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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...

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Blog __ Leadership SD Ali

Leadership is a Verb: A Leadership South Dakota Q&A with Ali Sheley

It’s been said that to be a leader is a verb, not a noun, and that’s an adage that aligns with Dakota Resources’ Ali Sheley. This mont...
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Blog __ Lennox Community Coaching

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...

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Blog __ Choose Your Adventure, RuralX 2022

Choose Your Adventure at RuralX 2022

If you ever read a “Choose Your Adventure” book as a child, we at Dakota Resources hope to harken back to that eXperience this summer at...
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Blog __ Survey Says Series, Part 2

Survey Says Series: Collaboration, Professional Development Crucial For Rural Communities to Thrive

Community and economic development work is often complex and can mean many different things. For this reason, Dakota Resources recently cond...
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Blog __ Survey Says, Part 1

Survey Says Series: Opportunities to Refine Focuses for Rural Economic Development

Community and economic development work is often complex and can mean many different things. For this reason, Dakota Resources recently cond...
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How might embellishing your community’s success backfire?

Most passionate community leaders communicate with the best intentions and are genuinely excited about sharing publicly and cele...

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A Note from the President: Looking Back on 2021 & Looking Ahead to 2022

What a year it’s been - and what a remarkable 25 years it’s been! I hope this message greets you as you anticipate the together...
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Welcome Home: Nick Fosheim Returns to Rural Roots

For Nick Fosheim, Dakota Resources’ new Client Relationship Director and Community Coach, his sense of place began as a child growing up i...
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Blog __ LN Award Winners

Dakota Resources’ Learning Network Honors Award Winners

At Dakota Resources’ Learning Network Gathering Awards Banquet in Mitchell, SD, held on November 3, 2021, three honorees recei...

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The Role of Public Policy in Rural Community Economic Development

Like a mechanic needs easy access to the right tools, our local community economic development organizations need easy access to...

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Blog __ Gregory County Empower Process

Celebrating the Fruits of Gregory County’s Empower Process

It’s been said that we’re living in the age of empowerment, and at Dakota Resources, that’s never been more true. And while empowering...
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Blog __ CIF Housing

Far From the Chicken and the Egg: Communities Investing in Rural Housing

The classic “chicken and egg” debate has never quite found its solution, and across rural South Dakota, a similar deliberati...

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Blog __ Rural is Trending

Rural is Trending: Rural Towns Attractive to Workers, usinesses

Several smaller South Dakota towns are proving that economic development isn’t simply a tally of the number of jobs created. For those hop...
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Blog __ Virtual Coffee Break

Virtual Coffee Breaks Strengthen Rural Ties

Coffee is known to many as the lifeblood of the working class, but when the world meaningfully changed in March 2020 in response to the COVI...
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Blog __ RuralX Watch Parties

RuralX Watch Parties Cultivate Local Collaboration

Attending a virtual conference may seem like experiencing the best of both worlds - all the learning without the travel - but in order to fo...
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True or False: Collaborative Leadership Exists in My Community?

True collaboration can develop when organizations and leaders recognize that none of us can truly succeed without the assets and innovation ...
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Blog __ CIF Research Park

Connecting Ideas to Capital: Business Incubator Thrives

Research Park was able to utilize the Community Development Loan program to equip and support businesses to grow and conduct game-changing r...
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