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NATIONAL RECOGNITION and ACCOLADES
 

The Rapid City Trade Area includes over 450,000 people within 200 miles. As such, Rapid City and the surrounding Black Hills Communities offer retail trade, medical and professional services, and recreation opportunities second to none. Over the past decade, Rapid City has consistently been nationally ranked for retail sales per household and continues to perform at record levels, even during the recession.

• South Dakota #1 Business Tax Climate (The Tax Foundation)
• Rapid City #4 in CNNMoney's Best Places to Launch
• Rapid City Ranked Sixth Best Small City by Forbes in 2005
• Rapid City Public Library named to USA Today Top 10
• How Friendly Are the States Toward Entrepreneurship? South Dakota is Top Ranked
• South Dakota Rated Friendliest State for Entrepreneurship (Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council)
• Named Pocket of Prosperity (Business Week)
• South Dakota ranked number one in small business survival index for 2003 (Small Business Survival Committee) 
• 2010 Men's Journal Magazine - Best Places to Live/Build Your Dream House - Black Hills, SD