Sioux Falls’ Lalibela named one of 8 2022 Small Businesses of the Year

Eight South Dakota companies have been awarded with the 2022 Small Companies of the 12 months award by the U.S. Small Enterprise Administration’s South Dakota district workplace.

The eight companies will probably be honored in a digital ceremony on Could 3. Nationwide Small Enterprise Week is Could 1-7, and it is a pinnacle celebration annually, Jaime Wooden, SBA South Dakota district director, mentioned in a press launch.

“This 12 months’s winners are an excellent illustration of the almost 90,000 small companies house owners throughout our state,” Wooden mentioned. “They work tirelessly to create employment alternatives, present a lot wanted services, and go the additional mile to volunteer time and expertise the place wanted for advisory boards, group tasks, and occasions.”

SBA celebrates NSBW annually by recognizing achievements of excellent small enterprise house owners and entrepreneurs throughout the U.S.

The SBA South Dakota excellent small enterprise award recipients for 2022 embrace:

• Small Enterprise Particular person of the 12 months – Karla Santi, Chief Govt Officer/Founder, Mix Interactive, Inc., Sioux Falls
• Small Enterprise Exporter of the 12 months – Mark Luecke, Prairie AquaTech, Brookings
• Household-Owned Small Enterprise of the 12 months – The Novstrup Household, Wylie Thunder Highway, Aberdeen
• Minority-Owned Small Enterprise of the 12 months – Mulugeta and Marta Endayeau, Lalibela Restaurant, Sioux Falls 
• Veteran-Owned Small Enterprise of the 12 months – Thomas Catron, Dakota Solace House Care, LLC dba House As a substitute, Mitchell
• Lady-Owned Small Enterprise of the 12 months – Tara Pirak, Valley Ag Provide, Inc., Gayville
• Younger Entrepreneurs of the 12 months – Robert “Zane” Swan and Stephen Swan, HeSapa Enterprises LLC, Speedy Metropolis 
• Small Enterprise Champion of the 12 months – Invoice Zortman, Radio Host, “It’s Your Enterprise”, KELO AM 1320, Sioux Falls 

Extra:South Dakota Small Enterprise Admin workplace declares 2022 Small Enterprise Particular person of the Yea