The Spearfish Area Chamber of Commerce serves its members as the leading voice of business by providing advocacy, leadership and resources.

A PUBLICATION OF THE SPEARFISH AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

July 2014

July Gone Fishin’ Mixer

Quik Signs and Lucky’s 13 Pub Gone Fishin’ Mixer

Thursday, July 31st 5:00-7:00 PM

@ Quik Signs, Exit 14, 2925 E. Colorado Blvd.

“The richest people in the world look for and build networks, everyone else looks for work.”

Robert Kiyosaki

We have the tickets for both drawings in

house!

Be sure to get yours today!

The day the Biker Bash tickets arrived at the Chamber

office, Glen Lester of Great Western Tire purchased his - the first ticket sale for 2014. Thank you for

your continued support, Glen!

www.SpearfishChamber.org

Renewing Business Members

‘Investing in the Business Community’

All Star Travelers Inn

American Family Insurance, Robert P. Burnett Agency

AmericInn Lodge & Suites

Bay Leaf Cafe

Behavior Management Systems, Inc.

Black Hills Power

BlackHillsVacationCabins.com

Brady Pluimer, P.C.

Burger King

Common Cents #122

Countryside Church

Crazy Horse Memorial

Crosswait Dental Practice, PC

Crow Peak Brewing Company

D.C. Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery and Archives

Dakota Business Center

Dakota V-Twin

Digital Designs

Edgewood Vista Senior Living, LLC

Executive Lodging of the Black Hills

Exit 14 Phillips 66/Speedy Mart Liquor

First Western Insurance Spearfish

Fisher Sand & Gravel Co.

Flat Earth Art & Sign Co.

Great Western Bank

Great Western Tire, Inc.

Highmark Federal Credit Union

Hills Materials Co.

Hills Products Group

Holiday Inn Hotel & Spearfish Convention Center

Independent Order of Odd Fellows

Interstate Engineering, Inc.

Jorgensen Realty

Junek's Service, Inc.

Ken's Trailer Court

Ketel Thorstenson, LLP

KFC/Long John Silvers

Lawrence County Housing & Redevelopment

Lucky's 13 Pub

Lueders Food Center

McDonald's

Minitman Too

Mount Rushmore Area Assn. of Realtors

New Life Carpet & Furniture Cleaning

North Avenue Pet Store

Northern Hills Cinema

Northern Hills Training Center

Our Savior's Lutheran Church

Pioneer Bank & Trust

RE/MAX in the Hills - Donahue

Rent-A-Chef Catering

Sacrison Paving

Sales Success Systems

Shaw Fire & Safety, LLC

Sierra Design, Inc.

Snowflake Metalworks

South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation-Spearfish

Spearfish Canyon Country Club

Spearfish Electric & Heating

Spearfish Eye Care Center

Spearfish Forest Products

Spearfish Gymnastics Adademy

Spearfish Laundry & Dry Cleaning

Spearfish Lions Club

Spearfish Regional Hospital

Spearfish Senior Citizens Center

Spirit of the Hills Wildlife Sanctuary

Stronghold Counseling

Sturgis Rally Rentals

Subway

Taco John's

Terry Components

WOW! Business

Renewing Business Members cont. Welcome these NEW Chamber

Business Members

Black Hills Psychology Sara Schilplin

115 N. 7th St. Ste. 6, Spearfish, SD 57783

605.645.0100 ~ www.blackhillspsychology.com

HomeSource Furniture & Floors Tim Baldwin

709 12th St., Spearfish, SD 57783

605.642.3822

Reptile Gardens John Brockelsby

8955 US Hwy 16., Rapid City, SD 57709

605.342.5873 ~ www.reptilegardens.com

Xybolt Cody Reynolds

1140 N. Main Street, Ste. 4, Spearfish, SD 57783

605.644.7960 ~ www.xybolt.com

Member Only Marketing Opportunities

Melissa Barth, IOM Chamber Executive

Director

Go to www.spearfishchamber.org/members-only for updates on discounts offered! No login needed - simply click on the picture of the card. Please be prepared to show your Gold Card to redeem your discount.

July 2014 Chamber Events 1st Young Professionals Meeting @ 4:45 PM @ Level Design Lounge 10th Ambassadors Greet New Members Noon @ the Chamber 15th Chamber Board of Directors Meeting Noon @ the Chamber 31st Gone Fishin’ Mixer from 5:00-7:00 PM @ Quik Signs with Lucky’s 13 Pub

Renewing Associate Members ‘Investing in the Community’

James & Margaret Allison

Dale Schaffer & Bonnie Carr

Madaline Custis

Chris & Marty Davis

Dale & Janene Donat

Mary Ellen Lantis

Mike & Liz Manning

Ray & Ann Spellman

What is Workforce Development?

In a nut shell, work-force development is about grooming our future and cur-rent employees into the workforce needed for our com-munity and region.

Join the Chamber in exploring how we can help direct these initiatives!

Contact me if you are interested in joining our first meeting Sept. 2, 2014 at Noon at the Chamber.

New Resident Packets Insert a gift for new residents to our community in the Chamber Welcome to the Neighborhood gift bags. Drop your items off at any time at the Chamber office.

Gold Card Program The Gold Card Program is a great way to give incentives to over 6,000 employees of chamber member businesses and encourage local shopping, specifically with members.

New Member Rewards Want to reach out to new chamber member businesses? This is your opportunity to offer a discount on products or services to help them succeed.

Email Blasts to the Chamber Contacts Reach 1,500 local and regional consumers. Cost is $125 plus tax per blast, based on first-come, first-served scheduling.

‘Fish Wrapper’ Newsletter Inserts Reach 700 business and community leaders through the monthly “Fish Wrapper.” Inserts are limited to six per month. Call ahead to reserve. You provide the copies; we provide the labor and postage. Cost is $175 plus tax for business members or $100 plus tax for non-profit members.

Membership Labels Purchase pre-made labels of the Spearfish Chamber membership listing. Cost is $60 per set.

Bulk Mail Permit Usage Ask how you can utilize the Chamber’s Bulk Mail Permit to do a mass mailing! Cost is $25 per usage, plus postage.

Chamber Facebook Page Have the chamber staff post your events and specials on the Chamber Facebook page free of charge and reach our 1,539 followers!

Chamber Website Event Calendar Email your event information to have it loaded onto our website! All free events will automatically be listed on the weekly Chamber Fish Bytes Email.

Gone Fishin’ Chamber Business After Hours Perfect opportunity to get your business name published and new customers through your doors. Call today to guarantee your date. OPEN 2015 DATES: Oct. 29 & Nov. 19 ** New to 2015: Group mixer for small businesses and non-profit organizations March 26, 2015! Contact Melissa for more information.

July 2014 Bryan Walker SEDC Executive

Director

Building Permits May 2014 May 2013 Year-to-Date 2014 Year-to-Date 2013

New Housing Units 8 7 33 39 Dollar Amount $1,788,000 $1,109,500 $6,845,900 $7,084,623 New/Addition Commercial 2 2 7 5 Dollar Amount $802,000 $1,675,000 $10,912,500 $3,732,844 Total Permits 62 44 200 158 Total Dollars $6,074,241 $3,493,815 $24,390,161 $12,800,516 Sales Taxes Collected

2nd Penny Sales Tax $239,518 $182,264 $1,277,547 $1,183,089 Hospitality Tax $35,618 $34,044 $188,101 $176,907 Spearfish Work Force (MiSA)

Total Work Force 13,210 13,025 N/A N/A Total Employed 12,635 12,520 N/A N/A Total Unemployed 575 505 N/A N/A Unemployment Rate 4.4% 3.9% N/A N/A

Spearfish Economic Indicators

Ah Summer is finally here...or so we hope! A time of year when things begin to stir with activity. Gardens, tour-ists, cement trucks, and yes, mosquitoes. Summer is an event that many of us long for in the short days of January, in anticipation of blooming flowers, late night sunsets and family barbeques. Just as mother nature comes out of hi-bernation and breathes new life into our landscapes, so does a large segment of our economy. In one short drive around Spearfish or throughout the Black Hills, one can see a flurry of activity by multi-colored objects, buzzing and scurrying around the area, mostly yellow and black in color. No, not bees, but like colored construction equipment such as backhoes, graders, and pay loaders. These oversize bees, of the large scale vari-ety, are busily building our “hives” of the future. Several commercial construction projects are ongoing in the area, with several others to commence in the very near future. Projects such as the Spearfish Hospital expansion and the new BHSU Alumni Center are racing toward their com-pletion. As the exterior construction moves forward, interior construction and finishing work will be commencing in the upcoming weeks and months. The construction of the new Creekside Apartment de-velopment, which started in March, is also moving full-speed ahead. Located north of Creekside Elementary, the 60-unit apartment complex will feature one, two and three bedroom dwellings and is tentatively scheduled to be com-pleted by the Fall of 2014. Other commercial projects currently under construction include the new addition to the Northern Hills Training

Center; a new retail complex located at the intersection of Colorado Blvd. and Maitland Road; a new 12,000 SF train-ing facility for the Spearfish Gymnastics Academy; and new shop/office space for Peterson Excavation. Together, these projects represent nearly $11 million of new invest-ment within the community and have greatly contributed to the record level of construction activities which Spearfish has experienced thus far in 2014. Historically, the construction trades have always played a major role in supporting our local economy. An active construction industry means good paying jobs for our young people, added tax base, and a physiological boost from something new and exciting happening in our community. Yes, the road to prosperity is always under construc-tion and we all thrive when the “bees” are busy building our future “hives”.

The state’s economy continues to grow at a faster rate than the national economy, according to the most recent gross domestic product (GDP) figures released by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce. South Dakota’s GDP grew 6.8% from 2012 to 2013 compared to a 3.7% growth nationally. This increase was fourth highest in the nation, trailing only North Dakota, Wyoming and Idaho. Leading business sectors included; agriculture, banking and healthcare services.

���� Congratulations to Flat Earth Art & Sign Company for celebrating 20 years of business in Spearfish!

���� Congratulations to Black Hills Pioneer for celebrating your 138th Year. Telling the story

of the Black Hills since 1876!

���� Congratulations to Sierra Design Signs for celebrating their 18 year anniversary!

For Information on joining the Chamber Ambassadors, contact Member Services Coordinator Danielle Alden at 605.642.2626.

� Dr. Rod Custer, Black Hills State University Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, was recently

awarded the University of Missouri-Columbia (Mizzou) College of Education’s Citation of Merit for Outstanding

Achievement and Meritorious Service award!

� Jeremy Campos has joined Elkhorn Ridge Golf Club as the new Head Golf Professional!

���� Ron Waldner of Snowflake Metalworks of White-

wood was named Manufacturer of the Year by Black Hills

Community Economic Development, Inc.!

���� Cindy Turner with the Southern Hills Economic Develop-

ment Corporation was named Volunteer of the Year by Black Hills Community Economic Development Inc.!

� Lucky’s 13 Pub received the Certificate of Excel-lence award from Trip Advisor!

���� Madison Jilek daughter of Ray & Laura Jilek of Eagle Aviation, is the recipient for the Real Estate Center of Spearfish’s $1,000 Scholastic Scholarship for 2014!

� Congratulations to Ryan Wordeman for his recent ap-pointment to the South Dakota Real Estate Commission! This

honor was appointed by Governor Dennis Daugaard himself. Ryan will continue to service his clients as a full time Owner/

Broker Associate at the Real Estate Center of Spearfish!

� Jessica Jones had Top Sales for Prudential Kahler Realtors for the month of May!

� Sue Cramer of the Real Estate Center of Spearfish is the top producer for the month of May!

Chamber Ambassador’s June Member Visits Congratulations

The Mason Dixon Rick Radliff

447 Main St., Spearfish, SD 57783 605.717.3496

Help-U-Rent of the Black Hills Jennie Sneesby

1041 N. Main St., Spearfish, SD 57783 www.help-u-rent.net 605.722.7368

Triple 7 Casino Tim Goodwin

923 E. Colorado Blvd., Spearfish, SD 57783 605.717.0777

A Special Congratulations to

President Kay Schallenkamp

President Schallenkamp announced her retirement in October of

2013 following a 40-year career in public higher education. That

day came to fruition the end of June. We are honored and blessed

that her and Ken will continue to be Spearfish residents!

The honorary degree, Doctor of Public

Service, was presented to Schallenkamp in

June of 2014 in recognition of extraordi-

nary service and leadership to the South

Dakota system of public higher education.

President Kay Schallenkamp was also recently named Small

Business Administration Champion of the Year by the SD Small

Business Administration District office!

A huge thank you goes

out to our volunteer Barb Soliday, along with

Merles Landscaping & Lawn Service yard care donation, for making the Chamber Lawn so Beautiful every summer!

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2014 Board of Directors & Staff

Dee Sleep, President Chicken Creek Communications Dan O’Shea, Vice-President Pioneer Bank & Trust Sharon Hoggatt, Treasurer Sharon E. Hoggatt, CPA, PC Dr. Lois Flagstad, Past President Black Hills State University

Barbara Cline Prairie Hills Transit Kelsie Darling Quik Signs Michelle Kane Black Hills PR Greg Krier Spearfish Holiday Inn & Convention Center Marysia McDowall RE/MAX in the Hills Dr. Bob McIntosh Health Source Chiropractic of Spearfish Tom Shaffer Spearfish Forest Products Dylan Wilde Wilde & Hunt Law

Staff

Melissa Barth, IOM Executive Director Hannah Remington

Finance & Event Director Danielle Alden

Member Services Coordinator

The Spearfish Area Chamber of Commerce serves its members as the

leading voice of business by

providing advocacy,

leadership and resources.

Ex-Officio Officers

Mistie Caldwell, Visit Spearfish Joe Neeb, City of Spearfish Bryan Walker, SEDC