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Chamber By The Numbers 2023-24

  • Jill Blom
  • November 8, 2024
  • 5 min read

As the leading local business advocate, we represent our members by building consensus and creating strategies that advance and promote the economic health and quality of life in the region. As we close out the fiscal year, we’d like to share some key figures that highlight our achievements and reflect the progress we’ve made in advancing our mission.

Nearly 2,000 Chamber member BUSINESSES employ more than 85,000 PEOPLE. More than 850 YOUNG PROFESSIONALS are members of YPN.
Connected with members, offering quality programming and networking opportunities at more than 50 Chamber events and 70 YPN events throughout the past year. Celebrated new businesses, expansions, and member milestones at 125+ ribbon cuttings. 2,083 service calls and visits were completed by Chamber volunteers, amounting to more than 300 hours annually.
Provided practical business education and training to more than 300 Business Sense Workshops participants. More than 200 attendees gathered at the annual Cybersecurity Conference to learn strategies for protecting their businesses against cyber threats. More than 35 students completed Leadership Sioux Falls this year, joining more than 1,150 graduates of the program.
Celebrated agriculturalists and the role agriculture plays in our economy at the annual Ag Appreciation Day, where 45 businesses and 215 volunteers devoted 300 volunteer hours to serving 3,000 individuals. 100 volunteers from 35 busineses contributed 700 volunteer hours to this year’s Sioux Empire Livestock Show. Achieved a 100% success rate on the 18 bills we advocated on in the State Legislature.
More than $68 million raised for economic and workforce development through Forward Sioux Falls since its inception in 1987. Community Appeals has raised more than $60 million in support of 100 non-profit capital campaigns since 1953. This year, more than $250,000 in sponsorship support empowered Chamber programs and events.

Nearly 2,000 Chamber member BUSINESSES employ more than 85,000 PEOPLE. More than 850 YOUNG PROFESSIONALS are members of YPN.

CONNECT

Connected with members, offering quality programming and networking opportunities at more than 50 Chamber events and 70 YPN events throughout the past year.

Celebrated new businesses, expansions, and member milestones at 125+ ribbon cuttings.

2,083 service calls and visits were completed by Chamber volunteers, amounting to more than 300 hours annually.

LEARN

Provided practical business education and training to more than 300 Business Sense Workshops participants.

More than 200 attendees gathered at the annual Cybersecurity Conference to learn strategies for protecting their businesses against cyber threats.

More than 35 students completed Leadership Sioux Falls this year, joining more than 1,150 graduates of the program.

ENGAGE

Celebrated agriculturalists and the role agriculture plays in our economy at the annual Ag Appreciation Day, where 45 businesses and 215 volunteers devoted 300 volunteer hours to serving 3,000 individuals.

100 volunteers from 35 busineses contributed 700 volunteer hours to this year’s Sioux Empire Livestock Show.

Achieved a 100% success rate on the 18 bills we advocated on in the State Legislature.

INVEST

More than $68 million raised for economic and workforce development through Forward Sioux Falls since its inception in 1987.

Community Appeals has raised more than $60 million in support of 100 non-profit capital campaigns since 1953.

This year, more than $250,000 in sponsorship support empowered Chamber programs and events.

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