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Belle Fourche Industrial & Rail Park Approved as a South Dakota Certified Ready Site
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The Belle Fourche Industrial & Rail Park has been approved as a South Dakota Certified Ready Site. The announcement was made during a presentation at the Belle Fourche Development Corporation’s monthly board meeting in July.
“Belle Fourche has made some incredible strides in economic development the last year,” Pat Costello, Commissioner of the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) said. “Greg Krajewski and other leaders in the community understand the value the South Dakota Certified Ready Sites Program brings to its community. The Belle Fourche Development Corporation is no stranger to partnering with the GOED and its programs. I appreciate Belle’s continued commitment to economic development.”
“Getting the Belle Fourche Industrial & Rail Park certified ready was a major goal for the Belle Fourche Development Corporation in 2014,” said Greg Krajewski, executive director, Belle Fourche Development Corporation. “Now we can market this designation not only on our website, but on the GOED website as well. Heavy industrial parks such as ours have to have the ‘Certified Ready Site’ designation to get a serious look from site selectors. The GOED had the foresight to create the Certified Ready Site program to ensure South Dakota communities who have this designation will do well in attracting manufacturing companies to their cities.”
The Belle Fourche Industrial & Rail Park is the community’s first site to be approved as a South Dakota Certified Ready Site.
The program is an economic development tool available to all counties, cities, townships, planning districts, business improvement districts and developers.
The South Dakota Certified Ready Sites Program is operated under the supervision of the GOED for the purpose of providing consistent information on sites available throughout the state. For more information on the program, visit www.sdreadytopartner.com.
Municipal swimming pools are no longer regulated by the State of South Dakota, however, these facilities should be tested for coliform bacteria during each week of operation.
All pool samples should be tested for “total coliform,” which is an indicator bacteria for drinking water and pools. j “Total Coliform – Negative” means that no coliform bacteria were found and the water is safe. j “Total Coliform –Positive” means that coliform bacteria were found.
Two or more consecutive positive samples indicates a general trend of bacteria presence in the pool. Corrective measures should be taken, such as superchlorination, to prevent a health related incident caused by poor water quality.
