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Greater Huron Development Corporation

1705 Dakota Avenue South

Huron, SD 57350

605.352.0363

www.huronsd.com

Largest Employers In Beadle County (est.) employer # employed product/service Dakota Provisions 978 Food Processing Huron Public Schools 371 Education HRMC 296 Hospital United States Govt. 290 Government

Center for Independence 228 Human Services

Terex 191 Manufacturing Sunquest Healthcare 175 Senior Healthcare

Wal-Mart 173 Retail

Banner Engineering 150 Manufacturing City of Huron 140 Government Genessee & Wyoming 125 Railroad State Govt. 125 Government Premier Bank Card 120 Credit Card Ctr. Horizontal Machining 100 Manufacturing Northwestern Energy 112 Utility Coborn's Super Center 110 Retail Our Home Inc 80 Human Services Violet Tschetter Memorial 75 Senior Care Trussbilt, LLC 75 Manufacturing Overbuilt, Inc. 55 Manufacturing

Job Title (Hourly Wage Rates) Ave. Bookkeeping & Accounting Clerk $14.19 Office Clerks, General Office $10.23 Secretaries & Admin. Assistant $12.30 Helper, Production Workers $14.54 Cutting, Punching & Press Machine Ops. $15.14

Computer Numeric Control Programmers $20.09 Machinists $17.52 Computer User Support Specialists $18.16 Managers Industrial Production $43.81 Supervisors - First Line Production $26.26 Supervisors - First Line Non Retail Sales $40.62 Supervisors - First Line Retail Sales $19.95 *Source: SD Dept. of Labor and Regulation

How Far From

Aberdeen, SD 90 miles

Brookings, SD 70 miles

Chicago, IL 650 miles

Denver, CO 600 miles

Des Moines, IA 325 miles

Fargo, ND 250 miles

Kansas City, MO 500 miles

Minneapolis, MN 280 miles

Mitchell, SD 50 miles

Rapid City, SD 280 miles

Sioux Falls, SD 120 miles

Watertown, SD 95 miles

Economic Development Local Economic Development Group: Yes

Full Time Manager: Yes

Local Programming & Organizations: Community Development Foundation:

source for low interest loans for job creation and development.

Greater Huron Development Corporation:

source for low interest loans for job creation and development.

Real Estate Tax Abatement Program:

Real Estate Tax discount program for commercial construction.

State Programs: Revolving Economic Development & Initiative Fund (REDI)

source for low interest loans for job creation and development.

Assistance with Employee training costs

Climate Elevation 1288'

Longitude 98° 14' West

Latitude 44° 24' North

Area 9 Square Miles

Average Annual Temp. 45.2°

Average Annual Rainfall 20.1"

Average Annual Snowfall 40.5"

Coolest Month January

Warmest Month July

State and Local Taxes

No Corporate Income Tax

No Personal Income Tax

No Personal Property Tax

No Business Inventory Tax

Low Unemployment Insurance Rates

Low Worker's Compensation Rate

Sales Tax Rates

Local Sales Tax Rates 2.0%

Local Hospitality Tax Rate 1.0%

State Sales Tax Rate 4.0%

State Tourism Tax Rate 1.5%

Local Government Style of Government: Commissioner

City Government Services

Fire Dept. Personnel 9 Full-time; 36 Part Time

Fire Insurance Rating Class 5

Police Force 26 Police Officers

City Zoning Enforcement Yes

City (Non-Ag) Property Tax Levy $25.933/ Thousand

Population* 1990 2000 2010 2015 (est.)

City of Huron 12,448 11,893 12,592 13,163

Beadle County 18,253 17,023 17,398 18,372

State of SD 696,004 754,844 814,180 858,469

Source: US Dept. of Census

Medical Professionals/Specialty # of providers

Family Medicine 5

Radiology 1

Urology 1

Pediatrics 1

General Surgery 2

Internal Medicine 4

Orthopedic Surgery 2

Gynecology/Obstetrics 1

Psychology 1

Oncology 1

Nephrology 2

Pulmonology 1

Physician Assistants 8

Ophthalmology 2

Optometry 5

Pathology 1

Dentistry 6

Orthodonistry 2

Chiropractics 6

Neurology 1

Cardiology 3

Psychiatry 1

General Practice 2

Ear, Nose & Throat 2

Health Services:

Hospital: Huron Regional Medical Center 25 bed Critical Access Facility

Our Home Inc. Three specialized residential treatment programs for troubled youth.

Community Counseling Services A comprehensive community mental health center, providing outpatient treatment for alcohol and chemical abuse and general mental health services, including an employee assistance program.

Huron Area Center for Independence A center to assist individuals with developmental disabilities.

Nursing Homes/Assisted Living/Senior Services

Facility Name # of Beds/ Units

Sunquest Health Care Center 163

Violet Tschetter Nursing Home 58

Sunquest Village (residential care) 59

Courtyard Apartments 43

Huron Towers 20

Prairie Crossings Assisted Living 14

StoneyBrook Suites 20

Huron Area Senior Center

Adult Services and Aging

Huron Adult Day Care

Transportation and Commercial Services

Commercial Air Services: Huron Regional Airport

Airline Servicing Airport: Great Lakes Aviation

Runways: Two runways available, one 8,000 ft and one 7,200 ft

Huron Regional airport is located at the north edge of Huron on SD Hwy 37. Great lakes Aviation provides round trip flights to

Denver, CO and Minneapolos, MN. Private charter flights are also available as well as ambulance service, aerial spraying, flight

instruction and 24 hour fuel service.

Highways: Huron is served by US Highw ay 14 and SD Highw ay 37 w hich intersect the City of Huron. Interstate

29 is 75 miles to the east by way of super 2 lane highway. Interstate 90 is 50 miles to the south by way of four-lane highway.

Rail Services: Huron boasts tw o different rail connections w ithin 10 m iles of the city. Through reciprocal

switching agreements both Burlington Northern Santa Fe and the Genessee & Wyoming service the area.

Trucking: There are 3 m ajor trucking and m otor freight com panies servicing the Huron area.

Rental Cars: Iverson Motors, Ace Rent-a-Car and

Huron Automotive

Lodging: 9 m otels, 375 room s

Commercial Transportation: People ’s Transit

Churches: Over 30 churches, over 20 denom inations

Financial: 5 Banks, 5 Credit Unions

Telecommunications:

Huron boasts a highly sophisticated telecommunications infrastructure. Today, existing businesses in the community take

advantage of voice, video and data services via a frame relay, digital and ISDN networks through T1, T3, DS1 or DS3 switch

gear. Redundancy resources, such as Sonet-backbone are also available. High speed internet services are available in wireless

or cable formats.

Media Services:

Printed Media: Radio Stations: Internet Providers: Daily Plainsman—Daily KIJV, 1340 AM and 95.3 FM Midcontinent Cable PayDay—Weekly Today’s Top Hits Dish Network Prairie Tracks—Monthly music format with news Direct TV and sports broadcasting Century Link Television: (and others) Midcontinent Cable KOKK, 1210 AM Direct TV Classic country music Telephone Services: Dish Network format with news and A T & T sports broadcasting Verizon Cellular Century Link KZKK, 105.1 FM Midcontinent Cable Hot new country format (and others) with state, local and NASCAR sporting news KJRV, 93.3 FM Classic rock music format