Building Grant County Through Investment, Partnership and Action
GCDC advances industrial development, private investment, housing, childcare, employer support, and long-term community growth across Grant County.
Industrial Park Growth & Private Investment
GCDC has led major infrastructure and land-readiness efforts to expand Milbank's industrial capacity and attract investment. A $2.5 million EDA grant — leveraged with local and state match — is bringing roads and utilities to 12 new industrial lots.
New businesses, including Cliff Viessman Inc and Martin's Milk Warehousing, have committed more than $8 million in private investment. Remaining industrial park land is valued at approximately $3 per square foot, driving tax base growth as lots sell.
Turning Underused Property Into Tax-Generating Assets
GCDC has supported key redevelopment projects that turn declining or tax-exempt properties into active, revenue-producing community assets.
Rosewood Apartments
Prevented long-term vacancy and delivered much-needed housing supply.
Supported by TIF to make the project feasible; full taxable benefit returns to jurisdictions after the TIF period.
Peaceful Pines Senior Living
Converted a non-taxable, aging public facility into a modern senior living community.
Becomes fully taxable after TIF repayment, benefiting all taxing entities long-term.
Helping Projects Move — Not Just Making Referrals
GCDC assists primary job creators like Valley Queen with retention, expansion, infrastructure, and workforce support. Through the Capital Campaign, GCDC is strengthening employer support with talent recruitment, workforce housing, childcare support, and quality-of-life initiatives that help employers hire and keep the talent they need.
Through loans, gap-financing tools, and forgivable notes, GCDC reduces project risk and unlocks private investment — especially for projects expanding housing, healthcare services, business incubation, restaurants, and other new ventures across Milbank and Grant County.
Deployed in direct financial support to date — loans, gap-financing tools, and forgivable notes that advance community and economic development initiatives across Milbank and Grant County.
Building Capacity for Working Families
GCDC plays a leadership role in addressing childcare and early learning capacity to support workforce and family needs across Grant County.
- ✓Secured a $50,000 GOED grant for a countywide childcare assessment.
- ✓A 2024 study and focus groups identified facility, staffing, and service gaps.
- ✓Supported expansion of Backyard Bulldogs (BYB) to increase capacity and add preschool programming for the 2025–2026 school year.
- ✓GCDC serves as a backbone partner — providing technical assistance, convening support, and alignment with workforce and housing goals.
How GCDC Moves Grant County Forward
GCDC is not simply a referral organization — it actively helps structure and coordinate the work behind every project.
Business Support
Succession planning, retention visits, entrepreneurship support, attraction, and financing tools including loans, forgivable notes, and TIF prep.
Housing Strategy
Developer outreach, RFPs, gap financing, and infrastructure support to help new housing projects pencil out.
Workforce & Industry Research
Utility and site-readiness studies, data and community profiles, and site selector tools for prospective employers.
Community Convening
Collaboration with education, city and county leadership, healthcare, and recreation partners.
Let’s Build Grant County’s Next Success Story.
Whether you are expanding a business, developing housing, evaluating an industrial site, or advancing a community project, GCDC can help bring the right partners, resources, and financing tools together.