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Fieldbus Foundation Seminar Attendees Eligible For Certification
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HART Communication Foundation Seeks Nominees For Plant Of The Year Award
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Flowserve Joins ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute
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MOL Danube Refinery Named HART Plant of the Year | 02/03/2011 |
Honeywell Selects Tofino Modbus Read-Only Firewall | 01/12/2011 |
Rockwell Automation Streamlines Remote Services Options
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Rapid City, South Dakota
Rapid City Mni Lúzahaŋ Otȟúŋwahe |
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Nickname(s): Gateway to the Black Hills, City of Presidents | |
Location in Pennington County and the state of South Dakota |
Coordinates: 44°04′34″N 103°13′41″W / 44.076°N 103.228°WCoordinates: 44°04′34″N 103°13′41″W / 44.076°N 103.228°W | |
Country | United States |
State | South Dakota |
County | Pennington |
Founded | 1876[1] |
Incorporated | 1882 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Sam Kooiker |
Area[2] | |
• City | 55.49 sq mi (143.72 km2) |
• Land | 55.41 sq mi (143.51 km2) |
• Water | 0.08 sq mi (0.21 km2) |
Elevation | 3,202 ft (976 m) |
Population (2010)[3] | |
• City | 67,956 |
• Estimate (2012[4]) | 69,854 |
• Density | 1,226.4/sq mi (473.5/km2) |
• Metro | 138,738 (US: 290th) |
Time zone | Mountain (UTC−7) |
• Summer (DST) | Mountain (UTC−6) |
Zip code | 57701, 57702, 57703, 57704, 57709 |
Area code(s) | 605 |
FIPS code | 46-52980 |
GNIS feature ID | 1265333[5] |
Website | www.rcgov.org |
Rapid City (Lakota: Mni Lúzahaŋ Otȟúŋwahe;[6]; "Swift Water City") is the second-largest city in the State of South Dakota, and the county seat of Pennington County.[7] Named after Rapid Creek on which the city is established, it is set against the eastern slope of the Black Hills mountain range. The population was 67,956 as of the 2010 Census.[8] Rapid City is known as the "Gateway to the Black Hills" and the "City of Presidents". The city is divided by a mountain range that splits the western and eastern parts of the city into two. Ellsworth Air Force Base located on the outskirts of the city. United States Army National Guard, Camp Rapid is located in West Rapid. In the nearby towns are Custer alongside Custer State Park, the Historic old west town of Deadwood is nearby. In the hills nearby Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse Memorial are located.
The public discovery of gold in 1874 by the Custer Expedition brought a mass influx of settlers into the Black Hills region of South Dakota. Rapid City was founded (and originally known as "Hay Camp") in 1876 by a group of disappointed miners, who promoted their new city as the "Gateway to the Black Hills." John Brennan and Samuel Scott, with a small group of men, laid out the site of the present Rapid City in February 1876, which was named for the spring-fed Rapid Creek that flows through it. A square mile was measured off and the six blocks in the center were designated as a business section. Committees were appointed to bring in prospective merchants and their families to locate in the new settlement. The city soon began selling supplies to miners and pioneers. Its location on the edge of the Plains and Hills and its large river valley made it the natural hub of railroads arriving in the late 1880s from both the south and east. By 1900, Rapid City had survived a boom and bust and was establishing itself as an important regional trade center for the upper midwest.
Although the Black Hills became a popular tourist destination in the late 1890s, it was a combination of local efforts, the popularity of the automobile, and construction of improved highways that brought tourists to the Black Hills in large numbers after World War I. Gutzon Borglum, already a famous sculptor, began work on Mount Rushmore in 1927 and his son, Lincoln Borglum, continued the carving of the presidents' faces in rock following his father's death in 1941. The work was halted due to pressures leading to the US entry into World War II and the massive sculpture was declared complete in 1941. Although tourism sustained the city throughout the Great Depression of the 1930s, the gasoline rationing of World War II had a devastating effect on the tourist industry in the town, but this was more than made up for by the war-related growth.
The city benefited greatly from the opening of Rapid City Army Air Base, later Ellsworth Air Force Base, an Army Air Corps training base. As a result, the population of the area nearly doubled between 1940 and 1948, from almost 14,000 to nearly 27,000 people. Military families and civilian personnel soon took every available living space in town, and mobile parks proliferated. Rapid City businesses profited from the military payroll. During the Cold War, missile installations proliferated in the area: a series of Nike Air Defense sites were constructed around Ellsworth in the 1950s. In the early 60s the construction of three Titan missile launch sites containing a total of nine Titan I missiles in the general vicinity of Rapid City took place. Beginning in November 1963, the land for a hundred miles east, northeast and northwest of the city was dotted with 150 Minuteman missile silos and 15 launch command centers, all of which were deactivated in the early 1990s.[9]
In 1949, city officials envisioned the city as a retail and wholesale trade center for the region and designed a plan for growth that focused on a civic center, more downtown parking places, new schools, and paved streets. A construction boom continued into the 1950s. Growth slowed in the 1960s, but the worst natural disaster in South Dakota history, the Black Hills Flood led to another building boom a decade later. On June 9, 1972, heavy rains caused massive flooding of the Rapid Creek. More than 250 people lost their lives and more than $100 million in property was destroyed.
The devastation of the flood and the outpouring of private donations and millions of dollars in federal aid led to the completion of one big part of the 1979 plan: clearing the area along the Rapid Creek and making it a public park. New homes and businesses were constructed to replace those that had been destroyed. Rushmore Plaza Civic Center and a new Central High School were built in part of the area that had been cleared. The new Central High School opened in 1978, with the graduating class in that year straddling both the original Central (housed in what is now Dakota Middle School) and the new Central. The rebuilding in part insulated Rapid City from the drop in automotive tourism caused by the Oil Embargo in 1974, but tourism was depressed for most of a decade. In 1978, Rushmore Mall was built on the north edge of the city, adding to the city's position as a retail shopping center.
In 1980 in United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the government of the United States had illegally stolen the Black Hills from the Sioux people when the government unilaterally broke the treaty that guaranteed the Black Hills belonged to the Sioux. The court decision offered money, but the Sioux declined on principle that the theft of their land should not be validated, and still demand the return of the land.[10] This land includes Rapid City, which is by far the largest modern settlement in the Black Hills. As of 2010, the dispute has not been settled.
In the 1980s, growth was fueled by an increase in tourism, increasingly tied to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, followed by another decline in the late 1990s. Fears for the closure of Ellsworth AFB as part of the massive base closure process in the 1990s and 2000s led to attempts to expand other sectors of the economy, but growth continued and the city expanded significantly during this period.
Today, Rapid City is South Dakota's primary city for tourism and recreation. With the approval of a Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory at the Homestake Mine site in nearby Lead, Rapid City has a future of great advancements in technology, medicine, and scientific research.
1972 Rapid Creek Flood[edit]
On June 9–10, 1972, extremely heavy rains over the eastern Black Hills of South Dakota produced record floods on Rapid Creek and other streams in the area. Nearly 15 inches (380 mm) of rain fell in about 6 hours near Nemo, and more than 10 inches (250 mm) of rain fell over an area of 60 square miles (160 km2). According to the Red Cross, the resulting peak floods (which occurred after dark) left 238 people dead and 3,057 people injured.[11] In addition to the human tragedy, total damage was estimated in excess of $160 million (about $821 million in 2009 dollars), which included 1,335 homes and 5,000 automobiles that were destroyed. Runoff from this storm produced record floods (highest peak flows recorded) along Battle, Spring, Rapid, and Box Elder Creeks. Smaller floods also occurred along Elk Creek and Bear Butte Creek. Canyon Lake Dam, on the west side of Rapid City, broke the night of the flood, unleashing a wall of water down the creek. The 1972 flooding has an estimated recurrence interval of 500 years,[12] which means that a flood of this magnitude will occur on average once every 500 years. Every year there is a 0.2 percent chance (1 in 500) of experiencing a similar event. To prevent a similar tragedy from occurring in the future, the city's flood plain is no longer allowed to be built upon. Today the flood plain features golf courses, parks, sports arenas, and arboretums where neighborhoods and businesses once stood.
In 2007, the Rapid City Public Library created a 1972 Flood digital archive that collects survivors' stories, photos and news accounts of the flood. The Journey Museum has an interactive display on the 1972 flood which is an ongoing project to give future generations the best idea of how the people were affected and the changes made to it because of the loss of 238 lives. It will in the future include the biographies of all of those who died so they will be remembered as more than names on a memorial.
Rapid City is located at 44°04′34″N 103°13′42″W / 44.076188°N 103.228299°W. The downtown elevation of Rapid City is 3,202 feet (976 m) and Rapid City sits in the shadow of Harney Peak; which at 7,242 feet (2,207 m), is the highest point east of the Rocky Mountains.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 55.49 square miles (143.71 km2), of which, 55.41 square miles (143.5 km2) of it is land and 0.08 square miles (0.2 km2) is water.[13]
Rapid City is located on the eastern edge of the Black Hills, and is split in half by the Dakota Hogback. Rapid City's "Westside" is located in the Red Valley between the foothills of the Black Hills proper and the Dakota Hogback, so named for the red Spearfish formation soils and the way the valley completely circles the Black Hills. Rapid City has grown up into the foothills, with both ridges and valleys developed, especially in the last 20 years, and wildfire is a distinct threat to these residential areas, as shown by the Westberry Trails fire in 1988.
Skyline Drive follows the summits of the Dakota Hogback south from near Rapid Gap (where Rapid Creek cuts through the Hogback) to a large high plateau which forms the current south edge of Rapid City. The Central and Eastern portions of Rapid City lie in the wide valley of Rapid Creek outside the Hogback, which includes a number of mesas rising a hundred feet or more above the floodplain.
Rapid Creek[edit]
Rapid Creek flows through Rapid City, emerging from Dark Canyon above Canyon Lake and flowing in a large arc north of Downtown. Rapid Creek descends to the southeast as the valley widens. The floodplain of Rapid Creek is mostly a series of parks, arboretums, and bike trails, one legacy of the Black Hills Flood of 1972. To the north, a series of ridges separates Rapid Creek from Box Elder Creek, with large older and new residential areas and commercial areas along I-90. To the south, the terrain rises more steeply to the southern widening of the Dakota Hogback into a plateau dividing the Rapid Creek drainage from Spring Creek.
Rapid City features a steppe climate (Köppen BSk). Its location makes its climate unlike both the higher elevations of the Black Hills and the Great Plains to the east. It is characterized by long arid summers and long dry winters, with short but distinct spring and autumn seasons.
Winters are cold and dry, with December, with a daily average temperature of 24.9 °F (−3.9 °C), being the coldest month in recent years; however, Chinook winds can warm temperatures above 50 °F (10 °C), doing so on average about 20 times from December to February.[14] Temperature inversions, however, occasionally produce warmer temperatures in the Black Hills. The low temperature reaches 0 °F (−17.8 °C) on an average 16 nights.[14] Snowfall is frequent but usually not heavy; March and April are typically the snowiest months, and the seasonal total averages 41 inches (104 cm).[14] Extensive snow cover does not remain for long, with only 9 days per year of 5 inches (13 cm) or more on the ground.[14]
Compared to locations in the east, spring warms rather gradually, with snow activity generally ceasing by May and precipitation totals beginning to increase. In the latter half of spring, storms typically develop over the Black Hills during the afternoon and move onto the plains in the evening. However, Rapid City still sees an average of 20 clear to partly cloudy days and 65 percent of its possible sunshine in June.[15] This is the traditional "flood" season for Rapid and other creeks in the Eastern Hills. Temperatures warm rapidly as summer approaches.
Summer in Rapid City is hot, relatively dry, and sunny. July is the warmest month of the year, having a daily average temperature of 72.6 °F (22.6 °C). There is an average of 31 days with 90 °F (32 °C)+ highs and 4.5 with 100 °F (38 °C)+ highs.[14] Due to the elevation and aridity, lows rarely remain at or above 70 °F (21 °C) and during summer occasionally lower to 50 °F (10 °C). Rapid City records an average of 9 thunderstorm days in August,[15] but only 1.56 inches (40 mm) of rain in that month.
Fall is a precipitous transition season, with the average first freeze in Rapid City is October 4 and late August through September in the Black Hills. The Rapid City area's first snowfall is usually in October, although higher elevations sometimes receive significant snow in September. Occasional cold fronts moving through the area bring blustery northwest winds.
Sunshine is abundant in the region, averaging 2850 hours, 65% of the possible total, per year.[16]
Rapid City holds a record for an extreme temperature drop of 47 °F (26 °C) in 5 minutes on January 10, 1911.[17] Extremes also range from −31 °F (−35 °C) on February 2, 1996 up to 111 °F (44 °C) on July 15, 2006.[18]
Climate data for Rapid City, South Dakota (Rapid City Regional Airport), 1981−2010 normals | |||||||||||||
Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F (°C) | 76 (24) |
75 (24) |
83 (28) |
93 (34) |
98 (37) |
109 (43) |
111 (44) |
107 (42) |
104 (40) |
96 (36) |
83 (28) |
75 (24) |
111 (44) |
Average high °F (°C) | 37.1 (2.8) |
39.6 (4.2) |
47.9 (8.8) |
58.3 (14.6) |
67.8 (19.9) |
77.8 (25.4) |
87.1 (30.6) |
86.4 (30.2) |
75.6 (24.2) |
61.4 (16.3) |
47.0 (8.3) |
36.9 (2.7) |
60.4 (15.8) |
Average low °F (°C) | 12.9 (−10.6) |
15.1 (−9.4) |
22.9 (−5.1) |
31.8 (−0.1) |
42.1 (5.6) |
51.2 (10.7) |
58.1 (14.5) |
56.6 (13.7) |
46.0 (7.8) |
34.1 (1.2) |
22.1 (−5.5) |
13.0 (−10.6) |
33.9 (1.1) |
Record low °F (°C) | −27 (−33) |
−31 (−35) |
−21 (−29) |
1 (−17) |
18 (−8) |
31 (−1) |
39 (4) |
38 (3) |
18 (−8) |
−2 (−19) |
−19 (−28) |
−30 (−34) |
−31 (−35) |
Precipitation inches (mm) | .30 (7.6) |
.44 (11.2) |
.93 (23.6) |
1.80 (45.7) |
3.22 (81.8) |
2.53 (64.3) |
1.85 (47) |
1.56 (39.6) |
1.29 (32.8) |
1.42 (36.1) |
.53 (13.5) |
.42 (10.7) |
16.29 (413.9) |
Snowfall inches (cm) | 4.4 (11.2) |
5.8 (14.7) |
8.7 (22.1) |
7.9 (20.1) |
1.1 (2.8) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
.2 (0.5) |
1.6 (4.1) |
6.0 (15.2) |
5.4 (13.7) |
41.1 (104.4) |
Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 5.4 | 5.7 | 7.6 | 9.5 | 11.7 | 12.3 | 9.5 | 7.7 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 94.3 |
Avg. snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 5.4 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 4.4 | .4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .4 | 1.5 | 4.1 | 5.8 | 33.1 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 164.3 | 175.2 | 232.5 | 246.0 | 272.8 | 312.0 | 334.8 | 322.4 | 261.0 | 226.3 | 156.0 | 148.8 | 2,852.1 |
Source: NOAA (extremes 1942−present),[14][18] HKO (sun only, 1961−1990) [16] |
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Census | Pop. | %± | |
1880 | 939 |
1890 | 2,128 | 126.6% | |
1900 | 1,342 | −36.9% | |
1910 | 3,454 | 157.4% | |
1920 | 5,777 | 67.3% | |
1930 | 10,464 | 81.1% | |
1940 | 13,844 | 32.3% | |
1950 | 25,312 | 82.8% | |
1960 | 42,390 | 67.5% | |
1970 | 43,846 | 3.4% | |
1980 | 46,492 | 6.0% | |
1990 | 54,523 | 17.3% | |
2000 | 59,607 | 9.3% | |
2010 | 67,956 | 14.0% | |
Est. 2012 | 69,854 | 2.8% | |
2012 Estimate[20] |
2010 census[edit]
As of the census[3] of 2010, there were 67,956 people, 28,586 households, and 16,957 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,226.4 inhabitants per square mile (473.5 /km2). There were 30,254 housing units at an average density of 546.0 per square mile (210.8 /km2). The racial makeup of the city was 80.4% White, 1.1% African American, 12.4% Native American, 1.2% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.7% from other races, and 4.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.1% of the population.
There were 28,586 households of which 29.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.2% were married couples living together, 13.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 40.7% were non-families. 32.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.90.
The median age in the city was 35.6 years. 23.9% of residents were under the age of 18; 10.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.7% were from 25 to 44; 25% were from 45 to 64; and 14.5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.5% male and 50.5% female.[21]
2000 census[edit]
As of the census of 2000, there were 59,607 people, 23,969 households, and 15,220 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,336.7 people per square mile (516.1/km2). There were 25,096 housing units at an average density of 562.8 per square mile (217.3/km2).[13] The racial makeup of the city was 84.33% White, 0.97% African American, 10.14% Native American, 1.00% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.73% from other races, and 2.77% from two or more races.[22] Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.77% of the population.[22]
There were 23,969 households out of which 31.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.7% were married couples living together, 12.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.5% were non-families. 29.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.96.[22]
In the city the population was spread out with 25.3% under the age of 18, 11.8% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 96.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.6 males.[21]
As of 2000 the median income for a household in the city was $35,978, and the median income for a family was $44,818. Males had a median income of $30,985 versus $21,913 for females. The per capita income for the city was $19,445. About 9.4% of families and 12.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.6% of those under age 18 and 6.9% of those age 65 or over.
Rapid City is a major medical care center for a five-state region, centered around the Rapid City Regional Hospital and the Indian Health Service's Sioux San Hospital. Other smaller, independent medical facilities have been established in the area, including the Black Hills Surgery Center, The Heart Doctors, The Spine Center at Rapid City, Setliff Sinus Institute, Black Hills Eye Institute and Regional Behavioral Healthcare. Two Veterans Affairs hospitals are located nearby at Fort Meade, and Hot Springs. Emergency medical services (EMS) are provided by the Rapid City Fire Department. Emergency medical transportation by rotor and fixed wing aircraft is provided by Black Hills Life Flight, operated by Air Methods Corp. based in Denver, CO. Rapid City is also home to a number of non-profit public health organizations that engage in survey and clinic research, epidemiology, and area-based health promotion disease prevention. The Health Education and Promotion Council and Black Hills Center for American Indian Health are two notable non-profit organizations.
Rapid City institutions of higher education include the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Oglala Lakota College's He Sapa College Center, West River Graduate and Undergraduate Center (South Dakota State University and the University of South Dakota), National American University, Western Dakota Technical Institute, Black Hills Beauty College, John Witherspoon College, and several small sectarian preacher training schools. Black Hills State University is located in nearby Spearfish, and offers several classes in Rapid City. The South Dakota state nurse training program is also based in Rapid City. There are two public high schools in the city, Central High School and Stevens High School. The city also has an alternative high school; Rapid City Academy, and at least four Christian high schools including Saint Thomas More, Rapid City Christian High School, Liberty Baptist Academy and Open Bible Christian School.
In 2012, 29.7 percent of Rapid City residents 25 years or over had earned a Bachelor's degree or higher.[23] This is on par with the average educational attainment in the United States. The highest rates of educational attainment in South Dakota can be found in metropolitan areas of Rapid City and Sioux Falls.
Rapid City Area Schools[edit]
The local public schools fall under the Rapid City Area Schools school district. There are two major high schools within the district. They are Central High School and Stevens High School. The middle schools include newly founded East Middle School, North Middle School, South Middle School, Southwest Middle School, and West Middle School. There are 16 elementary schools within the district. These are Black Hawk, Canyon Lake, Corral Drive, General Beadle, Grandview, Horace Mann, Kibben Kuster, Knollwood Heights, Meadowbrook, Pinedale, Rapid Valley, Robbinsdale, South Canyon, South Park, Valley View, and Woodrow Wilson.[24]
- The most successful of South Dakota's sports programs, Rapid City Post 22 American Legion Baseball has won dozens of state titles and made several appearances in the American Legion Baseball World Series, winning a title in 1993. Recently the Former Post 22 head coach Dave Ploof stepped down after 47 years. The new head coach Mitch Messer was unable to reach the state championship game in his first year at the helm of the baseball program.
- The Rapid City Thrillers was a professional basketball club that competed in the Continental Basketball Association beginning in the 1987-1988 season through the 1996-1997 season.
- The Black Hills Posse was a professional basketball club that competed in the International Basketball Association beginning in the 1995-1996 season.
- The Black Hills Gold was a professional basketball club that competed in the International Basketball Association during the 1999-2000 season.
- The Rapid City Flying Aces is an indoor football team that competed between 2000 and 2006 in the Indoor Football League, United Indoor Football, and National Indoor Football League, changing names from season to season.
- The Rapid City Rush is a minor league hockey team in the CHL.
- The Rushmore Hockey Association is the home of youth hockey in Rapid City, competing in the South Dakota Amateur Hockey Association. The Rushmore Thunder won 2010 State Championships for Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Pee Wee B.
- There is also another American legion baseball team in Rapid City Rapid City Post 320 Stars they have yet to win a state championship.
Art and culture[edit]
Because of the importance of tourism in the area, and its extensive market area, Rapid City has many cultural resources usually found only in much larger urban areas. Among these are:
- Alternative Fuel Coffeehouse
- The Journey Museum
- Museum of Geology
- Dahl Arts Center
- The Rapid City Public Library
- Heritage Festival
- Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
- Black Hills Playhouse
- Storybook Island Theater
- Art Alley Gallery
- Black Hills Community Theatre
- Black Hills Symphony Orchestra
- Black Hills Chamber Orchestra
- Prairie Edge Art Gallery
- Chapel in the Hills
Rapid City also has a large amount of public sculpture on display in many parts of the city. The most visible is "The City of Presidents" - a series of life-sized bronze statues representing each of the American presidents. The statues are located on street corners in the downtown area. Five South Dakota artists created the statues: Edward E. Hlavka, Lee Leuning, John Lopez, James Michael Maher, and James Van Nuys.[25] These statues are being erected by public subscription over a ten-year period between 2000 and 2010.
Sister cities[edit]
Rapid City has three sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International:
- Apolda, Germany
- Nikkō, Tochigi, Japan
- Yangshuo County, Guangxi, China
Industry and economy[edit]
Rapid City's economy is diverse, but has only a moderate amount of industry. Heavy and medium industrial activities include a Portland cement plant (constructed and owned for 84 years[26] by the State of South Dakota and sold in 2003 to GCC, a Mexican-based conglomerate), Black Hills Ammunition an ammunition and reloading supplies manufacturing company, several custom sawmills, a lime plant, a computer peripheral component manufacturing plant, and several farm and ranch equipment manufacturers. Of particular note, Rapid City is the center for the manufacture of Black Hills gold jewelry, a popular product with tourists and Westerners in general. Rapid City is also the location of the only manufacturer of stamping machines used for the labeling of plywood and chipboard products.
Although most gold mining has ceased in the Black Hills and was never done in or near Rapid City, mining of sand and gravel, as well as the raw materials for lime and Portland cement (including chemical-grade limestone, taconite iron ore, and gypsum) remains an important part of the economy.
The largest sector of the Rapid City economy is government services, including local, state, and federal. Major employers include Ellsworth Air Force Base,[27] home of the 28th Bomb Wing flying the B-1B long-range bomber; the Army National Guard based at Camp Rapid and hosting annual exercises in the Black Hills drawing troops from five to ten states; and various federal agencies including the National Park Service, US Forest Service, and Indian Health Service.
The Rapid City Regional Hospital Healthcare System covers one of the largest expansions of territory in the United States. The health care sector employs over 8,000 persons in the Rapid City area.[27]
Tourism is also a major portion of the Rapid City economy,[27] due to the proximity of Mount Rushmore, Sturgis, home of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, Deadwood, and other attractions in the Black Hills. Rapid City is the major source of services for the Motorcycle Rally, and the Rally's demand for motel rooms, camp sites, and other services for tourists during the first week of August means that Rapid City has the capacity to host large conventions and large numbers of tourists year-round. Various minor tourist attractions, including wildlife parks, specialty shops, caves, water parks, private museums, and other businesses are found in and near Rapid City.
Other economic sectors include financial service and investing companies such as Waddell and Reed, Citibank, WaMu, Merrill Lynch, and Northwestern Mutual. Rapid City is the headquarters for Assurant Insurance's pre-need division and Rapid City has a strong medical services sector, and institutions of higher education. Rapid City is also the major market town for much of five states, drawing commerce from more than half of South Dakota, and large portions of North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, and the Nebraska Panhandle.
The real compound annual growth rate of the gross domestic product of the Rapid City Metropolitan Statistical Area was 1.8% for 2001-2012.[28]
Rapid City is a major transportation hub for the Northern Plains. Rapid City Regional Airport provides flights to the airline hub cities of Denver, Minneapolis, Salt Lake City, Dallas-Fort Worth, Las Vegas, Phoenix/Mesa and Chicago. The airport also has extensive General Aviation operations, including wildfire fighting activities and medical flight support to Rapid City medical facilities and Indian Health Service operations in the Dakotas.
Historically, Rapid City was served by three railroads. Presently, the city is served by the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad (DM&E), now owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway. The DM&E serves the Northern Black Hills and heads south into Nebraska. DM&E lines run east to Minnesota and south through Nebraska to connect with major transcontinental railroads Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Union Pacific. South Dakota does not have Amtrak service, one of the few states that doesn't.
Rapid City's central location allows easy transport of products to both coasts, and trucking is a major business activity in the city. Improved connections with Denver and I-80 to the south, via the Heartland Expressway now under construction will primarily benefit local trucking.
Rapid City's location on the boundary of the Western and Eastern power grids, together with the hydroelectric plants of the Mainstem Dams on the Missouri River and the large coal fields and power plants of the Powder River Basin of Wyoming make it one of the points where the two national power grids connect with each other, allowing switching of electrical power from east to west and vice versa.
- Interstate 90 is the primary east-west route for Rapid City. Rapid City is served by a series of 7 exits. I-90 skims the northern side of Rapid City. The South Dakota DOT has been reconstructing most of these interchanges in the last five years.
- Interstate 190 is an Interstate spur linking downtown Rapid City to Interstate 90.
- US Highway 16 is the main route to the southwest and the Black Hills from Rapid City. It links Rapid City to Custer and then west to Newcastle, Wyoming, where it connects to US Highway 85 for travel to Cheyenne and Denver. Reconstructed as a four-lane parkway connecting Rapid City to Mount Rushmore in the mid-1960s, major segments have been rebuilt as three-lane or "super-two" highways in the past decade, to support increased tourist traffic.
- South Dakota Highway 44 is a state highway that links the interior of the Black Hills to the southwest of Rapid City, and the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and nearby areas in the Great Plains to the southeast.
- South Dakota Highway 79 is a state highway that is multiplexed with I-90 northwest of Rapid City. SD Highway 79 extends to North Dakota. South of Rapid City to Nebraska, Highway 79 is being reconstructed as the Heartland Expressway, a high-speed four-lane highway which will eventually connect to Interstate 80 in Nebraska and the Colorado Front Range near Denver. The Heartland Expressway may eventually be extended along US Highway 85 north to Regina, Saskatchewan, to create an additional major north-south artery through the Great Plains which would pass through Rapid City.
Rapid City's location on the boundary of the Western and Eastern power grids, together with the hydroelectric plants of the Mainstem Dams on the Missouri River and the large coal fields and power plants of the Powder River Basin of Wyoming make it one of the points where the two national power grids connect with each other, allowing switching of electrical power from east to west and vice versa. Rapid City has its own coal-fired power plant, but also obtains much of its power from both the Missouri dams and power stations near Gillette, Wyoming. Electrical rates are considered relatively low.
Rapid City obtains most of its water supply from Rapid Creek and the alluvial aquifers associated with the creek, owning significant water rights in Pactola Reservoir located some 15 miles (24 km) west of the city, but does also obtain water from some springs in the vicinity, and has the ability to draw water from deep formations which receive water from recharge in areas of the Black Hills where the formations come to the surface. The heavy dependence on shallow alluvial aquifers is of some concern to planners, as most suburbs of Rapid City use septic systems for domestic sewage treatment. However, water supplies remain relatively good for future growth.
The Rapid City Regional Airport operates at below maximum capacity for general aviation and commercial aviation, and is capable of handling all current commercial passenger and cargo aircraft.
Rapid City no longer has passenger rail service. Rail cargo service is limited: the Dakota, Minnesota, and Eastern provides connections to other cities in South Dakota and Minnesota, and connects to major rail service along the Mississippi River corridor, but the DM&E also connects to major transcontinental rail lines to the south, in Nebraska and Wyoming.
Rapid City has limited city-to-city bus service along I-90, but many charter bus services operate in the area, and connect Rapid City and Deadwood with cities in Colorado, Nebraska, and Iowa. Rapid City does have a municipally-owned bus service with multiple bus stops and a headquarters in the city.
The estimated 2012 population of the Rapid City Metropolitan Statistical Area (consisting of Pennington County, Meade County, and Custer County was 138,738.[29] Most cities and towns in the Black Hills and the surrounding plains have a significant percentage of their population which commute to and from Rapid City, and many residents of Rapid City work in outlying towns. Among the nearer suburbs in Pennington and Meade Counties:
- Ashland Heights
- Rapid Valley
- Blackhawk
- Piedmont Valley
- Piedmont
- Box Elder
- Colonial Pine Hills
- Caputa
- Hermosa
- Nemo
- Rimrock Area
- Johnson Siding
- Rockerville
- Summerset
- Whispering Pines
- Moon Meadows
Communities at a greater distance from Rapid City include:
- New Underwood
- Silver City
- Keystone
- Hill City
- Hayward
- Spearfish
- Sturgis
- Belle Fourche
- Wall
Local media[edit]
AM Radio[edit]
AM radio stations | ||||||
Frequency | Call sign | Name | Format | Owner | City of License | Broadcast Market |
580 AM | KZMX | 580 Country | Country | Mt. Rushmore Broadcasting, Inc | Hot Springs | Rapid City |
810 AM | KBHB | Five State Ranch Radio | Farm | New Rushmore Radio, Inc | Sturgis | Rapid City |
920 AM | KKLS | 97.5 The Hills | Contemporary Hits | New Rushmore Radio, Inc | Rapid City | Rapid City |
980 AM | KDSJ | Oldies | Goldrush Broadcasting, Inc | Deadwood | Rapid City | |
1150 AM | KIMM | Big Kim Country | Classic Country | Gunslinger Radio, Inc | Rapid City | Rapid City |
1340 AM | KTOQ | K-Talk AM 1340 | News/Talk | Haugo Broadcasting, Inc | Rapid City | Rapid City |
1380 AM | KOTA | Radio 1380 KOTA | News/Talk | Duhamel Broadcasting Enterprises | Rapid City | Rapid City |
FM Radio[edit]
FM radio stations | ||||||
Frequency | Call sign | Name | Format | Owner | Target city/market | City of license |
88.3 FM | KLMP | The Light | Christian | Bethesda Christian Broadcasting | Rapid City | Rapid City |
88.7 FM | K204FB | Community Radio KILI-FM translator |
Lakota Communications Inc. | Rapid City | Rapid City | |
89.3 FM | KBHE | South Dakota Public Broadcasting | NPR | SD Board of Directors for Educational Telecommunications | Rapid City | Rapid City |
89.9 FM | KQFR | Family Radio | Christian | Family Stations Inc | Rapid City | Rapid City |
90.3 FM | KASD | American Family Radio | Christian | American Family Radio | Rapid City | Rapid City |
91.3 FM | KTEQ | K-Tech | Alternative | Tech Educational Radio Council | Rapid City | Rapid City |
91.7 FM | K218DX | CSN International | Christian KAWZ-FM translator |
CSN International | Rapid City | Box Elder |
92.2 FM | KQRQ-FM | Q92.3 | Classic Hits | New Generation Broadcasting | Rapid City | Rapid City |
93.1 FM | KRCS | Hot 93.1 | Top 40 | New Rushmore Radio, Inc. | Rapid City | Sturgis |
93.9 FM | KKMK | Magic 93.9 | Hot AC | New Rushmore Radio, Inc. | Rapid City | Rapid City |
95.1 FM | KSQY | K-Sky | Album Oriented Rock | Haugo Broadcasting, Inc | Rapid City | Deadwood |
95.9 FM | KZZI | The Eagle | Country | Duhamel Broadcasting | Rapid City | Belle Fourche |
96.3 FM | K242BK | The Eagle | Country | Duhamel Broadcasting | Rapid City | Rapid City |
97.1 FM | KFND-LP | Religious | Calvary Chapel of the Black Hills | Rapid City | Rapid City | |
97.5 FM | K248BT | 97.5 The Hills | Adult Contemporary | New Rushmore Radio, Inc. | Rapid City | Rapid City |
97.9 FM | KTPT | The Point | Christian Rock | Bethesda Christian Broadcasting | Rapid City | Rapid City |
98.7 FM | KOUT | Kat Country 98.7 | Country | New Rushmore Radio, Inc | Rapid City | Rapid City |
99.5 FM | KRKI-FM1 | 99-5 The Range | Classic Country KRKI-FM booster |
Badlands Broadcasting | Rapid City | Rapid City |
100.3 FM | KFXS | 100.3 The Fox | Classic Rock | New Rushmore Radio, Inc | Rapid City | Rapid City |
101.1 FM | KDDX | X-Rock | Active Rock | Duhamel Broadcasting Enterprises | Rapid City | Spearfish |
101.9 FM | KFMH-FM1 | Oldies 101.9 | Oldies KFMH-FM booster |
Badlands Broadcasting | Rapid City | Rapid City |
102.7 FM | KXMZ | Hits 102.7 | Hot AC | Pandora Radio | Rapid City | Box Elder |
103.5 FM | K278AN | X-Rock | Active Rock KDDX-FM translator |
Duhamel Broadcasting Enterprises | Rapid City | Rapid City |
104.1 FM | KIQK | Kick 104 | Country | Haugo Broadcasting, Inc | Rapid City | Rapid City |
104.7 FM | K284BA | Hot 93.1 | Top 40 KRCS-FM translator |
New Rushmore Radio, Inc | Rapid City | Rapid City |
105.1 FM | KAWK | The Hawk 105.1 | Adult Contemporary | Haugo Broadcasting, Inc | Rapid City | Custer |
105.7 FM | K289AI | The Light | Christian KLMP-FM translator |
Bethesda Christian Broadcasting | Rapid City | Rapid City |
106.3 FM | KZLK | She 106.3 | Hot AC | Steven E. Duffy | Rapid City | Custer |
106.7 FM | K294BT | Big Kim Classic Country | Country KIMM-AM translator |
Gunslinger Radio, Inc | Rapid City | Rapid City |
107.3 FM | KSLT | Power 107.3 | Christian Contemporary | Bethesda Christian Broadcasting | Rapid City | Spearfish |
107.9 FM | K300AX | Power 107.3 | Christian Contemporary KSLT-FM translator |
Bethesda Christian Broadcasting | Rapid City | Rapid City |
- KEVN-TV 7 Fox (ATSC 18)
- KKRA-LP 24 MyNetworkTV/ION
- KWBH-LP 27 The CW
- KCPL-LP 52 Independent
- Rapid City Journal
- Rapid City Weekly Report
- Patriot (Ellsworth AFB Bulletin)
Places of interest[edit]
- Dinosaur Park
- Hart Ranch
- Reptile Gardens
- Bear Country USA
- Storybook Island
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
- The Journey Museum and Gardens
- Rapid City Public Library
- Rushmore Mall
Noteworthy people[edit]
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- Catherine Bach - Born in Cleveland, Ohio, actress, best known as Daisy Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard
- Shane Van Boening - Professional billiards player
- Dave Collins - Outfielder in Major League Baseball from 1975 to 1990
- Mark Ellis - Starting second baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers
- Jack van der Geest - Born in The Hague, Netherlands, Holocaust survivor, author of Was God on Vacation?
- Dick Green - Born in Sioux City, Iowa, professional baseball player
- Becky Hammon - WNBA player for San Antonio Silver Stars and the Russian national team
- Carrie Ingalls - Born in Montgomery County, Kansas, younger sister of author Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Lawrence Lessig - Lawyer, Stanford professor, founder of the Creative Commons, moved to Eastern United States as a child.
- Eric Piatkowski - Born in Steubenville, Ohio, NBA player and former Nebraska Cornhusker
- Kelvin Torve - Major League Baseball player for the Minnesota Twins and New York Mets
- Adam Vinatieri - Born in Yankton, S.D., NFL kicker for the Indianapolis Colts, formerly of the New England Patriots
- David Hallberg - Principal dancer with the American Ballet Theater and the Boshoi Ballet
- John Sherrill Houser - Painter and sculptor, born in Rapid City.
- Sean Doolittle - Professional baseball player
- Emily Graslie - Curiosity Correspondent for Chicago Field Museum and YouTube educational program host.
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- ^ "US Gazetteer files 2010". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
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- ^ "Population Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ Ullrich, Jan F. (2014). New Lakota Dictionary (2nd ed.). Bloomington, IN: Lakota Language Consortium. ISBN 978-0-9761082-9-0.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ "2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File". American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
- ^ The Brookings Institution. "Retiring a Minuteman ICBM (LGM-30F)". U.S. Nuclear Weapons Cost Study Project. Retrieved 2007-10-04.
- ^ Giago, Tim (2007-06-03). "The Black Hills: A Case of Dishonest Dealings". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2007-10-26.
- ^ "The 1972 Black Hills-Rapid City Flood Revisited". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2007-10-15.
- ^ (Burr and Korkow, 1996)
- ^ a b U.S. Census Bureau. Census 2000, Summary File 1. GCT-PH1. Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2000 - County Subdivision and Place, "Pennington County". American FactFinder. <http://factfinder2.census.gov>. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ a b c d e f "Station Name: SD RAPID CITY RGNL AP". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
- ^ a b "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Rapid City, South Dakota, United States of America". Retrieved September 5, 2009.
- ^ a b "Climatological Normals of Rapid City". Hong Kong Observatory. Retrieved 2010−05−14.
- ^ Lyons, Walter A (1997). The Handy Weather Answer Book (2nd ed.). Detroit: Visible Ink press. ISBN 0-7876-1034-8.
- ^ a b "Threaded Extremes". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 2013-03-10.
- ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
- ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012". Retrieved May 29, 2013.
- ^ a b U.S. Census Bureau. Census 2000. "QT-P1. Age Groups and Sex, Rapid City". American FactFinder. <http://factfinder.census.gov>. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
- ^ a b c U.S. Census Bureau. Census 2000. "Census Demographic Profiles, Rapid City" (PDF). CenStats Databases. <http://censtats.census.gov/data/>. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
- ^ "Educational Attainment". Black Hills Knowledge Network. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
- ^ "Rapid City Area Schools". Rapid City Area Schools. Archived from the original on 2007-12-22. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ visitrapidcity.com, Rapid City South Dakota Convention & Visitors Bureau, Rapid City, 2010. Retrieved on 2010-11-15.
- ^ Created by SD Constitutional Amendment, 1919.
- ^ a b c "Rapid City: Economy". City-Data.com. Retrieved 2008-10-16.
- ^ "Economic Output (GDP)". Black Hills Knowledge Network. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
- ^ "Population trends". Black Hills Knowledge Network. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
- Hasselstrom, Linda M. (1994). Roadside History of South Dakota. Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Publishing Company. ISBN 0-87842-262-5.
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Shane and Mary Courtney of Shelby County were honored as Kentucky Farm Bureau's (KFB) 2013 "Outstanding Young Farm Family" during the organization's 94th annual meeting in Louisville. Each year, KFB awards this distinction to a couple under age 35 who has exhibited the strongest farm management skills, most consistent financial growth and highest level of involvement in both Farm Bureau and the community.
Change in Recycling Dates–Holiday Schedule There will be a change in curbside recycling dates for Springfield. The City of Springfield has announced the following change of dates for their recycling schedule: Recycling dates of Dec. 25-26 will be changed to Jan. 2-3, 2014.
Volunteers Needed Volunteers are needed at the Lincoln Legacy Museum. If you have any free time, even a couple of hours would be greatly appreciated. Call Lena Russell at 859-336-3232.
City of Springfield officials came together for a short meeting last Monday at City Hall, adjourning after a 45-minute session.
The primary action taken was Mayor John W. Cecconi's appointment of Mark Moore to the board of zoning adjustment by executive order.
A motion was made by councilwoman Brooke Coulter to approve invoices for payment, as well as the approval of financial statements. The motion was seconded by councilman Willie Ellery and unanimously approved by those in attendance.
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In Leviticus, an ancient text sacred to Jews and Christians, God reminds his people that the land belongs to him, that they are but sojourners upon it, and that it is their purpose to provide for its redemption.
On Tuesday afternoon, some 70 believers, including nuns from three Catholic communities and representatives of Judaism, Sufism, Buddhism and Native American religion, gathered on a cold, windswept farm near New Haven to join in that redemptive work.
For those donating to Operation Christmas Child (OCC), it's about more than providing a child overseas with daily essentials, toys and treats; it's about spreading their faith.
Last year, Washington County donated 309 shoeboxes to children in need overseas. This year, however—the third that WC has been involved—the local community was responsible for the donation of 1,112 boxes.
A Washington County resident died following a single car accident on the Bluegrass Parkway Saturday afternoon around 2 p.m.
Nancy Christerson, 55, of Mackville, passed away on Saturday at Flaget Memorial Hospital due to injuries sustained after striking a guardrail and overturning along the roadway.
According to an accident report provided by the Nelson County Sheriff Department, Christerson was traveling east near the 34-mile marker on the Bluegrass Parkway when the accident occurred.
Mid Kentucky Chorus The Mid-Kentucky Chorus Christmas concerts have been rescheduled to the following dates and times: Friday, Dec. 13 in Bardstown at St. Joseph Cathedral at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 15 in Lebanon at St. Augustine Church at 3 p.m. For information or reservations, please call Susan Spalding at 859-336-9232.
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Explained: Thermoelectricity
April 26, 2010
Turning temperature differences directly into electricity could be an efficient way of harnessing heat that is wasted in cars and power plants.
Explained: Dynamo theory
March 24, 2010
Recent discoveries raise questions about how small planets can have self-sustaining magnetic fields
Explained: Climate sensitivity
March 18, 2010
If we double the Earth's greenhouse gases, how much will the temperature change? That's what this number tells you.
Also labeled: Climate, Environment
Explained: Regression analysis
March 15, 2010
Sure, it's a ubiquitous tool of scientific research, but what exactly is a regression, and what is its use?
Also labeled: Economics, Mathematics
Explained: Radiative forcing
March 9, 2010
When there's more energy radiating down on the planet than there is radiating back out to space, something's going to have to heat up
Explained: Linear and nonlinear systems
February 25, 2010
Much scientific research across a range of disciplines tries to find linear approximations of nonlinear behaviors. But what does that mean?
Explained: Gallager codes
January 21, 2010
In 1993, scientists achieved the maximum rate for data transmission — only to find they'd been scooped 30 years earlier by an MIT grad student.
Explained: The Shannon limit
January 19, 2010
A 1948 paper by Claude Shannon SM '37, PhD '40 created the field of information theory — and set its research agenda for the next 50 years.
Also labeled: Channel capacity, Channel coding, Communication theory, Information theory, Shannon limit
Explained: The Discrete Fourier Transform
November 25, 2009
The theories of an early-19th-century French mathematician have emerged from obscurity to become part of the basic language of engineering.
Explained: RNA interference
November 11, 2009
Exploiting the recently discovered mechanism could allow biologists to develop disease treatments by shutting down specific genes.
Also labeled: Bioengineering and biotechnology, Cancer, Health, Health sciences and technology, Koch Institute
Explained: P vs. NP
October 28, 2009
The most notorious problem in theoretical computer science remains open, but the attempts to solve it have led to profound insights.


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by Katie Bradley | Feb 20, 2014
In celebration of Black History Month, we are highlighting Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor, namesake of the Major Taylor Velodrome, a part of the Lake Sullivan Sports Complex of which Marian University became manager in 2011.
"To call the Major Taylor Velodrome our home track is such an honor and a reminder to always strive to be the best. His name gives us greater significance," said Dean Peterson, head coach of Marian University's 24-time national championship cycling team and executive director at the Indy Cycloplex.
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Realize What Matters at Marian University:
If you're considering transferring, a Transfer Visit Day can help you learn more about the exciting opportunities for learning and growth at Marian University.


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March. That's when the Dallas City Council will finally decide whether to ban single-use plastic (and paper) bags. That was the takeaway from today's council briefing on the subject, the umpteenth since Councilman Dwaine Caraway launched his crusade last March. For the first hour of the meeting, i ... More >>
Yesterday, the Dallas City Council green-lighted a long-delayed, million-dollar renovation of the dog park at White Rock Lake. Built for a song a dozen years ago, it is crowded, muddy and in bad need of an overhaul. City Councilman Dwaine Caraway agrees. He, like the rest of his colleagues, voted f ... More >>
If you're not familiar with Tenaha, Texas, go back and read this The New Yorker piece from August detailing how police and prosecutors in the tiny East Texas town used civil forfeiture laws and a phantom suspicion of drugs to seize cars, cash, jewelry and anything else they could find from innocent ... More >>
A young boy buys a bag of potato chips. He's barely out of the local bodega when he takes his first bite, thoughtlessly tossing aside the plastic bag it came in. Meanwhile, in an alleyway nearby, two more of the polyethylene sacks dislodge themselves as a garbage truck empties the contents of a gray ... More >>
Yesterday, Councilman Dwaine Caraway issued a call for a formal, citywide discussion on race. It isn't scheduled to take place until September 21, probably at City Hall, but it got a head start in the The Dallas Morning News' comments section.
In a weekend story previewing the City Council's discussion today on single-use plastic bags, the Dallas Morning News ran a photo of a tattered Kroger bag snagged on a barbed wire fence, downtown Dallas looming as a backdrop. "What I want to hear is who's going to go get these bags off this barbed ... More >>
It is impossible to miss Rudy's Chicken as you drive down Lancaster Avenue through southern Dallas. The overwhelming aroma of chicken and grease will hit you long before you see the peeling red and orange paint that marks the storefront. The string of ruby brake lights are a beacon, guiding you, oh ... More >>
Right now, the City Council is debating whether to lower fees and loosen the rules governing what businesses can put on sidewalks and public rights of way, the idea being that more sidewalk cafes and awnings and creative signage and landscaping can help create a more enjoyable urban experience. Plan ... More >>
Last week, as they City Council was being briefed on the still very incomplete effort to end chronic homelessness in Dallas, a frustrated Dwaine Caraway proposed a surefire solution: Why not round up the homeless people, stick them on a Greyhound bus, and send them back to where they came from? Most ... More >>
City officials have made this much clear: a plastic bag ban, a la Austin and any number of California cities, will be coming to Dallas -- eventually. Just last month, assistant city manager Jill Jordan told the City Council that Dallas is "maybe a year or two" away from considering such a measure. B ... More >>
The writing's been on the wall, one supposes, since KKDA-AM, a.k.a. Soul 73, abruptly laid off Bobby Patterson and most of the rest of its on-air staff, but the terse announcement posted to the station's website yesterday still comes as a shock: "Soul 730 KKDA is no longer broadcasting on the radio ... More >>
Last week, Dwaine Caraway sent us a little pre-Thanksgiving note. It read, in full: We are pleased to invite you to the District Four Community Celebration, on Monday, December 3 from 10am-2pm. The event will be held in the 6th Floor Flag Room at Dallas City Hall. Hosted by Councilman Dwaine Caraw ... More >>
Last week, the city's Park and Recreation Board made City Council member Dwaine Caraway very unhappy when they announced their plans to go about searching for someone to replace outgoing department director Paul Dyer. The seven-member committee won't be hiring a national search firm, instead lookin ... More >>
The city's Park and Recreation Board is looking for someone to replace Paul Dyer, who is retiring after two decades at the helm of the parks department. Last week, a seven-member search committee, comprised of park board president Max Wells and a half dozen other board members, decided to keep the s ... More >>
It was pretty much guaranteed that Dwaine Caraway's "Saggin' Pants Forum," held Saturday in City Hall chambers, was going to be weird. This was, after all, almost a full afternoon devoted to the City Council member and former mayor's ongoing crusade against men who don't belt their pants at the wais ... More >>
A few weeks ago, City Council member Dwaine Caraway ventured down to the first floor of City Hall, where he saw a sight that made his blood boil. Among the people waiting in line at the Bureau of Vital Statistics window was a very young man with his pants hanging down towards his knees. Preventing ... More >>
We're all holed up behind our verbal barricades on this Dixon Circle deal, me among the worst of them, surprise surprise. So maybe it's worth remembering that Dallas city councilman Dwaine Caraway was out there Tuesday night. He was urging calm among the hundreds of people angry about the fatal shoo ... More >>
Today, City Council member Dwaine Caraway relaunched his war on saggy pants with a press conference/"Pull 'Em Up" summit in City Hall, and it was without a doubt the single best thing to ever happen to Dallas. First there was the star-studded cast of characters: all of City Council, except for May ... More >>
Councilman Dwaine Caraway announced this morning at the City Council briefing that despite his half-decade long effort to get young men to pull 'em up, Dallas' sagging epidemic is only getting worse. "It's a doggone shame," he said. Seems that Caraway recently spotted two young men strolling throu ... More >>
The city of Dallas has been grappling for years with how to better regulate boarding homes for the elderly, mentally ill and disabled , which are currently subject to very little oversight. About three weeks ago, the city council's housing committee was told that licensing and regulating the homes c ... More >>
On Wednesdays I keep the city council broadcasts dialed up in the office for the high irritainment value. Besides, you never know what'll happen. Take yesterday, for instance. There were a few things I wanted to keep an eye on, but at the bottom of the bottom of the list was Addendum Item No. 10, ... More >>
Speaking of Dwaine Caraway ...The city council just voted on that Walmart Supercenter proposed for Ledbetter and R.L. Thornton, and though it ultimately passed unanimously it was no simple thing -- far from. It was quite the discussion -- heated at times, thoughtful at others. On the surface it w ... More >>
Yesterday afternoon, around 5:30, as a tiny audience sat in the city council chambers, former Mayor Dwaine Caraway came by and declared to Unfair Park, "I think we got something." That's right. A final redistricting map. Finally.Caraway spoke about three hours too soon, though. Last night at 8:30 ... More >>
Photo by Anna MerlanCaraway and Atkins at this morning's press conferenceDid you wake up this morning wondering what all the arguing's going to be about at Saturday's redistricting forum with Mayor Mike Rawlings and the city council members? Wonder no longer! At a City Hall press conference just ... More >>
Anna's gotten to know the city awfully well in a very short amount of time -- that's what sitting through every single redistricting meeting will do to and for you. And she was there for four hours last night, even though she's got a cover story due, like, now. And she'll be there all d ... More >>
Mary Suhm was right about one thing: When I asked her Thursday where she saw the council pushing back on her proposed FY2011-12 budget, she said, well, probably pools -- specifically, her suggestion that the city shutter five of its 17 pools in the coming fiscal year. Those pools: Bonnie View, Ex ... More >>
The end is near ... sort of. The city's Redistricting Commission is inching towards putting together a city map it can forward on to the city council, and everyone -- the public and commissioners alike -- is trying to get in a parting shot before then. Last night's meeting was a marathon ... More >>
Click to embiggen Dwaine Caraway's proposed map, or just look at it here.The next meeting of the Redistricting Commission is Tuesday -- I know, I know, settle down. At which point, the commission will discus yet another round of submissions, among them one from none other than council member Dwai ... More >>
This was Dwaine Caraway's last day as temporary unelected mayor of Dallas. He is now the former temporary mayor or FTM. But he thinks he's prime material for full-time elected mayor at some point in the future. That's not true. The reason why it is not true may not be what everybody thinks. ... More >>
At 10 this morning at the Meyerson Symphony Center, Mike Rawlings officially becomes Dallas mayor, and Dwaine Caraway goes back to being just one of 14 council members who must travel sans security detail. Shortly after that, more than likely, Pauline Medrano wi ... More >>
Remember when Dwaine Caraway gave Michael Vick a key to the city of Dallas and everyone got outraged and then-Mayor Tom Leppert had the city clamp down on who had access to the prize closet and Caraway said but look, man, I did it for the children? Yeah. Good times. Only, see, it's not hard to ge ... More >>
Photo by Patrick MichelsPatrick's heading down to City Hall shortly -- not just for the noon-thirty all-star press conference on the plaza, during which the mayor and police chief and council members will fill in every last blank concerning Thursday's 10 a.m. Mavs parade, but for today's meeting ... More >>
City Attorney Tom Perkins and Mayor Dwaine Caraway at last week's council meetingWhile I was on the phone with Chris Heinbaugh about the item just below this one, he mentioned that Mayor-Not-For-Long Dwaine Caraway informed his council colleagues today that he's ready to go with that whole ad hoc ... More >>
Photo by Sam MertenMany thanks to the great Rudolph Mantooth Bush, head scorekeeper at The News's City Hall Blog, who has shared Mayor Dwaine Caraway's sequel to his Payday Loan King ad slamming Mike Rawlings for his six-year stint on the board of directors of Ace Cash Express. But it's so much m ... More >>
City council members Angela Hunt and Vonciel Jones Hill are kicking ass at today's contentious hearing on the city council's recent unethics reform, which is about to wrap up. (Or not.) The council voted last April 13 to gut its ethics policy and allow political contributions from representatives ... More >>
Photos by Patrick MichelsMayor Dwaine Caraway, DPD Chief David Brown, City Attorney Tom Perkins, council members and other familiar faces gather to announce the closure of the Luxury Inn on S. Buckner Boulevard.If the city's shutting down another hookers-n-drugs party shack around town, you can b ... More >>
Photos by Sam MertenTrinity Trust Foundation chair Margaret McDermott Cook says Dallasites will be running from her as fund-raising for the Trinity project resumes.It was all smiles and back-slapping this afternoon as the city, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Trinity River Corridor Project p ... More >>
City Hall just sent word: Tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. in the Flag Room, Mayor Dwaine Caraway, Trinity River Corridor Project Committee Chairman Dave Neumann and representatives of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Trinity Trust Foundation and Trinity Commons Foundation will hold a press conference to a ... More >>
City of DallasCaraway chats with Ebby Halliday at her 100th birthday celebration today sponsored by the East Dallas Chamber of Commerce. Mayor Dwaine Caraway sent a letter on Friday expressing the city's "deepest condolences" to his counterpart in Sendai, Japan, Mayor Emiko Okuyama. Caraway menti ... More >>
Yesterday a commenter wrote in to Unfair Park in reference to an item about Dallas Mayor Dwaine Caraway and the legal action he has brought against his own city to prevent the release of an embarrassing police tape. The commenter said, "It's hard to imagine the tape shows anything other than ... More >>
Photo by Sam MertenMayor Dwaine CarawayAlong with a handful of other media outlets that filed open records requests about the incident at Mayor Dwaine Caraway's home near Cedar Crest Golf Course known as the "Arthur and Archie" ordeal, we asked for notes, audio, video and any other possible d ... More >>
Photos by Sam MertenMayor Dwaine Caraway asked mayoral candidate Ron Natinksy to put an endorsement sticker on his blazer this afternoon.Mayor Dwaine Caraway and 11 current and former council members endorsed council member Ron Natinksy for mayor this afternoon at City Hall Plaza. Caraway urg ... More >>
Photos by Sam MertenMayor Dwaine Caraway, his wife and council member Dave Neumann this morning at the City Hall Flag Room.Just minutes before presiding over his first meeting as the city's newly minted mayor, Dwaine Caraway assured a group of around 150 folks gathered for a light breakfast i ... More >>
Photos by Sam MertenWho can you name in this gathering of officials the mayor pulled together for a press conference-closing group photo?When Sam and I got to Main Street Garden around 2:15 this afternoon for the Statler-sale press conference, there weren't a lot of people around -- just a few fo ... More >>
At midnight, Dwaine Caraway will erase the "pro tem" from his title and become, simply, Dallas Mayor. And though he will replace U.S. Senate candidate Tom Leppert for just a few months, Caraway tells Unfair Park this evening: "It's very humbling to be able to be in this position." He then goes on ... More >>
Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway was on The Ticket's Dunham & Miller show about an hour ago talking about why he gave the key to the city to convicted dog torturer Michael Vick. It was so typical. The Ticket guys started out all big and pissed off, talking about how they were going to whip ... More >>
Photos by Patrick MichelsCity Attorney Tom Perkins, City Manager Mary Suhm, Mayor Tom Leppert and Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway. That's how many city officials it takes to knock down a building, plus Lt. Col. Mark Welch and the Texas National Guard. Operation Crackdown is rumbling along through Da ... More >>
There's a lot of shape-shifting going on below the media radar at City Hall, a sense that some kind of realignment is in the works. A lot of it has to do with the fraying and maybe dissolution of the traditional Citizens Council/South Dallas Deal. Mayor Tom Leppert has been the standard-bearer fo ... More >>
Andrea GrimesMayor Pro-Tem Dwaine Caraway improvises at today's Quit Smoking Dallas! press conference by inviting a smoking colleague to be mortified without notice.Joking happily about how he's already told you to pull up your pants and quit the K2, Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway hosted a press co ... More >>
Health and Human Services/FDASpeaking of the mayor pro tem ...City Hall just sent word that tomorrow at City Hall, Dwaine Caraway will be joined by SMU associate psychology prof Jasper Smits, clinical psychologist Jay Ashmore of the Cooper Aerobics Center and others to launch a citywide anti-smok ... More >>


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IOM Urges 10 Major Healthcare Fixes
8. Structure payment to reward continuous learning and improvement in the provision of best care at lower cost.
Public and private payers should move to outcome and value-oriented models of payment that draw on payment incentives.
9. Increase transparency on healthcare system performance
Public and private payers should promote transparency in quality, value and outcomes to aid care decisions.
10. Expand commitment to the goals of a "continuously learning" healthcare system.
Healthcare organizations should "develop organizational cultures that support and encourage continuous improvement, the use of best practices, transparency, open communication, staff empowerment, coordination, teamwork, and mutual respect and align rewards accordingly," the authors wrote.
See Also:
- IOM: Medical Disaster Planning 'Rudimentary at Best'
- IOM Issues 10 HIT Recommendations for Patient Safety
- IOM Details Essential Health Benefits, Emphasizes Cost
- IOM Recommends Clinical Practice Guideline Standards
Cheryl Clark is senior quality editor and California correspondent for HealthLeaders Media. She is a member of the Association of Health Care Journalists.
Comments are moderated. Please be patient.
Joleen Chambers (9/15/2012 at 9:52 AM)
The #1 expenditure of Medicare is joint replacement. July 29, 2011 the IOM reported that the FDA 510(k) method of approving these implanted medical devices should be scrapped because it failed the mission of assuring devices are safe and effective. Thousands of Americans are living in medical and legal purgatory. Profit is privatized but the patient harm byproduct is a drag on our country's prosperity and a national shame. Congess and our judicial system must arm consumers with public health information and consumer protections/civil rights to stand up to a powerful and aggressive industry.
Tyco Brahe (9/12/2012 at 11:24 AM)
Many of these very recommendations are contained within Healthcare Reform. It's terrible that politics gets in the way of improving our heathcare system. All we hear is "Obamacare is bad!" but there's no real discussion of all the valuable points within it.
- Hospital Groups Strike Back at Hospital Rating Systems
- AHIP: Enormity of HIX Challenges Sinks In
- The Secret to Physician Engagement? It's Not Better Pay
- 5 Hot Healthcare Ideas from SXSW
- How Succession Planning Boosts Employee Retention Rates
- Another SGR Patch Likely, Lawmaker Says
- 4 Reasons PCMH Principles Aren't Going Away
- Two-Midnight Rule Must be Fixed or Replaced, Say Providers
- Don't Underestimate Emotional Intelligence
- Evidence-Based Practice and Nursing Research: Avoiding Confusion


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Date: Saturday, June 29, 2013–Sunday, August 11, 2013Every Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Time: 10:00 AM–05:00 PMEvery Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Tags: Exhibition-Related, Contemporary Art, Sondheim
The Walters Art Museum and the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts (BOPA) present the Janet and Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize Finalists Exhibition. Artists compete for top honors and a $25,000 fellowship in the Greater Baltimore area's most prestigious arts competition. Held in conjunction with Artscape (July 19–21), America's largest free arts festival, the finalists and semifinalists exhibitions are presented in partnership with the Walters and Maryland Institute College of Art.
Date: Saturday, July 6, 2013–Sunday, September 8, 2013Every Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Tags: Photography, Vershbow, Contemporary Art
This exhibition of photographs by contemporary artist Gregory Vershbow explores the interactions of art objects within environments and circumstances ordinarily beyond public view. In storage facilities and conservation laboratories, and at monuments under restoration, Vershbow photographs art objects wrapped in plastic, protected by foam, nested in boxes and set in surprising juxtapositions with other objects from different eras.
Date: Saturday, July 13, 2013–Sunday, September 29, 2013Every Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Tags: Focus Show, Manuscripts, Baltimore-Book-Festival
Today, medieval books are treated as works of art, untouchable treasures to be locked away in cabinets. Yet many were intended for regular use as vital components of everyday life for monks and nuns.
Date: Saturday, August 3, 2013–Saturday, August 31, 2013Every Sat, Sun
Time: 10:00 AM–03:00 PMEvery Sat, Sun
Tags: Drop-in Art Activities
Saddle up as we explore equestrian artwork throughout the month of August! Design special silks for jockeys and race alongside the horses to hear the sounds their hooves make. Become inspired by stop-motion photography and build a stable of your very own. Neigh along with horses in our museum galleries and capture the grace of a pony in a portrait. Every Saturday and Sunday! No registration is required. Drop-in, make, and take a fantastic piece of art home with you!
Date: Sunday, August 11, 2013
Time: 01:00 PM–02:00 PM
Tags: Tour, Walk-in Tour
"Highlights of the Walters" explores painting, sculpture, and the decorative arts from antiquity to the 19th century. This is one of the weekly walk-in tours. No reservations are required. Just walk in and enjoy!
Thursday Nights at the Walters
Date: 09/05/13 - 12/18/14
Time: 05:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Discover how the Walters comes alive at night! Every Thursday from 5-9 p.m., you can wander the galleries, see special exhibitions for FREE, eat in our café and find the perfect gift at the museum store.
Walk-In Tour: Jacob Lawrence's Genesis Series
Date: 03/09/14
Time: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
The celebrated African American artist Jacob Lawrence illustrated the biblical creation in his Genesis Series. This 1989 commission resulted in a set of eight silkscreened images in bold colors that move in an active, cinematic style, recalling the passionate sermons heard during the artist's youth. Explore these striking works of art, on loan from a private collection, during this free, docent-led tour, starting in the Centre Street lobby.
Ikebana Floral Demonstration by Ikebana International
Time: 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Held in conjunction with our special exhibition Designed for Flowers: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics, this program, one in a series of three, will feature masters from Ikebana International demonstrating the art of Ikebana for a live audience. Ikebana, a traditional form of artistic expression, combines organic material, most notably flowers, and specially chosen vessels, as seen in the special exhibition, into works of art that are aesthetically unique to Japanese culture.