The Missions

Links:

• Ellsworth Air Force Base

Who to Contact: Contact Ellsworth Air Force Base

Our Mission: Create Jobs by funding an aggressive business recruitment and development campaign associated with the Sanford Underground Science Laboratory at Homestake.

Links:

• South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
• South Dakota Science and Technology Authority

Who to Contact:
Sanford Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory at Homestake
630 East Summit Street
Lead, SD 57754
Phone: (605) 722-8650

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 was used to defray costs of operating the facility until it became self-sufficient.

Links:

• Black Hills Business Development Center
• Governor's Office of Economic Development
• Rapid City Area Economic Development Partnership

Who to Contact: Jim Mirehouse (jmirehouse@tie.net) Terri Haverly (thaverly@rapiddevelopment.com

Air service is critical to the growth of the region and a key transportation mode for many sectors in the region. The Black Hills Air Service Task Force Partnership is tasked with insuring that air travel is viable for all in the region. Air service provides a key resource in recruiting new business, expanding our tourism markets, and providing opportunities to the residents of the region to explore the world.

Our Mission: The Black Hills Air Service Partnership is a cooperative and voluntary partnership of regional associations, businesses, communities and individuals dedicated to improving and retaining air service to and from the Black Hills region to support the economic well-being of the entire region.

Links:

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

Who to Contact: Airport (605) 394-4195 Email: airport@rcgov.org

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®
• NeighborWorks® - Dakota Home Resources

Who to Contact: South Dakota Housing Development Authority

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

Links:

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

Who to Contact: Jim Aberle
(blackhillsvision@rushmore.com