FORT PIERRE — A new housing project is coming to Fort Pierre with a focus on affordable housing for senior living. Mayor Gloria Hanson says Fort Pierre is working with Brookings development firm H-M-E and has been for some time on the city’s housing issues…
The city had wanted and still does to develop areas of north of Highway 14 and east of Highway 1806 into affordable workforce housing. The project includes two phases where the second phase involves a standard apartment complex…
The Fort Pierre City Council approved a memorandum of understanding with H-M-E to develop a tax increment financing district for the developer, but the city will not be liable for much if any funding of the project…
A study done by H-M-E estimates the percent of South Dakotan over 65 year old by 2035 will be 85-percent, illustrating a need for more senior living facilities. The project is expected to bring 30 jobs and construction is expected to begin later this year.
