The Brookings Connection Newsletter Archives - Brookings Economic Development Corporation

New Multicultural Center welcomes all

Goal is to help all, whether from Brookings or elsewhere in world BROOKINGS – The Brookings Multicultural Center wants everyone to come visit them – whether you were born elsewhere or lived here all your life. The idea is to remove barriers for those who come from other countries to live in Brookings and educate…

Back2School is back

Annual project provides needed supplies BROOKINGS – School’s tough. It’s even tougher when you don’t have the supplies you need. But there’s a program that works to ensure that all K-12 students in Brookings County have the school supplies they need when that first day of classes comes around. The Brookings Family Back2School Project dates…

Backpack, supplies giveaway on July 27

BROOKINGS – Wireless World will give out free backpacks filled with school supplies from 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, July 27. This is the second year of the Verizon retailer’s annual “Backpack to School” program. A child (K-12) must be present to claim their free backpack, and no purchase is necessary to receive a backpack. A limited…

City hires new Parks, Rec and Forestry director

BROOKINGS – The City of Brookings has announced Dustin Rodiek as the next Parks, Recreation and Forestry director. Rodiek was selected after a nationwide recruitment and selection process of approximately 60 applications. All who applied were experienced professionals from all over the Midwest, according to a City of Brookings press release. Currently Rodiek is the…

Welcome Social for Brookings Newcomers

BROOKINGS – The Brookings newcomer program, Beyond Connections, will host a Welcome Social for new residents and community members from 4-7 p.m. Thursday, April 25, at The Pheasant Restaurant & Lounge. The goal of the event is for new residents to network with others in the community. “Whether you moved here three months ago or…