Rapid City Work & Economy - Links & Resources

Community Resources--Rapid City

Listing of resources for food, clothing and other assistance in the Rapid City area.

Job Seeking Resources

Helpful websites designed to aid in resume building, interview tips, and job fair advice.

Starting a Business

Business tips and helpful regulation advice for starting and maintaing a business in the Black Hills

Housing

The South Dakota Housing Development Authority provides listings of housing available to rent.

Personal Money Management Tips

In these tough economic times, it has become more important than ever to be fiscally sound with one's own finances.   Because of this, being smart with one's money is one way to avoid the difficulty that comes with these times.  Listed in the link above are helpful websites that offer tips on cutting back on expenses, putting money into savings, and resources that can be used to keep track of one's expenses.

Oil Exploration and Mining in South Dakota

The history of the settlement of the Black Hills owes its start to mining.  The discovery of gold led to the first influx of white settlers into the area and from here, mining progressed into the extraction of other minerals, including silver and uranium.  The discovery of oil in western North Dakota has led many to believe that oil may also lie beneath of the surface of western South Dakota as well and oil exploration is currently being done in earnest.  The proposed Keystone XL Pipeline project, which would ferry tar sands oil from fields in Canada to refineries in Texas and Louisana, calls for the pipeline to cross the western part of the state.  The oil boom may well resemble the gold rush in the near future.