
May 2025 - Rapid City Economic Indicators
Bryan Adams, Robin Hood, and Rapid City’s economy? This sharp monthly update dives into local indicators with humor, insight, and a little 1991 flair.

Bryan Adams, Robin Hood, and Rapid City’s economy? This sharp monthly update dives into local indicators with humor, insight, and a little 1991 flair.

Buffalo Plains Recovery celebrated the opening of a new inpatient treatment facility at 405 E. Fairlane Drive.

Wildfire Labs and Elevate Rapid City are proud to announce the graduation of seven promising startups from their accelerator programs, marking another milestone in the region's growing entrepreneurial ecosystem.

On June 24, Elevate Rapid City joined Hebron Brick Supply, Co. to celebrate the grand opening of their new facility at 1500 Lando Lane in Rapid City. The ribbon cutting marked not just the launch of a new location, but a new chapter for a company that has been part of the Rapid City business community for more than four decades. Founded in 1904 and based in

The Eye Institute is proud to announce the arrival of Valeda™, a revolutionary, FDA-approved therapy for the treatment of dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD), now available to patients in Rapid City. This state-of-the-art technology utilizes photobiomodulation (PBM) to target the root causes of the disease at the cellular level, offering new

In July 2017, Despacito took over the world—and now, Rapid City’s economy is staging its own surprise hit. With record-breaking gross sales and steady job growth, this month’s economic indicators are full of unexpected twists, viral-level momentum, and just enough rhythm to keep you dancing.

Rapid City, SD – Elevate Rapid City held its fourth annual business awards celebration on June 10 at The Monument. With more than 300 people in attendance, the celebration featured 9 award presentations. The time-honored George Award was established by the Chamber of Commerce in 1981. Named after George Weedman, the award recognizes an outstanding
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Monument Health has broken ground on its newest health care project in Rapid City—the Mall Drive Campus—a major step forward in expanding access to emergency care along the growing Interstate 90 corridor. The one-story, 16,750 sq. ft. facility will house a free-standing Emergency Department designed to bring high-quality care closer to where

Musical snobs may disagree, but hair metal may be the greatest genre ever created. The higher the hair, the closer you are to heaven. And Bon Jovi were godly. They may have dressed like they raided a sale rack at Spencer's Gifts, but beneath all that Aqua Net, they created anthems that somehow remain both ridiculous and transcendent at the same time. And “Livin’ on a Prayer” is the band’s poster child. This month’s economic indicators are a lot like that. Wild and ridiculous, and you can’t figure out what’s coming next.

Hebron Brick Company is expanding their sales operations in Rapid City to add a distribution component. The project, which brings an estimated $6 million capital expenditure and will create 7 full-time jobs, recently opened its E Anamosa Street location.