Dakota Resources Celebrates New Website Launch
Fill Your Cup
A friend called me a few weeks ago in tears. She serves as a community leader in a progressive small town, yet the local negativ...
A Note from the President: Looking Back on 2022 & Looking Ahead to 2023
As another year comes to a close, the staff at Dakota Resources and I want to wish you and yours a happy holiday season. This ye...
Moving Toward a Stronger Community Future in Columbia, SD
Dakota Resources’ Learning Network Honors 2022 Award Winners
Rural Resilience
Someone asked me recently, “Why do some rural communities “thrive,” and some don’t?” I have pondered that question man...
Community-Wide Impacts of Miller Grocery Still Evident, Four Years Later
Rural Education Investments Help Students Stay in School
Children in communities far and wide are heading back to school, including Oglala Lakota students in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. B...
Theory of Change: How Our Work Supports a Thriving Rural
CO.STARTERS Mitchell Graduates First Cohort of Entrepreneurs
Has your community made negativity a habit?
Living in a small town, we are often inclined to see change in our community as a threat to ourselves and our way of life. When ...
RuralX 2022 Facilitates Conversations on Loving Where You Live
What does it mean to truly love where you live? Sometimes it’s an outward expression, like we see on “I Love NY” ...
Capital Investment Fund Connects Capital to Communities Ready to Make an Impact
Dakota Resources’ Thriverr Platform Facilitates Collaboration, Community
An embarrassing story about community dialogue
Quite simply, community dialogue is an exchange of ideas and experiences through listening, sharing, and questioning. At its bes...
Leadership is a Verb: A Leadership South Dakota Q&A with Ali Sheley
Planning for the Future: Community Coaching in Lennox, SD
Community Coaching with Dakota Resources looks different for each community, and so it should, as each community has distinct ne...