Tag: Community
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The Healing Way TIF: A Pragmatic Solution or a $10 Million Interest Payment
Rapid City SD –The intersection of Catron Boulevard and Highway 16 is slated for a massive overhaul by the South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT). While necessary, the project brings a major logistical headache: the closure of Tucker Street. To keep traffic moving and ensure emergency responders can reach Rapid City’s rapidly expanding southeast side,…
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Tzadik’s Bankruptcy Is Closed. Rapid City’s Bill is Still Open
As the Florida-based landlord quietly exits Chapter 11, the city is left fronting over $125,000 for emergency demolitions while fighting to recoup half a million in unpaid utilities. Rapid City SD – Tzadik Management’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy closed quietly on June 26 — the same week the city, not the company, was still footing the…
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The Samco Road Fire Sale: Inside the AG Zoning Rush Along Cement Plant Road
Rapid City SD – Six items on the Rapid City Planning Commission’s July 23, 2026, consent calendar ask the city to reclassify a combined stretch of commercial, industrial, and residential land — most of it clustered along Cement Plant Road, Krebs Drive, and the Commerce Road corridor — down to General Agricultural District. On paper,…
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Rapid City 2027 Budget Hearings- Be Part of the Process
Special City Council Sessions, Council Chambers, City HallRapid City, SD | July 27–30, 2026 | Sessions begin 3:30 p.m. daily Source Document: All page numbers in the table and notes below refer to this document. Posted here for public reference; original presented to Rapid City Council, July 20, 2026. Day Time Department Presenter Budget Book…
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20 Acres of Breathing Room: A Win For Rapid City – Editorial
Rapid City SD –Let’s take a moment to celebrate a genuine, tangible victory for our local community. The GCC rezoning saga has finally crossed the finish line, and Rapid City is walking away with 20 fewer acres dedicated to heavy mining and extraction. If you watched the latest planning meeting, you might have caught the…
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Deja- Vu Zoning: The Cement Plants Other Half Isn’t Getting Rezoned – And That’s the Point
Case 26RZ029 goes before the Rapid City Planning Commission July 23, 2026 What Is Known Case 26RZ029 asks the Planning Commission to rezone two parcels currently sitting under South Dakota Codified Law § 11-4-30 — the 2001 state statute that froze the cement plant’s land into whatever use it had “as of December 28, 2000,”…
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Under the Influence of AI – An Old -School look at a new Social Ailment
We tend to think of impairment in chemical terms — the slurred speech at the end of a long night, the fog of a heavy prescription. There’s a newer, quieter intoxication taking root in our homes, our offices, and our city halls. It doesn’t come in a bottle. It comes through a blinking cursor. It…
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Three Weeks In, Pennington County Still Can’t Fully Process Real Estate Records – On the Eve of a Statewide Runoff
Pennington County issued another public update Monday on its recovery from the cybersecurity incident that has disrupted county operations since early July — three weeks in, with county email still down, real estate recording systems still not restored, and a statewide primary runoff election set for Tuesday. The update, released as a “FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE”…
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Rapid City is the Only Accredited Police Department in South Dakota- What That Actually Means
Rapid City SD – Chief Don Hedrick told the Rapid City City Council at a special meeting Monday — during his 2027 Police Department budget presentation — that the Rapid City Police Department is the only accredited law enforcement agency in South Dakota. The point came up as part of his prepared remarks generally, not…