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Goal 4 - Brand and Develop South Dakota’s Quality of Life as the
Best in America by 2010

   
  Legend:  = Completed  = In Progress  = Not Completed

 

 
  4A. Enhance South Dakota's image to young people in an effort to retain and import young adults.
     
1. Establish Dakota Corps program in 2004.  
2. Work with South Dakota businesses and post-secondary education to identify needs and broaden internship opportunities. ONGOING  
3. Promote South Dakota in terms of culture, employment and quality of life to young adults. ONGOING  
       
  4B. Enhance History and Arts as a tool for economic development and cultural tourism    
         
1. Monitor the economic impact of arts and history in South Dakota. ONGOING    

2.

Advance history and arts as essential to lifelong learning.

  • Promote State Historical Society's traveling museum exhibits and educational kits programs. ONGOING
  • Expand the Arts in School Program and Arts in Community Programs.
  • Involve and expand young audiences and professional participation in arts and history programs.
  • Partner with and engage the business and economic development community in history and arts activities.
  • Collaborate with the tourism industry to better promote cultural/heritage tourism.
  • Discover opportunities for expanding other history and arts programs. ONGOING
   
         
  4C. Stabilize rural populations through community development  
       
In Progress 1.

Build up infrastructure.

  • Railroad (ex: DME expansion). ONGOING
  • Water projects (ex: Lewis and Clark). ONGOING
  • Communication (ex: wireless service in every community.) ONGOING

 
In Progress 2. Facilitate cooperation between cities and the towns near them. ONGOING  
Completed 3. Facilitate the development of community plans.  
In Progress 4. Develop government resource directory. ONGOING  
       
  4D.  Stimulate affordable homeownership, rental housing and day care facilities in South Dakota communities which evidence need  
       
1. Collaborate with our partners to secure and invest $2 billion in private and public capital to provide for affordable owner occupied housing, rental housing and daycare facilities. ONGOING  
2. Expand existing partnerships, programs and services to provide homeownership and rental development opportunities and federal subsidies to the state's low-income working residents, the elderly and persons with disabilities. ONGOING  
       
  4E. Improve cooperative efforts with the Native American tribes  
       
Completed 1. Establish lasting tribal partnerships.  
2. Assist in developing business infrastructure with the tribes. ONGOING  
3. Continue to improve rural tourism efforts with tribes. ONGOING  
Completed 4. Increase staffing of the Office of Tribal Relations.  
5. Promote the establishment of cultural, non-competitive exchanges between reservation and non-reservation schools. ONGOING     
       

 

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