09/28/2026
Ellsworth Air Force Base sits in the next district over. Its future still belongs to all of Rapid City.
The B-21 Raider mission is one of the biggest things happening in western South Dakota, and the growth around the base touches every corner of this city: jobs, housing, traffic, small businesses. That is why I back the Ellsworth expansion as a regional priority, and why SB 130, the 2026 appropriation for Ellsworth roadway infrastructure, matters even to a downtown district. When the region wins, the heart of Rapid City has to be ready to catch that growth instead of getting run over by it. Planning beats reacting, every single time.
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