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June PDF Layout June 2014 The Spearfish Area Chamber of Commerce serves its members as the leading voice of business by providing advocacy, leadership and resources. September 27, 2014 October 28, 2014 Spearfish Park Pavilion Spearfish Convention Center 6:00 PM Annual Fundraiser 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM ERCE Get Your Chance to Win a How is your business connecting online? 2014 Harley Davidson Road King FLHR Learn new tips, tricks and ideas at the Spearfish Area Chamber of Commerce 2014 Only 399 Tickets will be sold at $100 each! Online Marketing Conference: Get Connected Each ticket is admission for two to the General Admission: $99 2014 Flash Back Biker Bash! Spearfish Chamber Member Price: $79 Featuring Admission includes an entry to Whole Roasted Hog Dinner by Cheyenne Crossing WIN an iPad Air! Live Entertainment by the Jeffrey Lloyd Band Enter to Win an iPad Air! Drawing October 28, 2014 2014 Friend of the Chamber Need Not Be Present to Win Tickets one for $5 or five for $20! Thank You to Spearfish Motors for their help! Need Not Be Present to Win June Gone Fishin’ Mixer D.C. Booth Fish Hatchery Gone Fishin’ Mixer A A PUBLICATION OF THE SPEARFISH CHAMBER OF AREA COMM Thursday, June 26th 5:00-7:00 PM 423 Hatchery Circle, Spearfish You have to be visible in the community. You have to get out there and connect with people. It’s not called net-sitting or net-eating. It’s called networking. You have to work at it. www.SpearfishChamber.org Welcome these NEW Chamber Renewing Business Members Business Members ‘Investing in the Business Community’ Black Hills Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, P.C. Aladdin General Store Dianne Volker Auto Doctor, Inc. 1230 North Ave. Ste. 5, Spearfish, SD 57783 Bell's Motor Lodge Motel 605.348.6818 Black Hills & Badlands Tourism Association www.bhoralsurgery.com Black Hills Getaways Century 21 Associated Realty, Inc. Spearfish Canyon Tours Desmet & Biggs, LLP Jon Pochop Erickson, J. A. & Company, P.C. 646 E. Colorado Blvd., Spearfish, SD 57783 First Gold Hotel & Gaming 605.641.2463 First Interstate Bank www.spearfishcanyontours.com Five Star Services, Inc. Renewing Associate Members Great Peaks Realty ‘Investing in the Community’ Guadalajara Mexican Restaurant H & R Block Ed & Mary Furois Hazel's Daycare Tom Hills High Plains Western Heritage Center Larry & Sandy Klarenbeek Interim HealthCare Lenis & Judy Larson Knecht Home Center Fred & Priscilla Romkema Knothole, The Alyce Schavone KT Connections Hugo (Junior) & Ella Schloe Leading Lady Enterprises Harlan & Barb Schmidt M & M Sanitation Connie White Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, SD Get Involved - We Need YOU! Mark's Barber Shop Minitman Too Involvement in one or more of these outlets is a great way for you and your staff to be an active member of the Chamber, a great way to net- Natural Stone, Inc. work with other members and businesses and one of the best ways to Northern Hills Area CASA Program support your organization! Orchard Creek Cottages WE ARE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE DO WITH Orth Custom Homes VOLUNTEERS LIKE YOU! Our Savior's Lutheran Church Ambassadors Chamber Functions Committee Workforce Development Committee Governmental Affairs Committee Party Time Liquor Leadership Spearfish Task Force Young Professionals Ponderosa Apartments, Inc. Contact us for information on how YOU can get active and get involved! 605-642-2626 or [email protected] Rapid City Journal Real Estate Center of Spearfish, The June 2014 Chamber Events Rim Rock Lodge Sand Creek Landscaping, LLC 3rd Young Professionals Meeting @ 4:45 PM @ Killian’s Steakhouse Servall Uniform & Linen South Dakota Retailers Association 12th Ambassadors Greet New Members Spearfish School District Noon @ the Chamber The Blind Guy of the Black Hills, LLC 17th Chamber Board of Directors Meeting Tree House Cafe & Catering Noon @ the Chamber TruGreen 26th Gone Fishin’ Mixer from 5:00-7:00 PM VFW Queen City Post #5860 @ D.C. Booth Fish Hatchery White's Queen City Motors Wolff's Plumbing & Heating, Inc. Zonta Club of the Spearfish Area 5th Grade Business Fair It is Never to Early to Learn What a Chamber Is… As many of you know, at Spearfish Creekside Elementary the 5th grade class hosts a Business Fair each spring. These aspiring entrepreneurs create a business plan and a product to sell. For years, their business plan has included a budget line for ‘Chamber Membership’. This year we Melissa Barth, IOM gave each 5th grade student a ‘member Chamber Executive decal’. And Mrs. Gillespie’s 5th Grade Director class walked to the Chamber for a pres- entation and tour prior to the Business Fair. The students and the chamber staff greatly enjoyed the experience. We even had a couple of our business member’s children in the class and boy were they proud to find their parents information displayed! Go to www.spearfishchamber.org/members-only for updates on discounts offered! No login needed - simply click on the picture of the card. Please be prepared to show your Gold Card to redeem your discount. Leadership Spearfish Graduates the Class of 2014 The 27th Leadership Spearfish Class culminated with a graduation ceremony on May 22, 2014. The class of 2014 successfully completed a nine month comprehensive course study focusing on professional growth and development, communication, interaction and exploration of fundamental leadership skills, as well as community development per the requirement of the Spearfish Chamber Board of Directors. Pictured Left to Right: Marsha Nichols , Black Hills Power; James Mortenson , First Interstate Bank; Sherry Hanson , Dorsett Healthcare; Chris Davis , Northern Hills Training Center; Linda Ahlers , Spearfish Canyon Lodge; Shelly Bakeberg , Northern Hills Training Center; Dominique Charlson , YouthWise; Shauntel Nelson , Williams & Associates; Hannah Remington , Spearfish Chamber; Brian Snow , Northern Hills Technology; Dr. Bob McIntosh , HealthSource Chiropractic Not Pictured: Parker Handyside , Williams & Associates; Maxwell Kwenda , BHSU June 2014 Bryan Walker SEDC Executive Di rector Last month, Spearfish Economic Development, along with representatives from the Rushmore Region Business Alliance, attended the 22nd annual Williston Petroleum Conference in Bismarck, ND. The purpose for going to the conference was to promote the Black Hills as a strategic location for businesses wanting to provide same-day services to oil & gas companies cur- rently operating in Western North Dakota. At the present time, there are 52 companies in South Dakota which provide supply chain services to the energy related indus- tries. Many of these businesses are situated in the Black Hills, including H2E, an environmental consulting company located here in Spearfish. This is the 2nd year Spearfish has attended the conference to help market the region to over 400 exhibitors and 3,500 atten- dees. As the oil and gas industries continue to explore and find While attending the Williston Petroleum Conference, new reserves in places like North Dakota, Wyoming and Colo- Spearfish Economic Development shared in the oppor- rado; the Black Hills is uniquely positioned to provide companies tunity to meet with representatives from Norway’s Inter- with a central location to serve each of these emerging markets. national Trade Commission. In addition, because labor shortage issues in these areas con- tinue to drive-up business costs, the Black Hills is an attractive should provide industry leaders with the required option whereby companies can more easily hire employees with confidence to make long-term investment deci- the necessary skill sets. Companies like WL Plastics, Permian sions which support the production oil and gas, Tank and Pipeline Plastics are examples of businesses which while also allowing more opportunities for Spear- have recently moved to the Black Hills in ordered to leverage fish businesses to provide needed service to com- these competitive advantages. panies and consumers alike in the oil rich areas of Currently there are over 10,000 oil producing wells in North North Dakota. Dakota and state geologists are estimating that an additional When is comes to money, black is the new 40,000 wells will need to be drilled in order to fully realize the pro- green, and like the Missouri River, it’s flowing at duction capacity of the Bakken formation. These estimates record rates from the North to the South. Spearfish Economic Indicators Building Permits April 2014 April 2013 Year-to-Date 2014 Year-to-Date 2013 New Housing Units 10 5 25 32 Dollar Amount $1,931,900 $953,938 $5,057,900 $5,975,123 New/Addition Commercial 2 0 3 3 Dollar Amount $1,942,500 $0 $10,110,500 $2,057,844 Total Permits 53 31 138 114 Total Dollars $5,107,089 $1,197,041 $18,315,920 $9,306,701 Sales Taxes Collected 2nd Penny Sales Tax $249,493 $243,521 $1,038,028 $1,000,824 Hospitality Tax $39,964 $33,269 $152,483 $142,862 Spearfish Work Force (MiSA) Total Work Force 13,010 12,735 N/A N/A Total Employed 12,505 12,230 N/A N/A Total Unemployed 505 505 N/A N/A Avg. Unemployment Rate 3.9% 4.0% N/A N/A Chamber Ambassador’s May Member Visits Congratulations Black Hills State University earned the prestigious Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International ! Less than 5% world- wide have earned this distinguished hallmark of excellence! The Grace Balloch Memorial Library was recently honored by the Internal Revenue Service for its ten years of dedication as a Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) site! The Association for the Advancement of Sustain- ability in Higher Education has awarded Black Hills State University
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