it’s going to continue to grow, Brost said. About nine years ago, Showplace added a separate facility to produce its EVO “full access” cabinetry. The European-style production method lends itself to more contemporary styling. Full access cabinetry has
been around for decades but has become more popular in the last 10 years. “It has grown to be 25 percent of our business relatively quickly, and the demand continues to accelerate,” said Brost. Showplace’s 100,000-square-foot expansion will be entirely devoted to its EVO line.
Europe dealt with the labor shortage crisis long before the U.S. “They were forced to automate two decades ahead of us, so they’ve already developed the automated machinery that we’re looking for. We’re working with two German suppliers and one Italian supplier to add more integrated automation. This is the type of technology that links systems together, automating the processing and assembly of parts from beginning to end. Your
Bart Brost, director of engineering at Showplace Cabinetry.
An aerial view of a portion of the Harrisburg industrial park showing where the expansion at Showplace will be.
yield goes up, your quality goes up, and your labor efficiency goes way up. It can’t be a trade-off. It has to be all of the above.” These types of investments will position Showplace to grow its capacity while creating more technical, higher-paying positions for its employees.
Brost said Showplace is investing heavily into three critical aspects of a manufacturing operation: (1) Facilities; (2) Processes and equipment inside those buildings; and (3) Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) which is the software platform to take orders, process them, share order information with people and/or machinery, organize shipping, and invoice the customer. When he tells colleagues about Showplace’s planned additions of facilities and equipment, they respond with excitement, especially about the advancements in automation/robotics. When he tells them the company is overhauling its
Showplace ships out 800 cabinets per day to customers across the United States.
ERP system at the same time, they say, “I’m glad I’m not you,” because they know it’s a daunting project.
When Showplace started in 1999, Brost was the company’s one and only engineer. Today, he leads a team of 10 engineers, plus maintenance and technician staff. His manufacturing engineering and systems engineering teams are intimately involved with the planning and implementation of the expansion. The target is to start using some of the new space by August 2025 and be completed by December 2025.
THE STATE OF THE MARKET
Even when the new housing market is stagnant, Showplace thrives because 80 percent of its business is on the remodeling side – and people who are not buying new houses typically remodel their
current homes. Meanwhile, there are a lot of corporate mergers occurring nationally amongst cabinetry companies. The combination of strong remodeling trends and corporate consolidation puts Showplace in a good position, he said. “We have dealers out there who are skeptical when brand X they’re selling gets bought out. Some of those dealers are turning to Showplace. Combined with the remodeling demographics, we’re confident we can gain market share and grow this company.”
A network of more than 1,000 independent kitchen and bath dealers across the United States is the lifeblood of company sales. The company assists dealers to feature Showplace products, helps dealers set up their displays, plus frequently flies dealers and their designers here for training and tours.
Being an employee-owned company allows Showplace to stand apart from its competitors in the cabinetry market and stand apart from its local employee competitors to be the “employer of choice.” Dealers trust the consistency of an employee-owned company, employees can trust the company to be progressive on wages and benefits, and long-time employees can count on cashing out their Showplace shares for a lucrative retirement. Brost said, “Our employee-owned culture has allowed us to maintain focus on the things that matter the most – our customers and our employees. I’m super excited for this next chapter as we strive to make Showplace one of the most advanced cabinet manufacturers in the U.S.” //
Being an employee-owned company contributes to Showplace’s ability to place the needs of customers first, not offsite shareholders.
Showplace Cabinetry employs more than 700 people. Photos courtesy of Showplace Cabinetry.
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