South Dakota towns follow Watertown’s lead

A 2012 "charrette" at the Goss Opera House gathered ideas to improve downtown, and now other communities are using the same process.


Julia Hellwege, director of the Chiesman Center for Democracy at the University of South Dakota, takes notes during a community discussion on Oct. 7, 2024, at The Space in Hot Springs, S.D., as Carson Walker, CEO of South Dakota News Watch, listens in. Photos by Bart Pfankuch, South Dakota News Watch.

By Bart Pfankuch, South Dakota News Watch
HOT SPRINGS, S.D. – A sense of optimism and opportunity filled the air as a group of residents of this south...

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