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At Brookings Economic Development Corporation (BEDC), we are excited to celebrate Brookings manufacturers for providing steady jobs, producing goods, and continuing to better our local economy. This year, Manufacturing Day is on Friday, October 7 and Manufacturing Month is the entire month of October. In Brookings, South Dakota, you ca...
The race is on to lead the auto industry’s electric vehicle (EV) transformation. Today, Tesla holds a sizable lead in production capability, technology, and market share, but legacy manufacturers like Ford, Volkswagen, and General Motors are gaining ground with aggressive efforts to prepare for mass production of new EV models.
Accordin...
Life sciences has become much more than a niche sector on the outskirts of commercial real estate — and, like other accelerating sectors in real estate, it is experiencing growing pains. Demand for space is being driven by promising new technologies and medical advancements moving from research to everyday miracles...
The national news headlines in 2021 shifted dramatically, from wall-to-wall pandemic coverage to stories of extraordinary economic growth and recovery. After a dramatic downturn in 2020, the economy came roaring back with unexpected gusto — and that enthusiasm is reflected in the economic development activity that was bringing smiles an...
A Fast Track to Filling the Workforce Pipeline
Sep 22 2022As more and more baby-boomers take early retirement during the pandemic and the opioid crisis contributes to national skills gap problems, a Virginia community college is coming up with innovative ways to speed up the training of badly needed workers.
An hour south of the nation’s capital, Germanna Community College (GCC...
Women from all over western KELOLAND gathered in Deadwood this week for the 11th annual Women’s Business Summit.
“It was almost like a big reunion, our last big event was in Deadwood in October of 2019,” SD CEO West Women’s Business Center director Michelle Kane said.
For the first time since th...
The Brookings Economic Development Corporation (BEDC) has a new newsletter that is designed to keep businesses and citizens informed about everything important happening in the community. We urge everyone to sign up for the newsletter if you are interested in staying up-to-date on the happenings in Brookings, SD!
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Here’s Who Decides What Quality of Life Means
Aug 24 2022Quoting Site Selection colleagues isn’t a reportorial practice we typically employ. But in this instance, a thought-provoking presentation by Editor-in-Chief Mark Arend served as the prompt for an inquiry into attracting top talent through “quality of life” enhancements. QOL has rocketed up the priority list of economic developers.
“In many case...
What The Professor Who Coined ‘Engagement’ On The Job Thinks About The ‘Quiet Quitting’ Trend
Aug 24 2022William Kahn has been called the “father of employee engagement” and was credited with coining the term in a 1990 paper—a concept that helped spark a whole genre of management consulting and profitable industry of survey tools measuring how dedicated workers are to their jobs.
But the way his original ide...
Companies receiving economic development incentives often have a great story to tell. The projects championed by those companies bring much needed jobs and investment to a local community. In exchange, the companies may receive various forms of economic development incentives, such as grants, tax credits, or loans. However, these incentive...
Brookings, SD, is a unique city full of a variety of reasons to relocate here! Brookings is located in the eastern rural part of South Dakota. Brookings is a city with a small-town feel to it, with all of the fun amenities of bigger cities and more! Brookings is hom...
Five Truths About How The Inflation Reduction Act Will Help Small Business And Working Families
Aug 15 2022As it was making its way through Congress, I wrote a piece on the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that showed economic benefits from economists, policy experts and small business advocates. Last week, the Senate passed the IRA and on Friday, the House of Representatives passed it, sending it to Presiden...
Here’s Why Brookings is Unlike Any Other City
Aug 15 2022Why is Brookings so unique? Many assume that Brookings, SD, will be a typical rural midwest town that one passes through along the way to bigger, more eclectic cities. But in actuality, Brookings is one of the most culturally diverse and cultured cities around! Brookings is home to a children’...
Businesses looking for an ideal location should check out Brookings, SD! Brookings is located in eastern South Dakota and has proximity access to major metropolitan market cities like Sioux Falls, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Chicago, and Denver, via several major interstates that run through Brookings. Easy and quick access to thes...
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 capacit...
Preparing for Tomorrow’s Workforce
Aug 2 2022Phew, the labor market crisis is over! Jobs are growing but the rapid pace of hiring has slowed and people who were reluctant to work due to COVID are returning to the labor force. It sure seems like the labor crisis was a COVID issue, so we can all g...
It’s an anomalous time in the tourism industry.
On one hand, the leisure market has picked up to a point that the numbers are just about back to where they were pre-COVID-19, despite the surge of a new strain of the virus surging in recent months. That’s because travelers have wante...
4 Ways To Crush Your Growth Marketing Goals
Jul 24 2022Whether you’ve been implementing growth marketing for a while or are new to the practice, you want to succeed. No one likes to miss a goal post. In business, the stakes are high. Not meeting your targets could lead to disappointed stakeholders, future resignations and financial losses. But to achiev...
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - According to a recent report by OnDeck, 43% of businesses in South Dakota are family-owned, making it the leading state in the nation for family-owned businesses.
Ken’s SuperFair Foods, Thunder Road, Steven Lust Automotive and Centennial Homes are just a few examples of family-owned businesse...
Prices are rising (8.6%, to be exact). This isn’t news. We see it at the grocery store, car dealership, and especially at the pump.
But thanks to a mix of slowed business growth and rising labor costs, we’re starting to see something new. Companies like Tesla, Netflix, Wells Fargo, and Carvan...
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Brookings County Child Care Supply Plan Released
Brookings, S.D. July 14, 2022 - Brookings Economic Development Corporation (BEDC)
The Brookings Early Care and Education Collaborative (BECEC) and the Brookings Economic Development Corporation (BEDC) have released the Brookings County Child Care Supply Plan. The pla...
Companies in many industries thrive here in Brookings, SD! Brookings is home to South Dakota University which makes it a popular place for students, faculty, entrepreneurs, and innovators to call home. As a proud city in South Dakota, Brookings is surrounded by agricultural land waiting to be developed. This make...
The Brookings Economic Development Corporation (BEDC) has compiled an extensive list of financial and tax incentives and resources for businesses in the area. The BEDC is dedicated to assisting businesses with new and existing projects, including start-ups, by identifying incentives that could apply to such projects. These financial incentives consis...
The Brookings Economic Development Corporation (BEDC) has created community profiles for the cities of Arlington, Brookings, and Volga, as well as a profile for Brookings County as a whole. The BEDC is dedicated to creating and sustaining economic growth in the county. One of the ways that the BEDC i...