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The Brookings Economic Development Corporation is partnering with other community organizations to execute the City of Brookings Community Economic Development Master Plan. Together with the Brookings Chamber, Research Park, Downtown Brookings, Visit Brookings, and the City of Brookings, we developed a 5-year strategic plan to help support focused areas of...

BROOKINGS, S.D. - First Bank & Trust has not only been a fixture in Brookings for more than a century, but also a leading investor of Vision Brookings, the fundraising catalyst for local economic development projects, initiatives, and strategies that align private sector leadership and capital with shared community goals...

Celebrating the I-29 Interchange in Brookings
Aug 21 2023Ribbon cutting for the new 20th Street South Interchange off I-29 scheduled for August 23 at 10:00 a.m.
BROOKINGS, S.D. – Aug. 10, 2023 – To celebrate the opening of the new 20th Street South Interchange off I-29, the Brookings Area Chamber of Commerce is holding a...
Brookings, S.D. – July 31, 2023 – New quality data recently released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on their Care Compare website gives Brookings Hospital an overall five-star rating, the highest score possible for all hospitals nationwide.
“Since CMS implemented overall star...
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BROOKINGS, SD – In a move to further expand its first and largest health care manufacturing facility, 3M is announcing yet another multimillion-dollar expansion of its Brookings plant.
Over the next three years 3M will potentially invest up to $468 million. The company is beginning with a $158 million...

Brookings, S.D. – June 20, 2023 – For the second time, Brookings Health System scored 100 of 100 points on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) survey of Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC).
The mPINC survey is a national survey of...

South Dakota Works is a flexible program that offers business and commercial loans to companies through the Governor’s Office of Economic Development.
Companies in need of working capital, fixed assets, and interim construction financing can receive funding through South Dakota Works.
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The Brookings Economic Development Corporation team is celebrating Economic Development Week 2023! We appreciate all of the economic developers that are essential to the economic growth of their region and we value the hard work they do that leads to the overall progress of local businesses.
What does an...
This Cinco de Mayo marks the 5th anniversary of ID8Architecture! To celebrate, the multi-professional design studio will be holding an open house that day from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The event happens to be taking place during National Small Business Week, the perfect time to recognize this small business...

The Business Resource Committee under the Brookings Area Chamber of Commerce and the Brookings Economic Development Corporation are ready for your nominations for the 2023 Brookings Area Small Business Awards. Nominations are due this Friday!
Please nominate a small business before the deadline by completing this online form. Award...

Career and Technical Education (CTE) and economic development are two things many think may not go together, but the correlation between the two is stronger than ever in South Dakota.
Sara Vande Kamp, Director of Eastern South Dakota – Perkins, noted that the state supports the CTE programs and...

Every generation worries about the changing expectations of "kids these days." But the pandemic changed the labor market, and this new generation of young people entered with an advantage — more power and new demands.
Now, leaders are concerned with how hard it is to get people back into...

ARPA Funds Requested for Childcare Facility
Aug 3 2022The Brookings Economic Development Corporation and the Brookings Early Care & Education Collaborative are leading an effort for a new childcare center in Brookings. The Center would cost $1.5 million and the organizations are seeking $500,000 of the city’s American Rescue Plan Act funding. This center would have the capacity...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Tim Reed
Brookings Economic Development Corporation
(605) 691-0452
tim@brookingsedc.com
Brookings County Child Care Supply Plan Released
Brookings, S.D. July 14, 2022 - Brookings Economic Development Corporation (BEDC)
The Brookings Early Care...

March 30, 2022
Contact:
Kaitlyn Luebbert, Director of Programming & Special Events
(605) 692-8922
Kaitlyn@Brookingschamber.org
BROOKINGS CHAMBER AND BEDC SEEKING NOMINATIONS FOR SMALL BUSINESS AWARDS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Brookings, S.D.- The Business Resource Committee of the Brookings Area Chamber of Commerce and the Brookings Economic Development Corporation are seeking nominations...