Jodi’s Journal: In ‘shaping’ Sioux Falls, a cautionary neighborhood tale
“In two generations, a key corner of a city neighborhood has seen a grocery store become a food bank. And if you think it can’t happen here, it’s time to wake up.”
“In two generations, a key corner of a city neighborhood has seen a grocery store become a food bank. And if you think it can’t happen here, it’s time to wake up.”
In addressing recent issues downtown and elsewhere, consider the question: What kind of culture do we want to foster in Sioux Falls?
It’s a “classic Sioux Falls story. Challenge the community and they sort of rise up.” How Sioux Falls responded when local businesses sounded the need for support.
“Here’s the 2024 truth.” It’s not an easy message to write or to read — but this is reality for at least some local retailers.
Whether it’s consuming news or connecting to community, Jodi writes of a drop in engagement that needs to be reversed.
Who’s growing and who’s not in retail? Jodi has an inside look ahead of our annual week of retail coverage.
“Your job is to find your talent.” It’s a fitting message this commencement season — and one the business community should reinforce.
As Jodi writes, it’s appropriate new artwork — named Cyclicality — for a city entering a stage of its growth cycle that we’ve seen before, with takeaways we should pay attention to now.
“You’re missing out and sending the wrong message to the broader world.” The need is being shown, but in this week’s column, Jodi looks at what else it will take to make a new convention center a success.
Without ignoring some mounting obstacles, there still are plenty of reasons for startups to succeed in Sioux Falls. Jodi shares her take on the entrepreneur scene in this week’s column.