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The Gift dedicated at Harley-Davidson Rally Point Sturgis, SD - First In-terstate Greater Stur-gis Area Community Foundation commis-sioned local sculptor Dale Lamphere to commemorate the enormous generosity of Sturgis business-man Tom Monahan. Monahan donated the STURGIS® Logo Com-posite to the Chamber of Commerce in 1986. It became the catalyst for a licensing pro-gram generating mil-lions of dollars for the people of the Greater Sturgis Area. “The Gift,” was designed and produced by no-table Sturgis Area Artist Dale Lamphere, a good friend of Tom’s, who donated his time and talent to the project. The City of Sturgis graciously offered a premier location at Harley-Davidson Way (2nd Street) & Main Street down-town, the home of the new Harley-Davidson® Rally Point. On July 22, the com-

munity celebrated the un-veiling of this remarkable addition to our downtown and toasted the life of an unforgettable Sturgis entre-preneur. About First Interstate Great-er Sturgis Area Community Foundation – The First Inter-state Greater Sturgis Area Community Foundation is a

tax exempt public organiza-tion created to attract and distribute charitable funds for the benefit of the Great-er Sturgis Area. Since 1988 various local charities have received well over $350,000 from this or-ganization About the Artist – Govenor Dennis Daugaard has named Dale Lamphere of Sturgis as South Dakota’s Artist Laure-ate. Lamphere has been a professional sculptor for more than 46 years. Among his prominent works in South Dakota are the State Capitol Rotunda’s four sculptures representing “Wisdom”, “Courage”, “Vision” and “Integrity”; the “Spirit of Dakota” sculpture at the Crossroads Conven-tion Center in Huron; “Dignity”, a forty-foot sculp-ture of a Native American woman that will be erected on the river breaks near Chamberlain; and now “The Gift” in Downtown Sturgis.

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Sturgis Sales Tax Revenues & Construction Costs show positive trend

Via City of Sturgis—For the time period beginning July 17th and end-ing August 11th, all pyrotechnic and firework displays (both indoor and outdoor) are banned within City limits due to the unacceptably high fire and safety risk.

Community News

Via SEDC: SEDC and the City of Sturgis, along with parties inter-ested in providing extensive childcare services, continue to ex-plore options to address the childcare and pre-kindergarten needs of our community. Over the next three years, 217 new housing units in four resi-dential developments are planned for Sturgis. With this growth will come an increased demand for childcare services. Under consideration is a large facility that would provide full time, year round certified care for infants and children 6 weeks old and up. If you, or someone you know, are interested in providing childcare services, please contact Pat at 347-4906 or pat@sturgisdevelopment.com.

City & SEDC seek to expand childcare services in Sturgis Community Fireworks Displays Banned 7/17-8/11

Via SEDC: The City of Sturgis re-ports the following sales tax rev-enues through May. These num-bers are impressive since the first months of a new year are gener-ally the slowest for retail sales. The increased number of inquir-ies and walk-in traffic handled by the Chamber, the heightened vehicle traffic throughout town,

and the increasing number of retailers indicate that these reve-nues should continue to trend upward through 2015. Through June, new construction costs and permit fees are up while the number of building permits are down. Though there have been fewer issued, the con-struction projects are larger. The

new Dolan Creek Estates residen-tial development project will be included in the July report, which should increase the construction costs an additional $3+ million, further topping all recent City construction costs. The culmination of these figures is good economic news for the Sturgis community. 2015 2014 General 2% Sales Tax Revenue $468,060.87 $433,361.02 +8% (through May) $ 72,365.01 $ 70,771.44 +2.2% # of Building Permits 294 319 - 25 Construction Costs $9,410,859 $8,543,501 +10% Permit Fees $ 77, 349 $ 39,891 +193% (through June)

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Upcoming Events (for full list see the enclosed insert) 8/3-9 - 75th Annual Sturgis® Motorcycle Rally™ 8/11 - Northern Hills Ag Fest - Fairgrounds near High School - See insert for details 8/14-16 - Meade County Fair & BH Threshing Bee - Meade County Fairgrounds 8/19 - Community Picnic & Family Entertainment - Harley-Davidson Rally Point - See insert for details

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Scott Peterson Motors Dolan Creek Estates Corner of Dolan Creek Road & Pine Glenn Sturgis, SD 57785 Ground Breaking - Ribbon Cutting (7/10)

Aspen Grove Assisted Living Beautiful Wonderland Cave Black Hills Funeral Home & Cremation Services Black Hills Power Common Cents Competition Distributing Inc Crisis Intervention Shelter Services Curry Carpet & Upholstery Care Days End Campground Fabric Junction Hills Materials Company Loud American Roadhouse Lucy’s Nearly New Properties Unlimited Ski Mystic Sturgis Scooper Booster Club Sturgis Soccer Association Tri-State Livestock News

Canyon Lake Senior Center 2900 Canyon Lake Drive Rapid City, SD - 605.721-8710 canyonlakecenter.com Sturgis Tours Sturgis, SD - 605.499.8549 sturgistours.com

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Ex-Officio Board Members Don Kirkegaard: Meade School 46-1 Representative Bob Bertolotto: Meade Co Commissioner Pat Kurtenbach: SEDC Daniel Ainslie, City of Sturgis Rick Bush: City of Sturgis Tacy Snyder: Ag Representative David Hersrud: City Council Liaison

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Staff Executive Director, Heidi Kruse Events & Membership Coordinator, Kathy Christenson Membership Services Manager, Rainee Lisko Board of Directors President, Jerrid Goebel, Sturgis Chiropractic Past Pres, Ken Meirose, Black Hills Power Vice Pres, Brice Rock, Pioneer Bank & Trust Treasurer, Heidi Richter, Richters Tire & Exhaust Kelly Keffeler, Farm Credit Services of America Jeremy Vliem, First Western Insurance Chad Legner, Wells Fargo Bank J.D. Williams, First Interstate Bank Mark Schulte, Sturgis Regional Hospital

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