Elevate Magazine - April 2023 - Rapid City South Dakota

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SUSTAINABLE TREASURES RIGHT HERE IN RAPID CITY

In one of the greatest animated movies of all time, “WALL-E,” the lead character is a robot that spends his day cleaning up Earth after humans abandoned it due to the accumulation of junk, garbage, and general trash.

WALL-E’s polluted world is more than just a wasteland, however, and each day, WALL-E finds what he considers a collector’s item. A bra, a ring box (not the shiny ring), a rubber ducky, a stuffed rabbit, an old boot, a fire extinguisher—stuff almost all of us would consider useless and unimportant.

Most reviews of the film focus on the environmental message. And that’s fine. But what I find most interesting are these tiny moments where a robot decides what’s interesting and what’s not in a world where everything seems uninteresting.

It’s in these moments that we find humanity itself because part of what makes us human is the need to collect stuff we find cool.

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Welcome to this issue of Elevate the magazine, where we explore our own sustainable treasures right here in Rapid City. Each story delivers a take on the theme of going vintage. Clothes, apps, sporting goods, and cafes—all of them are a lot more interesting when viewed through the lens of retro.

In the old days, we used to call it thrift. Now we call it hipster. Either way, you are much cooler than you think if you kept all your stuff from the 1980s.

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HAPPENINGS AROUND THE REGION

APRIL 1 - 2

YFS KIDS FAIR

Taking place in The Monument, we will be creating a giant playground suitable for babies to pre–teens! This year's Kids Fair will provide children in our community with a place to be active and engage in fun, hands-on activities while spending time with their families!

www.themonument.live/ events/detail/kidsfair23

APRIL 6

THE EVOLUTION OF ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Join us for a conversation as we talk about the evolution of arts and entertainment in our community. For this luncheon, Domico will kick-off the event talking about the Sports Commission and then we will have the panelists talk about sports, arts, and events in our community. What are the challenges, how has it evolved, what is the future of it in our community, how does it impact our economy, etc. It will be a great conversation!

www.elevaterapidcity.com/events

RAPID CITY RUSH HOCKEY

A professional ice hockey team in the ECHL based in Rapid City, South Dakota, and play their home games at The Monument.

www.rapidcityrush.com

APRIL 12 - 13

BLACK HILLS DEFENSE & INDUSTRY SYMPOSIUM

This annual event will bring leaders of academia, research, industry, military and the Black Hills communities together for meaningful dialogue on the importance of defense investment in western South Dakota.

www.elevaterapidcity.com/events

APRIL 21

KANE BROWN WITH DUSTIN LYNCH & LOCASH

Multi-Platinum, 5X AMA award-winning entertainer Kane Brown today announced his Drunk or Dreaming Tour will come to Rapid City!

www.themonument.live/events/ detail/kanebrown23

APRIL 22

RAPID CITY EARTH DAY EXPO

ACTIVITIES: Education and Vendor Expo, Discount Tree Sale, Environmental Film Screenings, Activities & Crafts for Kids and Adults, Electric and Hybrid Car Show, Grand Opening of the WTDC Geothermal Greenhouse (with greenhouse tours)

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FEELS LIKE GRANDMA’S

STORY BY MICHELLE PAWELSKI PHOTOS BY MAGGIE JEAN WINCE

Teresa Roland refers to herself as a “thriftaholic.”

She grew up garage saleing with her mother always on the lookout for a good bargain. “I loved it. I now teach my kids to thrift, and they love it too. One person’s trash is another’s treasure.”

Her love of antique and vintage items inspired her to convince her husband David to open a second-hand store downtown. The Mud Hole opened in May 2017 as a thrift store filled with clothes, furniture, home décor, and a variety of other eclectic knick knacks the couple collected through auctions.

“The live auctions were a thrill for me. It was like a competition. You just never know what you will find at the bottom of a tote. It may be trash or $100 treasure.”

After a few months open, the couple modified their business plan. They turned the back area into a kitchen and added a few tables, creating a small eating area within their thrift store. Teresa and David had prior experience in the food industry. Neither wanted to do food again, however, they needed a way to supplement the income from the thrift store. The made-to-order, homecooked menu soon took over Teresa’s thrift store.

“We both worked in food all our working careers. Having a thrift store was my first time out of food,” Teresa said. “We ended up clearing out the majority of the thrift store items and adding more tables.”

Despite the success of the diner, Teresa plans to keep her thrift store dream alive.

“I like being that mom and pop hole in the wall. You never know what you are going to find. I made this place feel like you are going to grandma’s for breakfast. That is the feel we wanted.”

Teresa Roland

“I will not go full blown café. That is not the Mud Hole. The Mud Hole is having breakfast in the middle of a thrift store.”

And that is what their guests appreciate.

“We have accumulated a lot of regular customers. We know their names, and they have that inviting feel when they come in,” Teresa said referring to the Mud Hole's slogan of “Good Food, Good Finds, Good Friends.”

Mud Hole of the Black Hills brings homey atmosphere with thrift store café concept

Conversations over the dining room tables often turn to history lessons. “We hear lots of stories,” Teresa said. “We have had several guests who told us that there was actually a diner in the basement in the ‘50s called the Cave Inn. We have repurposed the old historic café,” Teresa said.

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The couple treats everyone who comes in like family – complete with sarcastic comments. “They get our sarcasm,” David said of their guests. “We talk to you like you are family and friends.” And people who come in as strangers usually leave as friends, David said. “It is just a comfortable place to talk. The vintage décor makes it feel like home.”

With three garages filled with antiques and vintage clothing, Teresa is always changing up the thrift store, giving guests new items to shop for while they wait for their food. “People will walk around and see if I have brought in anything different.”

TECH STARTUP SIMPLIFIES THE THRIFTING EXPERIENCE

STORY BY SHILOH FRANCIS PHOTOS SUBMITTED

At only 23 years old and littleto-no experience in the tech world, it may be hard to believe Brigit Blote is the CEO and cofounder of an app. In fact, that was not what she had planned at all. "Med school was the dream," she said, discussing her plans when she enrolled at the University of South Dakota.

But things quickly changed. She graduated early, in 2021, with a degree in sustainability while working full-time in her tech startup company.

Entering her freshman year at USD, Blote was a walk-on to the track team. Blote was a competitive runner throughout high school, but her times were not at your typical division 1 level. "People had even said, 'on paper, I don't know if she's capable of running D1'," she recalled. "I wanted to be challenged."

Friendships made during that first season led to Brigit entering the USD Hult Prize business competition as part of an extra credit project. "Our first business plan was absolutely terrible!" she laughed. Something about that experience started to shift Blote's mindset about what she hoped to do with her future. "I always knew I wanted to serve and help people, which was why I wanted to enter the medical field," she reflected. "As we went through this process, I realized business isn't just for profit. I can't believe you can do so much good!"

Unsure about her major and coming off an injury, Blote signed up for a study abroad experience in Costa Rica – including a class on sustainability. Students had to hike to access their host family's home, carrying anything they needed. This meant packing less and a lot of washing clothing to re-wear.

Carter, a classmate, was wearing a forget-me-not floral shirt that Blote quickly fell in love with. She likely could have found the same one online to buy for herself, but their studies on the fashion industry caused her to think of another way. "We were learning about the fashion industry and the fact that there are more than 2,000 dump trucks of textile waste daily. I said to myself 'let me see if I can thrift this back in the U.S.'"

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This experience, looking for a floral shirt, planted the seed. Blote had to use different apps and websites and still couldn't find the right size at the right price. What if there was one central website that would allow her to search and shop across online thrift stores?

With this idea in mind, Blote and her co-founders, Ashlynn Atwood and Payton Ryz, decided to enter the Hult competition once again – but this time, it wasn't just for the extra credit. They had nothing more than a few mockup drawings of what the app could look like and a dream of creating meaningful, large-scale change in how people shop for clothes.

They won the USD Hult Prize, advancing to the regional competition in Boston, which they won. This qualified them for the World Hult Prize Accelerator.

The team was set to travel to London in December of 2020 and compete for the $1 million prize, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the organization divided the prize among the global finalists. Fomeno (a shorter reference to the "Forget Me Not" T-shirt) was a top recipient, securing the team $100,000 in seed capital to start their business. They were participating with students from universities like Harvard, Duke and Vanderbilt. After winning, Brigit quickly realized, "we're on to something more than a school project."

As is the story with most startups, it has not come easy, and people did not always believe in the success they could have. In fact, during the accelerator, one of the mentors asked them, "Do you know how hard this will be?"

Ashlyn Atwood, Anna Atwood, Annie Lien, Payton Ryz, Brigit Blote

More than two years later, fomeno has moved beyond the wireframes and is a downloadable app with more than 11,000 downloads and 45 thrift partners. "I am so glad I was naïve to how hard this would be," Blote laughed.

The aspiring tech company did not have a technical lead for a long time. Not one to shy away from a challenge, or let it hold her back, Blote used the time quarantined during covid to teach herself as much as possible; watching YouTube videos and taking online coding classes. “Don't count yourself out, even if it's hard,” she said to aspiring entrepreneurs. “If you believe in your vision and are passionate about it and have the right team, you can do it."

A St. Thomas More graduate, Blote has returned to the Black Hills, where she works to continue building fomeno with Atwood, Ryz, Annie Lien, interns and remote contractors. "Am I qualified to do this?" Blote reflects, "no, but with the right people, I know we can be successful. We have so many good clothes that exist, they just aren’t with the right people.” Fomeno will be there to make that connection, one thrift buy at a time.

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92 Million Tonnes of Textiles Waste is Produced Every Year

The Average US Consumer Throws Away 81.5lbs of Clothes Every Year

The Number of Times a Garment is Worn Has Declined by Around 36% In 15 Years

$500 billion is Lost Each Year Because of Underwearing and Failure to Recycle Clothes

Nearly 10% of Microplastics Dispersed in the Ocean Each Year Come From Textiles

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WHAT ARE THE ELEVATE RAPID CITY BUSINESS AWARDS?

The Elevate Rapid City business awards were established in 2022 to celebrate and recognize the businesses, non-profits, and people in our community who have made significant contributions to our mission: elevate the region for all.

WHEN IS THE 2023 AWARDS NIGHT CELEBRATION?

The 2023 celebration event will be Tuesday, June 13. Please mark your calendar and join us for the celebration!

WHAT IS THE PROCESS?

Selecting the winners for the Elevate Business awards begins with a nomination window. March 1 to March 31 businesses can be nominated for awards academies using the nomination form.

April 3 - 26 the application window will open for nominated businesses. Judges will then score the applications and make the decision.

Final 3 businesses will be released in May with winners announced at the Awards Celebration.

Questions? Contact events@elevaterapidcity.com.

STORY BY MICHELLE PAWELSKI PHOTOS SUBMITTED

Caitlin Hein

If Rapid City’s downtown corridor is any indication, the demand for sustainable shopping is on the rise. An antique shop, used bookstore, music store, and several vintage clothing businesses are within a few steps of each other, each one revealing a piece of history.

“I think stores like this are exciting. Each store is a different experience. Whether you have three vintage stores next to each other or the antique store, you never know what you will find,” said Caitlin Hein, owner of Garbage Tale Vintage on St. Joseph Street.

Garbage Tale Vintage, a nod to the pop culture trading cards Garbage Pail Kids, just celebrated its one year anniversary. “All this is still very surreal,” said the 25-yearold. “This is my passion, and I feel so grateful and blessed that I can do this.”

Her downtown shop is the culmination of a love for thrifting that began at a young age. Growing up on the Rosebud Reservation, Caitlin spent many hours with her grandparents going to yard sales, thrift stores, and flea markets. “It was always something they did, so I just grew up doing that.” One of her favorite vintage pieces is a Native Pride jacket that her grandparents gave her when she was 5. Her other favorite piece is her mother’s old license plate. Both hang on the wall near the front of the store.

In high school, Caitlin started buying and selling clothes on the online shop Vinted, however, her flair for sustainable fashion flourished four years ago. She was in college for nursing but felt a need to do something more creative. She just didn’t know what.

“I lived downtown in a studio apartment and on Friday and Saturday nights I would rearrange my apartment creating a whole set design to style outfits.” Caitlin would then take photos and post them on Depop, a fashion marketplace app. “My clothes started selling really fast.”

“I didn’t know I was going to go into fashion or own a business. I have always loved thrifting because it was a good way to dress very eccentric and how I wanted, and it was fun and cheap. Second-hand thrifted vintage items have a lot more character.”

Caitlin Hein

Then the pandemic hit, and her online presence grew. “I was at home a lot, so I upcycled clothes, sewed them. I made masks for family and friends using scrap material from vintage clothes.”

She soon became a top seller on Depop.

A lot of Caitlin’s success with the online platforms was her eye for curating and styling outfits. “People want to see how it looks together. It is sometimes hard for people to envision an outfit or how different pieces can fit together.”

"When I opened the shop the only things I bought new were my metal racks.”

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“When people come in, I feel like the experience is meaningful for both of us. For a lot of people, everything is so nostalgic for them. It brings back memories for people, and I think that is a real intimate experience that I get to share.”

Caitlin Hein

After her success with Depop, Caitlin felt the need to expand her horizons. “I didn’t want to sell clothes online forever.” She started with popup shops. “Those did really well and a lot of people in the community were really supportive. I started thinking about the need for a brick and mortar store.”

That is when a storefront along St. Joseph’s Street opened.

She began collecting pieces covering every inch of her small downtown apartment. “This all has been crazy and wild. It feels so surreal,” Caitlin said reminiscing about her past year. “I could have never done this without the support of my family. They all spent a lot of hours and nights putting this

place together. My papa loves antiques, so when I opened the shop the only things I bought new were my metal racks.”

She also credits the supportive community with her success. “I am just learning as I go. There has been a ton of people in the community that have been so kind, whether it is business owners mentoring me or different organizations helping to get me clothes.”

Giving back to the community is also a priority for the young entrepreneur. She used to partner with Dress for Success, a local organization that helped women find affordable clothing for job interviews and other professional events. “Unfortunately, they are not around anymore.”

Caitlin said having a physical shop helps her connect with people on a deeper level. “When people come in, I feel like the experience is meaningful for both of us. For a lot of people, everything is so nostalgic for them. It brings back memories for people, and I think that is a real intimate experience that I get to share.”

It also gives her a platform to educate on sustainable fashion. “I really want that to be my mission. I have been learning more about textiles and that has been a huge interest of mine with sustainability and environmental causes. I want to be a good influence on people.”

SUSTAINABILITY IN SPORTS

Family-owned store has been recycling sports equipment for 30 years

STORY BY MICHELLE PAWELSKI

PHOTOS BY MAGGIE JEAN WINCE

Mike Thomson points to a sign on a nearby wall.

“Recycling before it was even cool.”

It’s a motto his family has lived by for 30 years.

“We try to keep as much out of the landfill as possible,” said Mike, the manager of Rapid City’s Play It Again Sports, as he prepared for another season change in equipment.

The Thomson family has spent three decades giving new life to the community’s used sporting goods.

Mike’s father Jim opened the Lacrosse Street specialty sporting goods store in 1993, a year after the Minnesota company started to franchise. “We are by far one of the oldest stores. I just went to a tradeshow in Phoenix and most of the stores were 10 years old or younger.”

The family’s adventure in sports started in the late 1980s when they moved from their home north of Pierre to Rapid City. Jim asked his sons their thoughts on business ideas. “I said we should start a sporting goods store and the was the end of it. He did it,” Mike said.

The family’s longevity in Rapid City has to do with their passion for sports, customer service and being family-owned. Jim Thomson is at the store nearly every day and up until two years ago his 75-year-old mother Sharon was working on the sales floor. Mike’s 16-year-old son is also a Play It Again Sports employee.

Each store is individually owned and a reflection of the community, Mike said. “Our store is really into fitness and golf where some stores have no fitness or golf.”

While the focus is on recycling sports equipment, they often must supplement the store with new goods. “The problem is the used equipment sells so well you can’t keep the inventory up. “You can’t get everything you want used because you rely on what the community brings in, so we have to replenish with new,” Mike said pointing to a Top 10 List of items they need for the upcoming spring and summer seasons.

Some new equipment, however, can only be found at Play It Again Sports, giving the small business an advantage over big chain stores. Certain companies like Easton, Spirit, and Horizon, supply the specialty store with items and colors that are not available anywhere else. “We are a locally owned small store that has big store ties and some awesome buying power,” Mike said.

The family looks for equipment in good condition with current technology but goes a step further in reducing waste and serving the community. When golf clubs come into the store that are too old to sell, they are collected and donated to youth and veteran programs.

The family started donating golf clubs years ago, giving them to Ray High Eagle for his at-risk youth program on the Pine Ride Reservation. When Ray passed away, the family wanted to continue its service and partnered with John Jambor, a local PGA professional, who started a program to teach golf to youth and veterans. “The first time I filled the back of his pickup with bags and clubs and now in the summer he comes in every Wednesday,” Mike said. “The golf clubs still work great they are just not the technology that avid golfers are looking for. It not only gets veterans into golf but supplies them with free equipment and keeps the clubs out of the landfill.”

Play It Again Sports also buys old skis that would be thrown out, takes the bindings off and sells the blanks to people to put under their ice houses or as material for a sled. Treadmills that no longer work can be left at the store where metal recyclers will take them to Pacific Steel and Recycling.

“We really do try to reduce as much waste as possible,” Mike said.

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The 52nd Annual Rapid City Community Cleanup Week is scheduled for April 1622. Community members are able to take advantage of fees being waived at the Rapid City Landfill Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Want to go the extra mile and do your part to beautify the community? Get together with a group of friends or colleagues and participate in the annual community cleanup week.

Community Cleanup Week includes hundreds of volunteers armed with plastic bags combing through parks, along ditches, drainage areas, fence lines, and neighborhoods in the community picking up trash. The City will provide trash bags. If your business, organization, or group of friends are interested in signing up, email Ria.Harper@rcgov.org. Ria will be able to assign a location for cleanup.

"This is a great way to help clean up our community," said Ria Harper City Solid Waste outreach coordinator. "It's a great community service project for groups, especially youth groups and teams, as well as getting groups and teams from businesses together to spend a few hours during the week or on a Saturday morning cleaning up an area of town."

For more information about Cleanup Week, contact the Rapid City Solid Waste Division at 355-3496.

Reboot and Reset at Day of Excellence 2023

Reboot and reset in 2023! Day of Excellence (DOE) returns for its 12th Day at The Monument on Wednesday, April 19th. This ‘Day’ is dedicated to YOU! Day of Excellence was developed 14 years ago by the Leadership Rapid City Class of 2009 with a mission -- To promote a culture of excellence through personal and professional development resulting in stronger communities.

Today, the mission is so much deeper than that statement. Through top-notch speakers, Day of Excellence promises you will rediscover your drive, reconnect with your strengths, find your passion, re-

energize your life and network with others on the same journey.

Day of Excellence is really for everyone-the employee, the stay-at-home parent, the manager, the retiree, the dreamer, the CEO, the entrepreneur, the curious! Many small businesses close their doors to send their employees for the Day.

Renae Hicks, Vice President of Day of Excellence, Inc. shares “You should attend Day of Excellence to invest in yourself! This ‘Day’ is inspiring, thought-provoking, heartwarming and FUN! We want you to leave the ‘Day’ a better version of yourself than you were yesterday. Day of

Excellence is my favorite day of the year, and I want to share it with YOU! Yes, YOU! So, get yourself a ticket and join me for an excellent day of learning!”

This year’s speaker lineup features Denver Broncos Thunderstorm skydiver and DOE 2022 returning emcee, Kenyon Salo (The Bucket List Life). Kenyon will navigate the Day as you are inspired by Alex Weber, the only person to both host and compete on NBC’s American Ninja Warrior. With his contagious energy and passion, Alex will share how his game-changing secrets result in record-breaking success.

Take a closer look at how you communicate, verbally and non-verbally, with Stacey Hanke and walk away with strategies to become more influentialpersonally and professionally.

Hands down, Antonio Neves will shift your perspective and offer hard-won lessons to get unstuck and make your next bold move with confidence.

Closing the Day, Brad Montgomery will teach you how to use happiness as a tool to improve your life and your job through boosted productivity, creativity, innovation and profit.

“It does not matter if you are in High School, starting your career, about to retire or raising your family,” said Mike Albin, President of DOE. “Day of Excellence will give you a nugget to use in any of walk of life with any experience. Our amazing speakers will help guide you along your journey.”

To find out more about Day of Excellence, the 2023 speaker line-up or purchasing tickets, visit www.dayofexcellence.com. Tickets for this year’s event are selling out fast!

Stop Wishing and Start Doing! Don’t miss out on the 12th Day of Excellence! This ‘Day’ is for YOU!