The Missions

• Create Jobs by assisting in the creation of new profitable businesses through funding the startup of the $2.3 Million Western South Dakota Business Accelerator. Money will be used to defray costs of operating the facility until it becomes self-sufficient.

• Create Jobs by funding an aggressive business recruitment and development campaign associated with the Black Hills a startup of the National Underground Science Laboratory.

• Retain Jobs associated with Ellsworth Air Force Base by providing funds necessary to educate and enlighten the Defense Department and congress, as well as the general public; and work to provide a solid information strategy to secure another mission for the base.

• Increase air passenger traffic at Rapid City Regional Airport by expanding and enhancing new "fly-drive" programs made possible through $3.2 Million provided by Federal, State, and Local governments along with Industry Stakeholders.

• Help low-moderate income homebuyers by creating the basic corpus of a permanent fund.

• Provide for campaign administration and an investor relation program over the next four years.

Our Missions:

• Ellsworth Air Force Base
• Homestake Mine
• Business Incubator
• Air Service Task Force
• Affordable Housing
• Technology Corridor

Our Mission: Retain Jobs associated with Ellsworth Air Force Base by providing funds necessary to educate and enlighten the Defense Department and congress, as well as the general public; and work to provide a solid information strategy to secure another mission for the base.

Links:

• Ellsworth Air Force Base
• Base Realignment and Closure
• The Patriot newspaper

Who to Contact: Contact Ellsworth Air Force Base

Our Mission: Create Jobs by funding an aggressive business recruitment and development campaign associated with the Black Hills National Underground Science Laboratory.

Links:

• South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
• South Dakota Science and Technology Authority
• Photo Gallery - Homestake Mine

Who to Contact:
Homestake Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory
630 East Summit Street
Lead, SD 57754
Phone: 605.722.8650 - Fax: 605.722.8654

Our Mission: Create Jobs by assisting in the creation of new profitable businesses through funding the startup of the $2.3 Million Western South Dakota Business Accelerator. Money will be used to defray costs of operating the facility until it becomes self-sufficient.

Links:

• Black Hills Business Development Center
• Governor's Office of Economic Development
• Rapid City Area Economic Development Partnership
• Western Research Alliance
• Genesis Group

Who to Contact: Bob DeMersseman (bdemers@rapiddevelopment.com) Terri Haverly (thaverly@rapiddevelopment.com ); Greg Bartron (gbartron@tie.net) or Brenda Kirchgasler(bkirchgasler@tie.net)

Our Mission: Increase air passenger traffic at Rapid City Regional Airport by expanding and enhancing new "fly-drive" programs made possible through $3.2 Million provided by Federal, State, and Local governments along with Industry Stakeholders.

Links:

• Rapid City Area Chamber of Commerce
• Rapid City Regional Airport
• Black Hills Badlands & Lakes Fly-Drive

Who to Contact: Airport (605) 394-4195 Email: airport@rcgov.org or Pete Cappa, Chairman of Air Service Task Force (peter.j.cappa@wellsfargo.com) or Kitty Kinsman, Co-Chair of the Air Service Task Force (kkinsman@aol.com).

Our Mission: Help low-moderate income homebuyers by creating the basic corpus of a permanent fund.

Links:

• South Dakota Housing Development Authority
• Governor's Office of Economic Development
• South Dakota Association of REALTORS®

Who to Contact: South Dakota Housing Development Authority

Our Mission: Black Hills Technology Corridor will foster as many as 1,000 research and development firms. The group will hire Batelle to support our technology corridor efforts. Batelle specializes in research, development and technology development.

Links:

• Battelle
• Black Hills Vision
• US Department of Energy
• Western Research Alliance
• South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
• Governor's Office of Economic Development

Who to Contact: Mark Merchen
(markmerchen@blackhillsvision.org )