Downtown Sioux Falls announces award winners, board members

March 16, 2018

Downtown Sioux Falls Inc. announced new board members and honored members of the business community at its annual event March 6.

Jodi Schwan, founder of SiouxFalls.Business, was presented with the Spirit of Downtown Award, an honor designated to a DTSF member who has made a substantial impact on downtown.

“For the past year, she has kept downtown at the forefront of the collective conscious of Sioux Falls by regularly highlighting downtown in her work and informing the public about downtown as the cultural and economic engine for the region,” DTSF said in a statement.

Kevin Nyberg of Nyberg’s Ace was awarded the Carole Pagones Vitality Award, which recognized him for re-energizing, engaging with and reactivating the downtown community.

Erica Beck, vice president of development at Lloyd Cos., was the inaugural winner of the Steve Metli Visionary Award, given “for being a forward thinker and innovator in our downtown community,” DTSF said.

The organization also announced its 2018 board officers:

  • Kyle Raph, Co-op Architecture, chair.
  • Terri Schuver, Sticks & Steel, vice chair.
  • Derek Ohme, The First National Bank in Sioux Falls, treasurer.
  • Jessie Schmidt, Better Business Bureau, secretary.
  • Tiffany Miller, Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, past chair.

Past board chair James Krueger of Click Rain reached his six-year term limit. Brenda Bethke, senior vice president of marketing at First Premier Bank, was added to the board of directors.

The membership also heard from Charles Marohn, founder and president of Strong Towns, during multiple events as part of a discussion on urban planning. To view his message, click below.

 

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Downtown Sioux Falls announces award winners, board members

Downtown Sioux Falls Inc. announced new board members and honored members of the business community at its annual event March 6.

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