We are dedicated to building South Dakota’s rural communities and we do that through four programs:

• Leadership Development
• Community Development
• Economic Development
• Public Relations Development

These four programs will help identify any resource gaps in your current plan while actively engaging individuals, organizations and the broader community into real and lasting change. Our goal is that our programs will help bring about diversification, positive growth, and a sustainable quality of life for South Dakota’s rural economies and communities that are invested in themselves.

Library of Community Resources:

• Entrepreneur Assessment Guide: Understanding Your Starting Point
• Entrepreneur Coaching for Community Success
• 5 Strategies for Active Economic Development
• Entrepreneurial Communities Initiative: Growing an Entrepreneurial Community
• 6 Myths About the Future of Small Towns
• Growth Entrepreneurs Profiled
• 7 Secrets to Coping with Change in Small Towns
• 8 Challenges Facing Community Leaders
• Entrepreneur Development Opportunities
• 10 Keys to Economic Success
• 10 Ideas for Recruiting New Leaders
• 12 Principles of Great Leadership
• Asset Mapping Tool
• Building Local Leadership: The Heartland Center Guide to Developing Local Leaders
• Clues to Rural Community Survival
• Clues to Rural Community Survival: Workbook
• Energizing an Entrepreneurial Economy
• Entrepreneurial Asset Mapping Tool
• The Entrepreneurial Community: A Strategic Leadership Approach to Community Survival
• Worksheet for Mapping Entrepreneur Resources
• 7 Entreprenuers Who Put It All on the Line
• Hiring and Management: How Smart Leaders Build Great Teams
• Startup Balance: Finding the Harmony Between Work and Life
• Managing Collaboration in Small Towns and Neighborhoods
• Creating Entrepreneurial Communities: Building Community Capacity for Ecosystem Development
• Philanthropic Tools for Self-Determined Communities