Wall, SD - To further promote small business opportunities in the Wall, SD area, Black Hills Federal Credit Union partnered with the Badlands Bad River Regional Economic Development Partnership this month by donating $250 to support a business plan competition for the Partnerships Small Business Beginnings educational program.
The three-month educational program, designed to educate participants about starting or improving a business in the Wall area, culminated with the BHFCU-sponsored business plan competition between the programs 23 participants.
"The program and competition provided a great opportunity for area residents to gain valuable business experience," said Wendy Allison, BHFCU Member Service Center manager. "We want to encourage these entrepreneurs to develop and implement their ideas."
The winners of the business plan contest are as follows:
Best Plan for a Business Idea - Angela Lytle and Stephanie Volmer for their quilt shop idea;
Best Start-Up Business Plan - John and John Luke McGriff for JLJ Contracting, LLC;
Most Improved Business Plan - Terry Mohr for Wall Car Care Center, LLC.
Badlands Bad River Economic Development Partnership worked with the South Dakota State University Extension and the Small Business Development Center to host the educational program.
To learn more about the Small Business Beginnings classes, contact WEDC Executive Director and BBR Board Member Cheyenne McGriff at 605-279-2658 or
walledd@gwtc.net.
Established in Rapid City in 1941, Black Hills Federal Credit Union is a member-owned, not-for-profit cooperative serving more than 62,000 members. The community-chartered credit union has Member Service Centers in Rapid City, Custer, Eagle Butte, Hot Springs, Pierre, Spearfish and Wall, South Dakota.
