Category: Local politics
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Star Village and Aspen Park Diverge as Landlord’s Refinancing Bid Heads to an August 31st Hearing
Rapid City SD – For more than a year, Star Village and Aspen Park have moved through federal bankruptcy court as a single unit. That’s about to change. A refinancing deal now pending before a Florida bankruptcy judge would send the two properties down separate paths, with one likely refinanced into stable new ownership and…
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Special Council Rundown: DOJ Grants and Heated Budget Debates
Rapid City SD- The special council meeting opened with a major infrastructure approval. As the first item of business, the council authorized the Mayor and Finance Director to sign the Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) agreements between the City of Rapid City and Scull Construction for the new sports complex. Chief Hedrick & DOJ Model…
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Four Items, One Wednesday: What’s Really in Rapid City’s Special Council Agenda
A $55 million construction contract, a $75 million federal ask, and two different price tags for the same city budget. Rapid City SD – Rapid City’s Common Council meets in special session Wednesday, August 26, at 6:30 p.m. It’s not a regular Monday meeting, and the agenda is short — but the four items on…
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Star Village Faces October Auction – If a Last Minute Deal Doesn’t Beat the Clock First
Rapid City SD – A joint motion now pending before a federal bankruptcy judge asks the court to send Star Village and Aspen Park to online auction in late October — but whether that auction ever happens may be decided a month earlier, and in a very different way. Merchants Bank of Indiana (MBI) and…
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What’s on Thursday Mornings Agenda for Rapid City’s Zoning Board of Adjustment and Planning Commission
Rapid City SD – Rapid City’s Zoning Board of Adjustment and Planning Commission meet back-to-back Thursday morning, starting at 7:00 a.m. in the City Council Meeting Room. Eight items are up between the two bodies. Most of it is routine — a garage, a couple of subdivisions, a variance or two. Two items carry more…
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Three Courtrooms, One Empire: Inside the Bankruptcy Fight Now Deciding the Fate of the Rushmore Hotel and an $86 Million Dollar Ranch in Pennington County
Rapid City SD — In the same week the city closed the book on 28 demolished garages at Star Village, the rest of Adam Hendry’s South Dakota real estate empire was quietly coming apart in a Florida bankruptcy court — on three separate fronts, all at once, all tied together by the same lender, the…
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Rapid City’s Water Restrictions Are Now Year -Round – And the Region Is Watching the Same Skies
Rapid City SD- The City of Rapid City announced this week that its outdoor watering restrictions, typically confined to June through August, will now continue through the entire year. The decision follows the city’s move to elevate Pactola Reservoir’s storage condition from “Concern Status” to “Alert Status” — a designation that, under the city’s own…
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A Chosen Family, Federal Mandates, Oxford Houses, and the End of Public Hearings for Reasonable Accomodations
Rapid City SD- The tension between a neighborhood’s “right to know” and a citizen’s federal right to privacy collided at city hall this month. The result? A fundamental change to how Rapid City handles group living accommodations is now one vote away from final passage — conveniently ending the exact kind of scrutiny that had…
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Cone-troversy on Main Street – Editorial Cartoon
Rapid City Council Recap 8/17: Sanford Deal Sails Through, Sidewalk Fight Goes the Developers Way
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Rapid City Council Recap 8/17: Sanford Deal Sails Through, Sidewalk Fight Goes the Developers Way
Rapid City SD – Public comment opened the night with its usual range — a resident pushing to beautify the city with flowers, a few of the meeting’s regulars returning to familiar themes, a man asking in apparent earnest whether he’d be arrested for putting a traffic cone on a president’s head downtown, a speaker…