Tag: Mayor Jason Salamun
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Sanford Bought the Microphone- Paying for its own Q&A about its own Deal
Rapid City SD- On August 13, Mayor Jason Salamun sat on a stage at an Elevate Rapid City luncheon, one of several panelists arranged across a small riser, answering questions about the Indoor Sports Complex rising off Mall Drive. Also on the panel: Domico Rodriguez, executive director of the Rapid City Sports Commission. Caleb Arceneaux,…
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Filed Under a Hotel Tax Board: How Rapid City’s Sports Complex Financing Hid in Plain Sight
Rapid City SD- For nearly a year, the entity actually bonding money for Rapid City’s new sports complex has not been the City Council, not Parks and Recreation, not even the Rapid City Sports Commission whose name is on the original feasibility study. It’s been the Business Improvement District No. 2 District Board — a…
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The Sports Complex, Full Circle? What’s Coming to Wednesday’s Legal and Finance Committee and the History that Got it this Far
Rapid City SD- Next Wednesday, the Legal and Finance Committee will take up a naming rights agreement that would lock Sanford Health’s name onto the city’s new sports complex for the next 21 years. It’s a small procedural step on its face — an origination at Legal and Finance on August 12, ahead of a…
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The Optics Check: A $10 Million Trial Balloon and the Shadow Over Rapid City’s Youth Sports Complex
Rapid City SD – Running the 20-minute game clock on a municipal maneuver — and a name barely three weeks in the ground. 20:00 — The Premature Celebration On Thursday, Aug. 6, at 10:30 a.m., Mayor Jason Salamun and Sanford Health officials stood in a parking lot along East Mall Drive to celebrate a $10…
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With Sanford’s $10M Locked In For Rapid City’s Sports Complex, City Council Eyes Next Steps
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Rapid City officials and the Rapid City Sports Commission announced Thursday morning that Sanford Health will hold the naming rights for the city’s planned multipurpose sports complex. The multi-million-dollar corporate partnership is a significant milestone, but several major structural pieces are still slated to fall into place next week, when the…
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The Mayor Took The Floor: What Salamun Said About the Sports Complex – And What He Didn’t
Rapid City SD – Mayor Jason Salamun does not, as a rule, address city committees from the public comment podium. He runs the executive branch; committee members ask the questions, staff answer them, and residents line up at the microphone to weigh in. That’s the format. On Wednesday, at the Legal and Finance Committee, Salamun…
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Look Up: Rapid City Celebrates Dark Sky Week Through April 20th
There is something worth stepping outside for this week. The Proclamation Mayor Jason Salamun has officially proclaimed April 13-20 as Dark Sky Week in Rapid City, joining the International Dark Sky Association’s global celebration of the night sky and the growing movement to reduce light pollution in communities across the country. The proclamation is more…
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Rapid’s New Rides: Delivering Comfort and Dignity to the Daily Commute
Arriving early for the ribbon cutting ceremony I took a seat in the sun, expecting a crowd. After all, Rapid City is a booming town, and infrastructure news usually draws a few people. Instead, the sidewalk was mostly quiet. A haggard mother walked by, pushing a stroller and wrangling four other children—two little girls dancing…