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Growing Places — 94 episodes

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Take Two on Tourism

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Getting Down with Mayor Brown - Garretson

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All Business with Ryan Budmayr - South Dakota Chamber of Commerce and Industry

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EOS Implementation Powered by Will Powell

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Get Featured with Fitch Media

6

Digging Deep with Mayor Derek Wenck

7

Growth, Safety, and Gas with MidAmerican Energy

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Growth Summit Recap: 2026 Legislative Preview

9

Growth Summit Recap: Data Centers and AI Panel

10

Growth Summit Recap: Coaxis Energy - Liquid Natural Gas

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Growth Summit Recap: Renewable Energy Panel

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Growth Summit Recap: Nuclear Energy Keynote Eric Meyer

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Growth Summit Recap: Power 101

14

Serving Rural Communities with Lorraine Polak

15

The Electric Eric Pauli - Xcel Energy

16

Responsible Development with Mike Bockorny EDPA-SD

17

Building South Dakota's Workforce with BDSF

18

Talking Tourism with Kasi Haberman of SESD Tourism

19

A Dose of Dean Dziedzic of the Sioux Falls Development Foundation

20

Data Centers, Property Taxes, and the Illustrious Mike Jaspers

21

Mayor Roundup: Keeping Up with Mayor Harry Buck

22

Catching Up with the Commissioner: Bill Even

23

Return of the Mack!

24

Behind the Lines w/ Chad and Erica at Southeastern Electric Cooperative

25

Mayor Round Up: Winning on Wastewater with Mayors Jones and Osbey

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Mayor Round Up: Rick Larsen of Valley Springs

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Powering Progress with Sioux Valley Energy

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First Interstate Bank

29

World Wide with Will Powell - EOS Implementer and Business Coach

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Empowering Entrepreneurs: A Conversation with Sadie Swier

31

Wine'd Down with Tim Meagher

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Mayor Round Up: Eli Seeley of Beresford

33

Growth Summit Preview with Troy Larson (LCRWS)

34

Mayor Roundup: A Tale of Two Cities

35

Breaking Down the Ballot Measures with Casey Crabtree

36

Fresh New Faces, Still Growing Places - Part II

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Fresh New Faces; Still Growing Places

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Passing the Torch to Tordsen with SMGA CEO Tyler Tordsen

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Reinvesting into Downtown Dell Rapids with Jason Uphoff

40

Basye Bits & Miranda's Memorandums

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A Fonkert Farewell - Concluding SMGA's Jesse Fonkert Era

42

Intern Insights: Navigating Economic Development with SMGA

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The Past, Present and Future of Growth with Brandon Historical Society

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Perfect Partnership leads to Lennox Lumber Company Groundbreaking

45

Coffee and Community with Zook's Coffee Bar owner Linda Kokenge

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The Heart of Harrisburg with Adam Walsh and Lisa Zens

47

SD Department of Labor and Regulation - Labor Market Trends & StartToday SD Apprenticeship Program

48

SMGA Welcomes Summer Intern, Lauren Teller!

49

Small Town Storytelling with AGE Media

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Local Tattoo Artists Find Success in Centerville, SD

51

Engineering in the Sioux Metro with DGR Engineering

52

2023 Excellence in Economic Development Awarded to Jesse Fonkert

53

Sioux Metro Housing Needs Supported by the SD Multi-Housing Association

54

504 Loans and Small Town Roots with SDDC's Vice President of Lending, Brad Jankord

55

Expansion, Growth, and a Rich History - Marmen Energy

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Salem's Exponential Growth with Jeremy Grady

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Meet the Mayor: Harrisburg's Derick Wenck

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A Man of the Community - Rapid Fitness's Matt Beukelman

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Tourism in Our Own Communities with Travel South Dakota

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Falling in Love with Frosting - Sugar Palace by Emily Studemann

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Xcel Energy: Powering Communities with Electricity and Grant Opportunities

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Celebrating Centerville - Ft. Jared Hybertson

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Miranda Basye - SMGA's Newest Team Member

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Understanding the Numbers - Ft. Dr. Jared McEntaffer with the Dakota Institute

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A 2023 Preview with the SMGA Team

66

Brewing Up Success - Ft. Buffalo Ridge Brewing's Callie Tuschen

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Catching Up with Klatt: A Minnehaha County Conversation

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Brandon's Booming Businesses

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Harrisburg's Exponential Explosion - Ft. Carrie Bell

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Welcoming Women's Businesses - Ft. Sadie Swier

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All in the Family - Ft. Peter Hauck

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Understanding Electricity - Ft. Jay Buchholz and Ben Pierson

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Sharing Salem's Story - Ft. Mitch Rayman and Matt Alley

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Great Faces, Great (Growing) Places - Ft. Secretary Jim Hagen and Calvin Bloemendaal

75

Sioux Metro on the Farm - Ft. Kyle Peters

76

Business Across Borders - Ft. Rock Nelson and Luke Lindberg

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Moving to the Metro - Ft. Rhiannon Israel

78

How about Humboldt? Ft. Primary Manufacturing

79

The Wonderful World of Worthing

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What's Happening in Hartford?!? with Amy M. Farr

81

The Art of Listening in Economic Development - Steve Watson, ISG

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Patrick Andrews and Development in Brandon

83

Lisa Zens, SMGA's Newest Staff Member!

84

Internships & More

85

Nuts & Stuff

86

Harrisburg School District - Workforce Development

87

Growing Places Conference

88

Dell Rapids - The Art of a Thriving Small Town

89

Business Partner of the Year - Grant Park Capital

90

Community Innovation - City of Lennox

91

Economic Development Champion - Kris Frerk

92

South Dakota Development Corporation and 504 Lending

93

Business Attraction, Retention, and Small Business Success

94

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