2012 DADi Past and Present Presentation
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The document outlines the initiatives taken by Deuel County to promote entrepreneurship and business development from 2007 to 2013, including grants, workshops, and technical assistance provided to local businesses. Key achievements include creating jobs, enhancing community awareness, and establishing resource networks for entrepreneurs. Future goals involve sustaining these programs, developing a business resource center, and fostering collaboration within the community to enhance economic growth.
2012 DADi Past and Present Presentation
- 2. Your Vision. Our Mission.
- 4. WE Are Deuel
- 5. Deuel County
- 6. Our Road Map Astoria Clear Lake Toronto Gary Altamont Goodwin Brandt Deuel County
- 7. Where We’ve Been 2007 -2008 Community Assessment Legal Entity NESDEC Grant for E-ship Executive Director Hired for DADi Rural Business Enterprise Grant Award from the USDA Organizational Branding Gary Office Established Former Director Resigns – new director hired August 2011. First RBEG finished, RBEG- 2 Awarded til August 2013 2007-2008 2009-2010 2011
- 8. RBEG-1 Rural Business Enterprise Grant October 2010 - January 2012 Details: RLC applicant, RUPRI consultants Program Components: 1. E Coaching 2. E Training Workshops Technical Assistance B2B Networking Events 3. Sustainability 2 1 3
- 9. “What’s Worked?” Entrepreneurship development has shown great promise in Deuel County. We’d like to further refine the things that are working well and become even more effective in delivering these resources. E Coaching Area Resource Team A team of area profession External Resource Network resources Workshops Ag Marketing workshop series New & Existing workshop series Technical assistance
- 10. 2011 Quarterly Newsletter Took a brief hiatus during Transition time of new director. Soon to start up again.
- 11. Deuel County Field Day Winter -2011
- 12. Recycling-Gary
- 14. Deuel%Area%Development,%Inc.% Entrepreneurship%Programs% ( Priority(#1:%Business%Development% · Since!late!2009,!assisted!approximately!70!entrepreneurs!/!existing!businesses!in!Deuel!County! · Provided!$1,500!in!technical!assistance!grant!to!one!entrepreneur!(through!RBEG!funds)! · Business!Assistance!–!public!examples!! o DJO!/!EMPI!(resulted!in!adding!50+!jobs!over!approximately!3!years)! o Midwest!Performance!Converter!(resulted!in!saving!of!approximately!19!jobs)! o Marty’s!Gravel!(resulted!in!saving!of!1!job)! o Clear!Lake!Chiropractic!(resulted!in!saving!of!2!jobs)! o American!Financial!Partners!(resulted!in!6+!new!jobs)! o Dakota!Wildlife!Taxidermy!(resulted!in!1!new!job)! o Simon!Shines!Janitorial!&!Maintenance!(resulted!in!1!new!job)! o Spear!Lawn!Care!&!Tilling!(resulted!in!1!new!job)! o Gates!Heating!&!Airconditioning! o Airstreams!Renewables!(through!Rural!Learning!Center)!(resulted!in!2!new!jobs)! o Buffalo!Ridge!Resort! · Area!Resource!Team!utilized!to!work!with!many!entrepreneurs! · Connected!many!entrepreneurs!to!External!Resource!Network!partners!to!provide!further!business!assistance! · Hosted!and!organized!the!following!workshops:! Workshop% Instructor% Date% #%Attendees% Developing!New!Markets! Belinda!Engelhart,!Small!Business! Development!Center! 11/15/10! 22! Your!New!Business…From! the!Ground!Up! Briana!Hoffman,!Deuel!Area! Development! 11/22/10! 5! Website!Development! Shawn!Kulla,!Lake!Area!Technical! Institute! 12/16/10! 11! Create!Your!New!Website! Michael!Hope,!Hope!Studios! 1/28/11! 13! Getting!Down!to!Business! with!Social!Media!! Lindsey!Karlson,!Rural!Learning! Center! 2/25/11! 12! Energy!Awareness! Workshop!(REAP)! Darlene!Bresson,!USDA!Rural! Development! 3/16/11! 28! Quick!Books:!The!Basics! Kelly!Weaver,!Small!Business! Development!Center! 4/14/11! 14! Quick!Books:!Inventory!&! Payroll! Kelly!Weaver,!Small!Business! Development!Center% 5/17/11! 8! Ag!Marketing:!Futures! Kelly!McDaniel,!Lake!Area!Technical! Institute! 12/17/10! 19! Ag!Marketing:!Options! Kelly!McDaniel,!Lake!Area!Technical! 1/21/11! 13!
- 15. Projects!!
- 17. RBEG-2 Rural Business Enterprise Grant February 2012 – August 2013 Program Components: Community Awareness Workshops Website Business Development, Expansion, Retention Workshops Working with our business owner ART & ERN (Area Team and External) Business Resource Center Kitchen Incubator Sustainability – Maintain and help to make DADi self- sustaining. Continued growth… 2 1 4 3
- 18. Area Resource Team Original Intent – RBEG Grants Local AREA Professionals in place to help the Entrepreneur and business owners. In-kind contributions Time given is applied to our RBEG Grants A great resource for all businesses – Start ups, Transitional and Retention.
- 19. 1) Community Awareness 2) Entrepreneur Programs & Resources 3) Incubators 4) Sustainablity Deuel Area Development RBEG-2 Goals Targeting entrepreneurs. Business Assistance Target Youth and Returnees Fundraising will never end. Considering Field of Interest Fund in time. Signage – Newspaper article bi-monthly – Website Development – Promotional Materials – Farm/Home Shows – Community Projects (Dance, Workshops, Recreation Trai, Daktronic signboardl) Business Resource Center Kitchen Incubator
- 20. Community Dances GOTTA DANCE Deuel – Country Dances Community Activities! 78 participants this year alone!
- 21. Dance Classes were offered. We had 10 couples take the classes and we held a monthly public Dance at the Gary Legion Hall during February, March and April! Attendance came close to 78 people!! GOTTA DANCE Deuel
- 22. Why Should Q: Why Should I Attend? A: To gain the following skills… BASIC to INTERMEDIATE: After a brief review covering the basics of navigating, formatting and simple formulas...you will learn to use more of Excel's powerful features including more formatting options, conditional formatting, function wizard, formula auditing, 3 dimensional formulas, charts and more. You will need to Pre-Register! When: Thursday, May 10th from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm. Where: AgriPartners, Inc – Clear Lake, SD Cost: $35.00 per person Instructor: Mary Matthies, DNB National Bank Registration: Contact Deuel Area Development to register by May 6th at [email protected] or 874-8038. What to bring: A laptop with Microsoft Excel 2007 or 2010. Contact us if you need one for training. Be “Deuel Area Development is an equal opportunity provider, and employer.”
- 23. Community Book Read Sponsored by SDSU Extension Based on the Book: Hollowing Out the Middle – “The Rural Brain Drain and What it Means for America” • Achievers • Stayers • Seekers • Returners How do we help those staying? How do we help those returning? What can we do as a community and our future leaders?
- 25. Deuel Area Development Website Launching Summer 2012!!
- 26. Deuel Area Development Website!! Several Features of the Website. County awareness Collaborative communities working together Community awareness Tools For Business – a fantastic resource available to our area businesses.
- 27. Business Incubator Plans have changed…
- 28. Transition from downtown business… Business Resource Center – Deuel County Courthouse
- 29. Kitchen Incubator • Part of the RBEG-2 Goal #3 • A licensed commercial kitchen • Need to be ServSafe certified • Used to make processed foods or for resale. • SD law requires processed fruits and vegetables be regulated. • In beginning stages of working with SDSU Extention
- 30. What is a Kitchen Incubator?? Incubators make financially possible for a start-up food manufacturer to take advantage of available professional kitchen space while they grow their business. Most Start-up food enterprises begin in a home kitchen. Once the final recipe is ready for the marketplace, the home kitchen is a liability. New business owners cannot obtain the necessary licensing from the state or product liability insurance for the manufacture and sale of a product made in a home kitchen. Legally they must now manufacture their product from a professional kitchen. “Trying to take all these passionate food people out of their home kitchens and allow them create their own business in a legal space. “ Renting space for the entrepreneur is too cost prohibitive. Prices can be charged per shift basis.
- 31. Where Do We Go From Here? Open ears, eyes & mind for new ideas Committees – Volunteers Needs and wants of the community – quality of life. Future Funding Collaboration between Corporations WORKING TOGETHER to make things Happen for Deuel!
- 32. Challenges… These are the challenges we have encountered. Program elements E Workshops Getting people to come High quality expectation, creating an experience that encourages them to come back Finding instructors (expertise, engaging style and content) Reoccurring questions People have ideas, but need help processing whether it’s a good idea (Feasibility study resources) Expected challenges How to improve promotion / marketing? Coordination logistics / phone calls, etc How do we find entrepreneurs and get them to engage?
- 33. We Need Your Help Financially Ideas Suggestions Working together for the good of our communities! GROW DEUEL!!
Editor's Notes
- #9: Before Lunch – Where we’ve been After Lunch – Where we want to go
- #18: Before Lunch – Where we’ve been After Lunch – Where we want to go
- #33: B2B networks – fruit of a fully functioning, mature system? E Workshops – generalize - real challenge – if we can get people there. They need a experience that will encourage them to come back. to get people come: ingredients that contribute to a successful event, this is a real challenge unless you are able to pay big bucks – how do we work with people here to get people that can get people engaged. People used to high quality video productions, workshops take you back in time. Finding instructors (expertise, energy, affordability, proximity – engaging style and content approach) – some are more skilled than others. Common questions / challenges – access to Business Feasibility study resources, reoccurring themes – they have ideas but need help processing the whether it is a good idea, new markets or new businesses Other expected challenges How to improve promotion / marketing? Coordination logistics / phone calls, etc How do we get entrepreneurs to engage?? One-on-one touch to get people to show up for stuff. How do I be more effective at that? We are working on promising approaching but refining what’s working and not working. TONE – problem solving. Lifes hard but we’re trying to figure it out.