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City Highlight | Miller
MILLER KECIABERANEK |ONHANDDEVELOPMENTCORPORATION
Iwasorganizingphotostheotherday when I came across one from Main Street Miller in the 1950s with this written on it: “The Biggest Little City inSouthDakota.”
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Not many rural communities I know have a Main Street like Miller Main Street. We are home to a shoe store, a clothing store, a gift shop with gourmet coffee, several places to eat, places to get your hair, nails, andeyebrowsdone,hardwarestore, veterinary clinic, two banks, a fullservicepharmacy,gunstore,grocery store,andseveralplacestogetfresh flowers. Our flowers, art murals, awnings, and Christmas lights also add a nice look to our thriving Main Street. Our big, little city has so much to do! Miller boasts great ball parks and community parks. Crystal Park has a generous amount of space to accommodatefreecamping,picnics, “Arts in the Park” programming and provides a great sledding spot in the winter months. Crystal Park is also home to our Christmas Light Show the entire month of December. Miller is home to a challenging 9-hole golf course, an outdoor pool with a slide and baby pool, an outdoor movie theatre,andcarracesinthesummer months.
You don’t have to go far at all for your medical needs. Avera Hand County Hospital, Avera Clinic, Visioncare, Good Samaritan Nursing Home, Rexall Drug Pharmacy, Carr Chiropractic, and Community Health take care of our medical needs from birth to the ends of our lives. Not to mentiontwogreatvetclinicsthathelp withourpetsandlivestock!
Little school, BIG education. Data provestheeffectivenessofourschool. Miller graduates are amazed at how prepared they are when attending highereducationinstitutes.Theschool facilities are well maintained and provideasoundlearningenvironment forstudentsjustlearningtoreadand studentsgettingreadytoleavehome.
What makes our community thrive? PEOPLE!Businessownersthatinvest theirtimeandmoneyinourcommunity make it possible. Organizations like On Hand Development, the Miller Civic and Commerce, Miller Community Foundation, Miller Lions Club, and the Miller Arts Council make it possible. Volunteers make it possible. Shoppers that support these businesses make it possible. Youth make it possible.
Miller is the “Biggest Little City in SouthDakota.”Stopbysometimeand checkoutwhyweclaimthattitle.■
