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Our Youth Are So Necessary To Our Tomorrow

Thursday, March 21, 2019

Today was Government Day at the Deuel County Courthouse with the Deuel School and DeuBrook High School students and the American Legion. It’s a great event where they meet in the courtroom and visit the various offices and their roles within the county. I always enjoy that day if I get a chance to be on the tour to tell them about Deuel Area Development. Our children are our TOMORROW. Some will move away, some will remain and will raise families and many will return, marry and have children. They come to expect certain things from the community in which...

Deuel Area Development and Sustainability

Monday, February 25, 2019

February 26, 2019 Deuel Area Development and Sustainability Being the director of DADi, I’m constantly learning new things. I’m grateful after having been in economic development these 8 years, and a previous three years as a community coordinator that I have colleagues and peers in the same business that are a great resource for me. Grow South Dakota in Sisseton, SD has a regional roundtable of economic development directors that meets quarterly. It is at this roundtable of directors and professionals of regional entities that come together to hear what other communities are doing. There is a commitment that runs deep when it...

Trouble is Coming...Our Economy is Changing

Monday, February 11, 2019

Trouble is Coming…Our Economy is Changing When Deuel Area Development had a previous grant, we were able to help businesses create websites and that became a goal of DADi’s. It’s still a goal, yet the grant funds are not available, but with the growing number of make-your-own websites, it’s a must that one way or the other it gets done, and DADi can help. Through DADi’s membership with Dakota Resources Learning Network with other rural communities, we are given a great deal of resource and able to network to further advance our county’s economic development in whatever forms that takes in our...

What's Happened in the Last 7 Years?

Wednesday, December 26, 2018

What’s Happened in the Last 7 Years? As the economic development director for Deuel County, I have been in this office part-time now since August of 2011. Where have those 8 years gone? The Deuel Area Development office was established after an assessment was done with area-concerned citizens of Deuel County; a need and solution was created. It was decided that Deuel Area Development would go one way into Entrepreneurship and Deuel County Community Foundation would become a living-legacy-type community savings account. As director, I stepped in during DADi’s baby years where two USDA grants totaling $150,000 were given to help establish the...

What's Going on with Deuel Area Development

Thursday, December 13, 2018

What’s Been Going on with Deuel Area Development, Inc. Deuel Area Development will be sponsoring some classes coming up for the public to take advantage of: IT Security Class – For Home & Business Computers Thursday, December 27th at 6:00 pm at the Deuel School Library (use Admin doors), Mike Gohring will be giving an IT Security Class for businesses and individuals. This class is “How to Better Protect Our DATA, Identify, Computer & Network Security.” Some of what will be covered is: Malware/Virus – Prevention is a lot more than anti-virus Backing Up Your Data – Good Backups and Better Backups Identity Theft –...

Requests for Information; In Other Words, RFI's

Tuesday, October 02, 2018

10/2/2018 Request for Information Forms; In Other Words “RFI’s” Did you know there are people all the time relocating to SD; businesses as well? The Governor’s Office of Economic Development on occasion sends by email, what they refer to as “RFI’s”. RFI’s stand for Request for Information. Many time businesses are looking to move to South Dakota and they are looking for specifics in way of land, property, water rights, natural gas and more. Communities receive these RFI’s from the State and respond back to their requests. If a community or county has no idea what is available should a business want to...

Part 3 of Being a Rural Change Maker

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Deuel Area Development, Inc August 1, 2018 Part 3 in Series of Becoming a Rural Change Maker The Road to Reinvention “In this day and age, communities, companies and organizations fail for many reasons, but one of the most common –and easily avoidable—is the failure to reinvent. Those who feel the most secure in the status quo are in fact the most vulnerable. Many organizations, once great, wither and die as a direct result of their deep entrenchment in the past. They discover too late that success isn’t about cracking the code once and then enjoying the spoils forever. Instead, it’s a moving target...

Part 2 of Being a Rural Change Maker

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Deuel Area Development, Inc. July 17, 2018 Part 2 on Being a Rural Change Maker Enthusiasm seems to accompany the new thinking about the new rural. I am assuming that those that have lived in their communities forever do not even think about their quality of life and do not know what “new rural” concept is. I am just learning myself. At the recent RuralX Summit and as I stated in Part 1 in this series, the new rural is looking to thrive and not stress about their community growing. Some people have different definitions of “economic development”. In a recent conversation lately with...

Part 1 of Being a Rural Change Maker

Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Deuel Area Development, Inc. July 10, 2018 A note from Deuel Area Development: DADi recently adopted a new strategic plan for the next 5 years for Deuel County. We also joined Dakota Resources to become a member of their “Community Learning Network”. Through them we’ll be empowered by funding and other resources. More will be discussed in the following articles. Please take a minute and read the Opening Message from Joe Bartmann, new President of Dakota Resources at RuralX Summit held in Mitchell. The next couple weeks will be a series of articles on being a Rural Change Maker.) Part 1 of a Series...

DADi Business Grant Criteria

Monday, July 09, 2018

Business Grant Criteria DADi also has Business Grants available to help promote business. The criteria is as follows: 1) The business receiving the grant must be a Deuel County business. 2) An Application for a Business Grant must be filled out. 3) “Start-up’ businesses will take precedence in receiving grants. 4) Clientele need to demonstrate they have an understanding of the components of business planning and the corresponding importance of business plans to small business success. As a result, business plan coaching with the DADi Executive Director will be required as a component for technical assistance consideration. 5) Grants should ideally aid a business with Technical...

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