2014 report to investors

2014 REPORT TO INVESTORS
Creating Better Business, Better Life in Sioux Falls
Our sixth Forward Sioux Falls program continues to elevate our community to levels we
could only dream about when our joint venture between the Chamber and the Development
Foundation started in 1987.
Mark Shlanta
SDN Communications
Forward Sioux Falls 2011-2016
Joint Venture Management
Committee Chair
The continued success of Forward Sioux Falls is a result of the investors and volunteer leaders.
Through six programs, hundreds of businesses and individuals have exemplified the meaning
of collaboration and consensus. As the program has matured, the footprint has grown to
include the communities surrounding Sioux Falls. Their shared vision of how we can create new
jobs, new opportunities and capital investment across our region has given direction and made
possible the achievement of significant goals.
Included in this report to investors are just some of our successes during the 2011-2016
program. We are proud of our accomplishments and the impact your investment makes both
today and in the future.
Thank you for helping move Sioux Falls forward.
Forward Sioux Falls is
managed by the Joint
Venture Management
Committee (JVMC),
which is the executive
committees of the
Sioux Falls Area
Chamber of Commerce
and the Sioux
Falls Development
Foundation, plus one
at-large member.
The current JVMC includes:
2014 Officers
2014 Members
Chair Mark Shlanta,
SDN Communications
Paul Bruflat,
CNA Surety
Vice Chair Keith Severson,
Eide Bailly LLP
Tyler Haahr,
MetaBank
Secretary W. Tom Simmons,
Midcontinent Communications
Scott Lawrence,
Lawrence & Schiller
Treasurer Dana Dykhouse,
First PREMIER Bank
Mark Mickelson,
Mickelson & Company
Dr. Charles “Pat” O’Brien,
Retired
Rob Oliver,
Augustana College
Jim Soukup,
Soukup Construction
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RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY & ENTREPRENEURSHIP
As the South Dakota Technology Business Center (SDTBC) reached their 10th
anniversary this past year, success stories continued to unfold in the incubator
space. More opportunities for future growth are being created through
the GEAR (Graduate Education and Applied Research) Center as well as
developing the University of South Dakota Research Park (USDRP).
Goal: To maximize the economic impact of high-growth businesses,
entrepreneurs and innovators in the Sioux Falls MSA.
Culture of Entrepreneurship
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Sponsored Enterprise Institute’s Innovation Expo, which has evolved into
the region’s leading entrepreneurship event growing to more than 400
participants each year.
Launched the SDTBC Business Accelerator, now in its third year. This program
includes expanded funding opportunities for participating companies through
a partnership with the Governor’s Office of Economic Development. Nine
of the 12 participants in the first two accelerators are still growing their
businesses in South Dakota.
Start-Up and Early-Stage Capital
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Through the SDTBC, Forward Sioux Falls invested $200,000 in South Dakota
Innovation Partners. This early-stage fund is investing in several start-up
companies with novel technologies including Medgene Labs, Tranzderm
Solutions and Prairie Aquatech.
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Supported the Enterprise Institute’s efforts to create new angel funds
throughout South Dakota, with four new funds actively seeking investments
and a fifth fund planned for Sioux Falls in 2014.
Research and Development Infrastructure
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University Center
Future location of
USDRP hosted the 15th annual NIH Small Business Innovation Research
(SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Conference, bringing
hundreds of small businesses to Sioux Falls to learn how these programs help
bring new health-related innovations to market.
Helped USD secure funding to construct and equip an aseptic Good
Manufacturing Practices (GMP) suite at the GEAR Center in Sioux Falls. The
875 sq. ft. clean room space will be completed in the summer of 2014 and be
used to produce pharmaceuticals and medical devices for clinical trials.
Working with USD to secure funding to plan for a $12.1 million expansion of
the GEAR Center.
South Dakota Technology Business Center
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Staff implements the Forward Sioux Falls Research, Technology and
Entrepreneurship initiative.
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Has taken the lead role in developing and managing the USD Research Park.
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Expanded entrepreneurial development programs to include the SDTBC
Accelerator and Leadership Circle and continues to manage and promote
regularly scheduled I.N. After Hours networking events.
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Reached 10-year operating milestone in December 2013 and graduated 20
companies, including six during the current FSF program, into the greater
Sioux Falls area.
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Partnered with University of South Dakota (USD), the Board of Regents and
the City of Sioux Falls to launch the USD Research Park on 80 acres adjacent
to University Center in Sioux Falls. USDRP has leased the land from the Board
of Regents for $1 per year for 99 years and has started the master planning
process for the research park site.
Continues to evolve to meet the changing needs of the entrepreneurial
community.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUCCESS STORY
STEM Fuse path to success highlights
value of business incubation
Only three years ago STEM Fuse was a
startup located in St. Cloud, Minn. It had
a few hundred customers and founder
Carter Tatge was having difficulty
finding equity investors for his fledgling
company.
Today, this provider of science and
technology education curriculum is
located in Brandon, has 13 full-time and
eight part-time employees, a similar
number of contractors and its classes
are offered in nearly 3,600 schools in
all 50 states and six countries.
How STEM Fuse achieved this
rapid growth exemplifies the value
of business incubation, early-stage
capital and a little serendipity in the
entrepreneurial process.
At nearly the same time, Sioux Falls
entrepreneurs Shane Thomas and
Adam Learing launched Beginr Media
and carved out a niche developing
websites with e-commerce capabilities.
Eventually both companies found their
way to the South Dakota Technology
Business Center in 2012.
STEM Fuse designs and sells classes
for K-12 students. In its main courses,
students learn by building computer
games. The curriculum is designed
to get students interested in learning
and applying STEM education —
science, technology, engineering and
mathematics.
The SDTBC helped connect STEM Fuse
with investors like The Funding Farm of
Brandon.
Matthew Willard, a partner in The
Funding Farm, says Tatge’s enthusiasm
for educational products was a big
factor in getting the investment group
interested in STEM Fuse. “This is a
company that is solving the problem,
not just talking about it. It’s a project
with a great entrepreneur and leader,
and a great upside,” he said.
With the new round of investment,
STEM Fuse turned its focus to
expanding its technology curriculum
and growing its user base.
Beginr Media was working on dozens
of e-commerce websites, including as
a subcontractor for some big-name
projects such as the Los Angeles
Lakers basketball team and the TV
show American Idol. Learing and
Thomas also participated in the
SDTBC’s Accelerator program to
develop opportunities to scale their
business by offering new software
products.
Eventually the companies connected
and Beginr Media was hired to help
develop courses and a mobile app for
STEM Fuse.
“We started hanging out with Carter
more and discussing the business and
opportunities to improve the STEM
Fuse website and how the company
delivered its content,” Learing said.
“That eventually led to larger contract
and then Carter proposing a merger
in 2013. Shane and I have headed
up development since then and the
company has had explosive growth and
now offers 10 courses.”
Tatge points to the connection and
subsequent merger with Beginr Media
as a key step in accelerating STEM
Fuse’s growth.
“I hired Shane, Adam and their team
as contractors and it went great. I kept
giving them more work and they kept
knocking it out of the park. Eventually it
just made sense to bring them on board
and make them part of the company,”
Tatge said.
STEM Fuse is well on its way to
reaching its goal in getting its
curriculum into 10,000 schools. The
company’s journey from Minnesota
to the SDTBC in Sioux Falls to The
Funding Farm in Brandon highlights the
impact of incubators as connectors in
the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
“Coming to South Dakota to work with
the SDTBC and The Funding Farm was
definitely the best decision I could have
made for my company,” Tatge said.
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The Forward Sioux Falls 2011-2016 program
recently reached its halfway point and the results of
our national marketing efforts are rolling in:
To attract companies to Sioux Falls, a lead generation firm
put us in contact with companies looking to relocate or
expand to another location.
We have worked hard to get Sioux Falls
noticed by site selectors
Through our combined efforts:
Teaming with a firm that specializes
in marketing places, we continue to
build relationships with site selection
consultants across the nation to put
Sioux Falls on the “A” list as they
work with clients looking to relocate
or expand their businesses.
New York
Chicago
Dallas
We know we are a great city, but how
do we get the word out without tooting
our own horn?
have visited Sioux Falls on
Familiarization (FAM) Tours
The impressions earned
represent a significant value in
advertising dollars.
were hosted in major cities in
order to familiarize them with
Sioux Falls and South Dakota
Through these efforts, relationships have been built with
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Through rankings and positive
news stories across a variety of
media outlets that have been
shared globally, Sioux Falls has
effectively earned recognition
through third-party endorsements.
Both State and City officials are on
board, participating in the meetings
The Sioux Falls story has
been told by these media
outlets — and many more:
NPR
USA Today
Forbes
Business Week
CNN
CNBC
Marketplace
Chemical & Engineering News
FastCompany.com
The Daily Beast
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QUALITY OF LIFE
WORKFORCE
GOOD EARTH STATE PARK AT BLOOD RUN
SHADOW ED
For nearly 30 years, turning the land at Blood Run into a state park
seemed like a dream. Forward Sioux Falls, the Sioux Falls Area Chamber
of Commerce, the Sioux Falls Convention & Visitors Bureau and the
Sioux Falls Development Foundation provided local matching funds,
along with the State, to help purchase some of the land encompassing
the site. Located in Lincoln County along the Big Sioux River just south
of Sioux Falls in both South Dakota and Iowa, Good Earth
State Park at Blood Run is the first dual state park and
South Dakota’s first new state park in 40 years.
The ShadowED program helps prepare high school
students for one-on-one shadow experiences with
local experts. Since the program started in 1997,
ShadowED has arranged more than 5,500 shadows
with the help of more than 200 business partners.
INTERNS IN INDUSTRY
In 2003, Forward Sioux Falls developed the Interns
in Industry program, which matches local businesses
with area post-secondary students. The goal is to
assist businesses with internship programs and to
inform students about career opportunities in the
Sioux Falls area. Forward Sioux Falls helps by giving a
scholarship to participants. Since the program started
in 2003, Forward Sioux Falls has partnered with 65
area businesses to provide a total of 315 outstanding
internships. During the summer of 2014, 50 more
students will discover the wealth of opportunities and
diversity of businesses in the Sioux Falls area through
the Interns in Industry program.
SIOUX EMPIRE HOUSING PARTNERSHIP
The Sioux Empire Housing Partnership was created in part to ensure affordable housing
opportunities for the growing workforce. In 2014, the SEHP unveiled its website geared to the
Hispanic population. The new site includes resources in Spanish in order to help Sioux Falls’
fastest-growing population achieve the dream of home ownership. The SEHP continues to help
with down-payment assistance for first-time homebuyers, homebuyer education, establishing
affordable neighborhoods and neighborhood revitalization. In the first 10 years, it is estimated
that Forward Sioux Falls’ $1 million investment into affordable housing has multiplied to $13
million in economic activity, not including the tax base created by new homeowners.
The Interns in Industry program
has awarded more than
$157,500
in scholarships since 2003.
Visit www.siouxempirehousing.org, or go to www.siouxempirehousing.org/es for the Spanish version.
TRAVEL EASY FROM FSD
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The Air Service Committee was
formed in 2011, with the first
accomplishment being helping
the Sioux Falls Regional Airport
Authority lobby Frontier Airlines
to establish operations in Sioux
Falls. Frontier started service at
FSD in July 2011 as the fifth airline
provider at the airport and the
“Frontier effect” has resulted in
reduced fares on flights heading
west out of FSD. Frontier has
helped make Denver one of the
top destinations for passengers
leaving FSD.
Marketing dollars have helped
augment the message of
traveling easy from Sioux Falls.
Forward Sioux Falls has provided
supplemental funds to allow
the airport message to run in
additional markets.
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A recent survey completed by
Sixel Consulting showed that
“leakage” (passengers who live
closest to FSD, but use other
airports to get to their destination)
decreased from 41 percent in
2010 to 19 percent in 2013.
Forward Sioux Falls assisted
with communication between
the airport and the U.S. Customs
office to gain resolution on
updating facilities to meet
ongoing customs needs.
Forward Sioux Falls surveyed
the Sioux Falls Area Chamber of
Commerce business members to
determine the need for additional
routes to destinations not already
served. This information was used
by airport management when
meeting with airlines looking at
the feasibility of adding routes or
capacity to existing routes.
Forward Sioux Falls 2011-2016 set a goal of adding 10,000 new jobs to our
economy. With nearly 6,000 jobs added at the halfway point, we are on track to
meet and even exceed that goal. The following graph indicates the percentage of
workforce in each industry sector within the Sioux Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area:
81 PERCENT
of the people choosing air
transportation who live within a
60-mile radius of Sioux Falls are using
the Sioux Falls Regional Airport
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Time.
Keeping time is important to Cathy Clark,
Regional Vice President, Wells Fargo.
She flies FSD for her business travel.
Business travel should be easy.
And fast. That’s why the Sioux Falls
Regional Airport made improvements
with you in mind. From a business
lounge to more parking,
you’ll find that flying FSD
is a sound decision.
It’s about time you
check us out.
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Informational TechTalk meetings with high school students
and parents have been held throughout the area, providing
information about great-paying careers in a variety of
industries. Students (and parents) at those meetings can
learn benefits, ask questions, get information and have a
chance to receive Southeast Tech scholarships.
More than 27 companies are on board in support of the
initiative; learn more at www.techedworks.com.
3% 2%
5%
TECH ED WORKS FOR ME
Southeast Technical Institute and Forward Sioux Falls,
with the support of area businesses, have partnered
on an initiative — Tech Ed Works For Me — to address
workforce needs in the targeted industries of construction,
manufacturing and automotive/transportation and to elevate
the image of technical education through multimedia. This
initiative will position Tech Ed as a fast-track solution to a
lucrative career and encourage area businesses to support
tech ed graduates with employment and advancement
opportunities.
The airport serves as a first
impression of Sioux Falls for many.
What do we want them to know
about the community and the
opportunities here? Future goals
include marketing Sioux Falls and
the region at the airport.
IT ’S
ABOUT
3%
21%
5%
9%
13%
9%
12%
9%
9%
NON-AG WAGE & SALARY EMPLOYMENT
Education/Healthcare Services — 21%
Financial Activities — 12%
Leisure/Hospitality — 9%
Professional/Business Services — 9%
Wholesale Trade — 5%
Transportation/Warehousing/Utilities — 3%
Retail Trade — 13%
Government — 9%
Manufacturing — 9%
Mining/Logging/Construction — 5%
Other Services — 3%
Information — 2%
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THANK YOU TO OUR INVESTORS
THANK YOU TO OUR INVESTORS
All organizations and individuals listed here have contributed to the Forward Sioux Falls
2011-2016 program. Thank you for your support in helping us move Sioux Falls forward.
A & B Business Solutions
AB Propane, Inc.
Accord Commercial Team at HJN
Advertising Arts, Inc.
ADP (Automatic Data Processing, Inc.)
ADwërks
Agan Drywall Supply, Inc.
Alan Amdahl Construction Co.
Alliance Communication Co.
AMERI/STAR Real Estate, Inc.
American Electric Construction
American Engineering Testing, Inc.
Anesthesia Physicians, Ltd.
Anesthesiology Associates, Inc.
Anonymous
Architectural Roofing & Sheetmetal, Inc.
Architecture Incorporated
Argus Leader Media
Ron Arndt
Assam Companies
Associated Consulting Engineering, Inc.
Augustana College
Auto Body Specialties
AvailAbility Employment Services
Avera Health
Avera Heart Hospital of South Dakota
Avera McKennan Hospital &
University Health Center
AWE Financial LLC Insurance
& Financial Services
Ayres & Associates
BabyTown-Kidstuff, Inc.
Baete-Forseth HVAC
Bank of the West
Bankers Trust Company
of South Dakota
Banner Associates, Inc.
Batcheller Investments, LLP
Baumgartner’s Electric, Inc.
Bell Incorporated
Bender Commercial
Real Estate Services
Gerald Beninga
Bierschbach Equipment & Supply
Billion Automotive
Bluestem Capital Company, LLC
Bockorny Group, Inc.
Boen & Associates, Inc.
Bowden Productions, Inc.
Boyce, Greenfield, Pashby & Welk, LLP
Brandt Solomon & Anderson LLP
Brown & Saenger
Bruning Marketing & Promotions
Builders Supply Co.
Dakota King dba Burger King
Burns Moving & Storage
Butler Machinery Co.
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C.A. Rickert & Associates, Inc.
Cadwell Sanford Deibert & Garry LLP
Canfield Business Interiors
CAPITAL Services, Inc.
Carriernet Group Financial, Inc.
CBM Managed Services
Century Business Products, Inc.
CenturyLink
Children’s Care Hospital & School
Children’s Dental Center
Chip N Dale Coffee Co.
CHR Solutions, Inc.
Christoffels & Co.
Cimarron Label
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Citi
City Glass & Glazing, Inc.
City of Harrisburg
City of Sioux Falls
Click Rain, Inc.
Climate Systems, Inc.
Clinic Pharmacies Inc.
CNA Surety
Coffee News of Sioux Falls
Colorado Technical UniversitySioux Falls
Commercial Audio & Video, LLC
Commercial Interior Decor, Inc.
Communication Service
for the Deaf, Inc.
Complete Real Estate
Component Manufacturing/
Reaves Building Systems
Confluence
Connecting Point Computer Center
Construction Products & Consultants
CorTrust Bank
CoSentry
Costello Investments, LLC
Crane & Fowler Investments, LLC
The Creative Co-op
Creative Surfaces, Inc.
Cutler & Donahoe, LLP
Dacotah Bank
Dakota Allergy & Asthma
Dakota Beverage Company, Inc.
Dakota Corrugated Box Company
Dakota Kitchen & Bath, Inc.
Dakota Staffing, Inc.
Dakota State University
DAKOTACARE
Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, LLP
Dean Foods/Land O’Lakes
Design Tanks, LLC
DGR Engineering
The Diamond Room by Spektor
Diesel Machinery, Inc.
Ditch Witch of South Dakota, Inc.
Dizco, Inc.
DocuTAP
Dorsey & Whitney Trust Company LLC
Dougherty & Company LLC
The Dunham Company
Dana Dykhouse
EarthBend
East River Electric Power
Cooperative, Inc.
Edward Jones-Tom Loofe
Egger Steel Co.
Eide Bailly LLP
Electric Construction Company
Electric Supply Co., Inc.
Elgethun Capital Management
Elmen Foundation
Empire Bowl
Empire Mall/Empire East
Employment Edge Staffing
& Business Services
Epicosity
The Evangelical Lutheran
Good Samaritan Society
Evans Law, PC
The Everist Company
Face It TOGETHER Sioux Falls
Farmers Insurance Group/
Karsky Agency
Fiegen Construction Co.
First Bank & Trust
First Cash & Exchange
First Dakota National Bank
First Dakota Title
The First National Bank in Sioux Falls
First PREMIER Bank/
PREMIER Bankcard
First Rate Excavate, Inc.
Fischer, Rounds & Associates, Inc.
Fiserv
Fox Drywall & Plastering, Inc.
Fresh Produce Inc.
Friessen Construction Co., Inc.
Frisbees, Inc.
Frontier Bank
Fuller & Williamson, LLP
Gage Brothers Concrete Products, Inc.
Garry Associates, LLP
The Gas Stop
George Boom Funeral Home
& Cremation Services
Geotek Engineering
& Testing Services, Inc.
Gil Haugan Construction
Golden Rule Construction Co., Inc.
Golden West Telecommunications
Goldsmith Heck Engineers, Inc.
Graber & Associates
Graff Roofing, Inc.
Graham Tire & Automotive Company
Grand Falls Casino Resort
Granite Accents
Great Western Bank
Greg Leonard Financial Services
Hagen, Wilka & Archer, LLP
Hancock Concrete Products, LLC
Hander Inc. Plumbing & Heating
Handy Man Home Remodeling Center
Harms Oil Company
Harold’s Photo Centers
Hauge Associates, Inc.
HD Supply Waterworks Ltd.
HDR Engineering, Inc.
Heartland Glass Co.
Hegg Companies, Inc.
Hegg Realtors
HenkinSchultz Creative Services
Henry Carlson Co.
Herc-U-Lift, Inc.
Hills of Rest Memorial Park
& Mausoleum
Hjellming Construction
HJN Team Real Estate
Holiday Inn City Centre
Holmes Murphy & Associates
Home Builders Association
of the Sioux Empire (HBASE)
Home Federal Bank
Horner-Barrow Orthodontics, PC
Howalt+McDowell Insurance, a Marsh
& McLennan Agency LLC company
Howe Heating & Plumbing, Inc.
Howes Oil Company, Inc.
Hy-Vee, Inc.
Imagery Photography
Larry Fuller dba Insight Builders, LLC
Institutions Services, Inc.
Intek, Cleaning & Restoration
Interstate Office Products, Inc.
J & L Harley-Davidson
Jans Corporation
JDS Industries, Inc.
Jenesis Creative Marketing
Jerry’s Auto Sales, Inc.
John Morrell & Co.
Midland, Inc. dba Johnstone Supply
Karl’s TV, Audio & Appliances, Inc.
Kaschmitter Appraisals, Inc.
KDLT-TV (NBC)
KELOLAND TV
Key Staffing
Kilian Community College
Dan and Arlene Kirby Family
Restricted Fund
Kitchens & Windows Unlimited
Klockers Mattress World
KMWF & Associates, PC
Koch Hazard Architects
Kouri Insurance Agency
Kreisers, Inc.
Krier & Blain, Inc.
KSFY Television
KTTW TV-Fox 7
L.G. Everist, Inc.
Lamfers & Maas, LLP
Lamps & Shades Lighting Gallery, Inc.
Landmark Aviation
Lawrence & Schiller, Inc.
Lewis Drug, Inc.
Liberty National Bank
Lift Pro Equipment Co., Inc.
Lincoln County
Lloyd Companies
LodgeNet Interactive Corporation
(formerly in business)
Mark & Michelle Lounsbery
Lynde Construction, Inc.
Lynn, Jackson, Shultz & Lebrun, PC
Maguire Iron, Inc.
Mahlander’s, Inc.
Malloy Electric, Bearing & Supply
Malone Capital Management Inc.
Mark Luke Construction, LLC
Phillip Maslowe
Maximizing Excellence, LLC
May & Johnson, PC
McDonalds Restaurants
McGinnis and Company, PC
McGladrey LLP
McGowan Capital Group
McKinneyOlson Insurance
Media One Advertising/Marketing
Meta Payment Systems
MetaBank
Michaels Fence & Supply
Mickelson & Company
MidAmerican Energy Company
Midcontinent Communications
Midwest Communications
Midwest Provisions, Inc.
Midwest Railcar Repair, Inc.
Midwestern Mechanical, Inc.
Millennium Recycling, Inc.
Miller Funeral Home, Inc.
Minerva, Inc.
Minnehaha County
Minnwest Bank
MSH Architects (Miller Sellers Heroux)
Murray Property Management, LLC
Dr. Dennis Murschel
Musivend, Inc.
Muth Electric, Inc.
Cory and Megan Myers
Myrl & Roys Paving, Inc./
Ace Ready Mix, Inc.
Results Radio-Townsquare Media
RMB Associates, LLC
Rogers Appraisal Service, Inc.
Ron StaebellPrincipal Financial Group
RSArchitects
Runge Enterprises, Inc.
NAI Sioux Falls
Nelson & Nelson, CPA’s LLP
Nelson Property Consultants
Nemec & Associates
New York Life Insurance Company
Great Plains General Office
Nordica Warehouses, Inc.
Norman’s Men’s Wear
North Central Heart Institute
NorthWestern Energy
Northwestern Mutual
Financial Network
Novak Sanitary Service
Sammons Financial Group
Sands Drywall, Inc.
Sanford Applied Biosciences, L.L.C.
Sanford Health
Sayre Associates, Inc.
Scheels All Sports, Inc.
Schoeneman Brothers Company
School Bus, Inc.
Scott Gilbert Construction Company
Scott Lumber & Supply Co.A Division of Lampert Yards, Inc.
SDN Communications
Security National Bank
of South Dakota
ServiceMaster Building
& Commercial Maintenance
SGT, Inc.-Stinger Ghaffarian
Technologies, Inc.
Shaykett Appraisal Co., Inc.
Sheehan Mack Sales & Equipment Inc.
Sheraton Sioux Falls Hotel
Mark Shlanta
Short-Elliott-Hendrickson, Inc.
Showplace Wood Products, Inc.
Sign A Rama (formerly in business)
Silverstone Group
Sioux Falls Area
Community Foundation
Sioux Falls Construction Company
Sioux Falls Foot Surgeons
O’Connell Law Office Prof LLC
O’Connor Group
Olympic Companies, Inc.
OmegaQuant LLC
Ophthalmology Ltd.
Orbitcom, Inc.
Orthopedic Institute
Overhead Door Company
of Sioux Falls, Inc.
P & M Steel Co.
Pankratz & Associates
Paradigm Construction, LLC
Parker Transfer & Storage, Inc.
Parks Marina, Inc.
Paulsen Marketing, Inc.
Paystubz
Pepsi Beverages Company
Perspective, Inc.
Peska Construction, Inc.
Pfeiffer, Hofer, Humpal P.C.
pharmaCline
Pinnacle Hospitality
Pizza Ranch on 41st Street
Plains Commerce Bank
PODS (Portable on Demand Storage)
Poet
Pride Neon, Inc.
Principal Financial Group
Qualified Presort Service, LLC
R & L Supply, Ltd.
Ramkota Companies
RAS
Raven Industries, Inc.
RE/MAX Professionals, Inc.
Reliabank Dakota
ReliaMax Insurance Company
Republic National
Distributing Company
Sioux Falls Ford, Inc.
Sioux Falls Regional Airport Authority
Sioux Falls School District 49-5
Sioux Falls Specialty Hospital
Sioux Falls Synergy
Sioux Valley Energy
Siouxland Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Sisson Printing, Inc.
Skinner Financial Services
Soukup Construction, Inc.
South Dakota Innovation Partners, LLC
South Dakota Public Universities &
Research Center (University Center)
South Dakota State University
& the SDSU Foundation
South Dakota Trust Company
Southeast Technical Institute
Southeastern Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Spherion Staffing
& Recruitment Services
Stan Houston Equipment Co., Inc.
StarMark Cabinetry
State Farm Insurance-Aaron Smith
State Farm Insurance-Jason Ahrendt
State Farm InsurancePriebe Insurance Agency, Inc.
Stockwell Engineers, Inc.
Sturdevant’s Auto Parts
Sun Enterprises, Inc.
Surgical Management
Professionals, LLC
Sweetman Construction Co./
Concrete Materials
Swenson Investments
& Commodities
Swift Contractors, Inc.
Syverson Tile & Stone, Inc.
Tallgrass Wealth Management
TCF Bank
Robert TeKolste
Tessier’s, Inc.
Bob and Joan Thimjon
Thompson Electric Company
Thornton Flooring
Thurman & Thurman
Thurman, Comes, Foley & Co., LLP
Traditions (formerly in business)
Trane
Trio Tel Communications, Inc.
Tri-State Wholesale Flooring, Inc.
TSP, Inc.
U.S. Bank
UBS Financial Services, Inc.
University of Sioux Falls
Van Buskirk Companies
Variety Foods, LLC
Vern Eide Motorcars
Vision Video, Inc.
Virtuoso, Inc.
Waddell & Reed, Inc.
Washington Pavilion
Waterbury Heating & Cooling, Inc.
Wayne & Mary’s Nutrition Center
Wellmark Blue Cross and
Blue Shield of South Dakota
Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC
Wells Fargo Bank
Wells Fargo Educational
Financial Services
Wells Fargo Financial Card Services
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
Williams Insurance Agency, Inc
Williamson Management Group, Inc.
Brian T. Wiswall, DDS PC
Wollman Insurance Group
Woods, Fuller, Shultz & Smith P.C.
Workplace Technology Center, Inc.
WOW!
Xcel Energy
X-Freight/X-Linx, Inc./X-Trux, Inc.
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