The Spearfish Area Chamber of Commerce serves its members as the leading voice of business by providing advocacy, leadership and resources.

A PUBLICATION OF THE SPEARFISH AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

June 2014

June Gone Fishin’ Mixer

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October 28, 2014 Spearfish Convention Center 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

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General Admission: $99 Spearfish Chamber Member Price: $79

Admission includes an entry to WIN an iPad Air!

September 27, 2014 Spearfish Park Pavilion 6:00 PM

Get Your Chance to Win a

2014 Harley Davidson Road King FLHR

Only 399 Tickets will be sold at $100 each!

Each ticket is admission for two to the

2014 Flash Back Biker Bash! Featuring

Whole Roasted Hog Dinner by Cheyenne Crossing Live Entertainment by the Jeffrey Lloyd Band

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Thank You to Spearfish Motors for their help!

2014 Friend of the Chamber

Enter to Win an iPad Air!

Annual Fundraiser

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.

D.C. Booth Fish Hatchery Gone Fishin’ Mixer

Thursday, June 26th 5:00-7:00 PM

423 Hatchery Circle, Spearfish

www.SpearfishChamber.org

Welcome these NEW Chamber

Business Members

Black Hills Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, P.C. Dianne Volker

1230 North Ave. Ste. 5, Spearfish, SD 57783

605.348.6818

www.bhoralsurgery.com

Renewing Business Members ‘Investing in the Business Community’

Renewing Associate Members ‘Investing in the Community’

Get Involved - We Need YOU!

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-

work with other members and businesses and one of the best ways to

support your organization!

WE ARE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE DO WITH

VOLUNTEERS LIKE YOU!

Aladdin General Store

Auto Doctor, Inc.

Bell's Motor Lodge Motel

Black Hills & Badlands Tourism Association

Black Hills Getaways

Century 21 Associated Realty, Inc.

Desmet & Biggs, LLP

Erickson, J. A. & Company, P.C.

First Gold Hotel & Gaming

First Interstate Bank

Five Star Services, Inc.

Great Peaks Realty

Guadalajara Mexican Restaurant

H & R Block

Hazel's Daycare

High Plains Western Heritage Center

Interim HealthCare

Knecht Home Center

Knothole, The

KT Connections

Leading Lady Enterprises

M & M Sanitation

Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, SD

Mark's Barber Shop

Minitman Too

Natural Stone, Inc.

Northern Hills Area CASA Program

Orchard Creek Cottages

Orth Custom Homes

Our Savior's Lutheran Church

Party Time Liquor

Ponderosa Apartments, Inc.

Rapid City Journal

Real Estate Center of Spearfish, The

Rim Rock Lodge

Sand Creek Landscaping, LLC

Servall Uniform & Linen

South Dakota Retailers Association

Spearfish School District

The Blind Guy of the Black Hills, LLC

Tree House Cafe & Catering

TruGreen

VFW Queen City Post #5860

White's Queen City Motors

Wolff's Plumbing & Heating, Inc.

Zonta Club of the Spearfish Area

Spearfish Canyon Tours Jon Pochop

646 E. Colorado Blvd., Spearfish, SD 57783

605.641.2463

www.spearfishcanyontours.com

Ed & Mary Furois

Tom Hills

Larry & Sandy Klarenbeek

Lenis & Judy Larson

Fred & Priscilla Romkema

Alyce Schavone

Hugo (Junior) & Ella Schloe

Harlan & Barb Schmidt

Connie White

June 2014 Chamber Events 3rd Young Professionals Meeting @ 4:45 PM @ Killian’s Steakhouse 12th Ambassadors Greet New Members Noon @ the Chamber 17th Chamber Board of Directors Meeting Noon @ the Chamber 26th Gone Fishin’ Mixer from 5:00-7:00 PM @ D.C. Booth Fish Hatchery

Ambassadors ���� Chamber Functions Committee

Workforce Development Committee ���� Governmental Affairs Committee

Leadership Spearfish Task Force ���� Young Professionals

Contact us for information on how YOU can get active and get

involved! 605-642-2626 or director@spearfishchamber.org

5th Grade Business Fair

Melissa Barth, IOM Chamber Executive

Director

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

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 gave each 5th grade student a ‘member decal’. And Mrs. Gillespie’s 5th Grade 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!

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.

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.

June 2014

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

Spearfish Economic Indicators

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 new reserves in places like North Dakota, Wyoming and Colo-rado; the Black Hills is uniquely positioned to provide companies with a central location to serve each of these emerging markets. In addition, because labor shortage issues in these areas con-tinue to drive-up business costs, the Black Hills is an attractive option whereby companies can more easily hire employees with the necessary skill sets. Companies like WL Plastics, Permian Tank and Pipeline Plastics are examples of businesses which have recently moved to the Black Hills in ordered to leverage these competitive advantages. Currently there are over 10,000 oil producing wells in North Dakota and state geologists are estimating that an additional 40,000 wells will need to be drilled in order to fully realize the pro-duction capacity of the Bakken formation. These estimates

should provide industry leaders with the required confidence to make long-term investment deci-sions which support the production oil and gas, while also allowing more opportunities for Spear-fish businesses to provide needed service to com-panies and consumers alike in the oil rich areas of North Dakota. When is comes to money, black is the new green, and like the Missouri River, it’s flowing at record rates from the North to the South.

Bryan Walker SEDC Executive

Director

While attending the Williston Petroleum Conference, Spearfish Economic Development shared in the oppor-tunity to meet with representatives from Norway’s Inter-national Trade Commission.

For Information on joining the Chamber Ambassadors, contact Member Services Coordinator Danielle Alden at 605.642.2626.

� 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 a STARS Silver Rating for its continued commitment to sustainability making it the first university in South Dakota to be recognized with the international distinction!

���� Congratulations to Dice to Mice for celebrating their 1 year anniversary!

���� RE/MAX in the Hills recognized Ashley Goodrich with a Certificate of Excellence for March!

� Sue Cramer of the Real Estate Center of Spearfish is the top producer for the month of April!

� Cher Rhoades was Top Sales and Pattie Parrett was the Top Lister for Prudential Kahler Realtors for the month of April!

Chamber Ambassador’s May Member Visits Congratulations

Dear Hannah & Danielle, What an amazing experience to “Celebrate Women in Business” at our annual event. Thank you so much for your help and support! Your involvement truly makes a difference! We continue to be hum-bled and ecstatically pleased that this event acknowledges the im-pact of women in our business communities. We look forward to another successful event next year! Kindest Regards, Helen Merriman, Director SD Center for Enterprise Opportunity

Dear Chamber Staff & Ambassadors, Your help with the Business Fair is appreciated. Thanks for every-thing. The tour of the Chamber was very informative and the stu-dents really enjoyed it. Thanks for the goodies, too! Also, thanks so much for the ribbon cutting ceremony. Pam Gillespie, 5th Grade Creekside Teacher

Letter’s We Like

Allied Construction Ryan Chonka

645 W. Jackson Blvd., Spearfish, SD 57783 www.alliedconstruction.com 605.591.9488

Two Wheeler Dealer Michael Adams

305 N. Main St., Spearfish, SD 57783 www.twowheelerdealer.com 605.642.7545

5th Grade Entrepreneurs Spearfish Creekside Elementary

KBFS AM / KYDT FM Christine Bestgen

707 Harding St., Belle Fourche, SD 57717 www.kbfs.com 605.892.2573

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2014 Board of Directors & Staff

Dee Sleep, President Chicken Creek Communications Dan O’Shea, Vice-President Pioneer Bank & Trust Sharon Hoggatt, Treasurer Sharon E. Hoggatt, CPA, PC Dr. Lois Flagstad, Past President Black Hills State University

Barbara Cline Prairie Hills Transit Kelsie Darling Quik Signs Michelle Kane Black Hills PR Greg Krier Spearfish Holiday Inn & Convention Center Marysia McDowall RE/MAX in the Hills Dr. Bob McIntosh Health Source Chiropractic of Spearfish Tom Shaffer Spearfish Forest Products Dylan Wilde Wilde & Hunt Law

Staff

Melissa Barth, IOM Executive Director Hannah Remington

Finance & Event Director Danielle Alden

Member Services Coordinator

The Spearfish Area Chamber of Commerce serves its members as the leading voice of business by providing advocacy,

leadership and resources.

Ex-Officio Officers

Mistie Caldwell, Visit Spearfish Joe Neeb, City of Spearfish Bryan Walker, SEDC