VIEWPOINT | Renewed Smithfield partnership marks historic chapter for Sioux Falls
Guest column by Mayor Paul TenHaken
Since 1909, Smithfield Foods and its earlier iterations have been woven into the story of Sioux Falls. Generations of families have built their livelihoods there. Neighborhoods have grown up around it. Our downtown skyline has long been defined by it. Today, we stand at the edge of a decision that will shape the next hundred years just as profoundly as the last.
Smithfield’s plan to invest more than $1 billion in a brand-new, state-of-the-art facility at Foundation Park is not just a business announcement. It is a generational commitment to Sioux Falls, to South Dakota, and to American agriculture.
