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Since 2023, Studio 616 in Sioux Falls has helped professionals craft environments that reflect their brand, values, and the people who use them every day. As a full-service architecture firm, it caters to clients and projects ranging in size and complexity by offering architecture,...

For Showplace Cabinetry kitchen and interior designer Carissa Trygstad, it’s the most challenging projects that have some of the most amazing results.One of the latest of those projects earned Trystad and the company a Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association (KCMA) Design Award, coming in at...

A revitalized wolf exhibit is bringing new life to an area of the Bramble Park Zoo in Watertown.The recently unveiled habitat represents a major investment in both animal care and the visitor experience.With roughly $600,000 in renovations, it replaced an exhibit that was more...

“Being involved in The 437 Project has already changed my life in ways I never expected,” said Megan Etrheim of Sioux Falls. “It has helped me rediscover my voice, my hope, and my purpose.”Etrheim followed along with last year’s journey and knew this was...

There has been a long history of working with non-profits for Koch Hazard Architects of Sioux Falls, with the basis being to support the community—an important legacy of former owners Ralph Koch and Bob Hazard.One of their first non-profit partnerships involved The Children’s Home...

Entrepreneur and engineer Aaron White was struggling to communicate with his wife on a home project in central Kentucky.“Given his engineering mind, he decided to rig up an old projector to some scaffolding in a barn on his property,” said Kyle Cosand, president of...

After years of traveling in the building industry and being away from his family, Tom Jurgens wanted to do something that would keep him closer to home to watch his kids grow up.“I had been in the industry for many years, I saw practices...

Peter Carrels, environmental activist, journalist, and author of Cascades of the Big Sioux River: A Natural & Cultural History, believes an extraordinary place like Falls Park of the Big Sioux River deserves special consideration.“Rather than manage The Falls like scenic décor and a tourism...

Cody Ulven of Sioux Falls has always been intrigued by the business side of everything, fixated on why things are the way they are.One topic that kept him up at night was Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate (EVA) slides. Every retail store he entered, he says he...

Arts South Dakota has spent a decade aiding and supporting the arts. The non-partisan, nonprofit service organization has been here to ensure the people and organizations creating and supporting art across the state have the advocacy, connections, and resources they need to thrive. “We've grown from...