Thrive Goes Strategic
Sioux Falls Thrive wasn’t trying to break the rules. It just outgrew its business plan a little too fast. So, a few months into startup, Thrive’s Board of Directors was already working on a three-year strategic plan. “It’s unusually quick timing,” says Deb Koski,...
Thrive Elects Officers for Coming Year
Deb Koski will serve as Sioux Falls Thrive's Board Chair in 2018. Sioux Falls Thrive’s first year was a short one! Nine months after seating its first board of directors, Thrive’s official year end rolled around, and it was time to elect new board officers. Deb Koski,...
Housing Action Team Launches Pilot Project
Thrive's Housing Action Team is testing a real-time affordable housing availability tool in the Sioux Falls area. The pilot will tie into the Service Point case management system being developed by Sioux Empire Network of Care. The Community Outreach (TCO) will...
Thrive offers training in exchange for volunteer engagement!
A three-day workshop to be presented by Sioux Falls Thrive will be a great training opportunity for community volunteers, human resource professionals, consultants, and staff members from Thrive’s partner organizations. Participants will receive hands-on training in...
Sioux Falls Thrive training program scheduled for August
Sioux Falls Thrive, a cradle to career initiative working to build tomorrow’s workforce, will hold a three-day workshop for community members who want to improve group leadership skills. Thrive brings cross-sector groups, or “action teams”, together to find ways to...
Thrive launches first Action Team ─ housing is the focus
Sioux Falls Thrive’s first action team will take on one of the biggest obstacles to getting hundreds of kids to school ready to learn ─ housing. Safe, secure shelter is a fundamental human need and critical to student success. But, over 900 children in Sioux Falls –...
Thrive’s Council targets obstacles to student success
Candy Hanson, president of Sioux Falls Thrive, calls its Strategy Council a “brain trust”. Pictured back row, L-R are Council members: Stephanie Monroe, Kari Benz, Andy Patterson, Doug Morrison, Mike Lynch, Daren Ketcham, Traci Jensen, and Cindy Dannenbring. Front row...
Data user group leads to big community payoff — “Open Sioux Falls”
This data user group made “OpenSiouxFalls” happen. Back row, L-R: Lon Clemensen and Mike Lynch, Forward Sioux Falls; Russ Sorenson, SF Planning and Building Services; Al Roettger, SF Community Development; Thane Barnier, Chamber of Commerce. Front row, L-R: Pam...
Advocates for homeless families invest in Thrive’s first action team
For the past 13 years, Tim and Nancy Nicolai have done more than talk passionately about the needs of homeless people and their children. As the owners of the Arena Motel in Sioux Falls, the couple often provided temporary shelter for homeless families. They’ve...
All You Need to Know About Thrive!
Thrive President Candy Hanson presents an overview of Sioux Falls Thrive.