The city of Dell Rapids received a total of 485 building permit requests in 2015 resulting in $11,816,021.31 worth of improvements throughout the city. Nineteen of the requests were for new homes or buildings including the new Dairy Queen building and Hometown Shopko.
In 2014 the city saw $6.5 million worth of improvements including 15 new structures, one of which was for the new Ace Hardware building. Dell Rapids had $9.4 million of improvements in 2013 on projects such as the new County Fair store, Casey’s, and Family Dollar.
In addition to the $11 million in improvements during 2015, the city of Dell Rapids should exceed $1 million in sales tax revenue for the year. The December numbers are not finalized yet, but the city had collected over $998,000 in sales tax through the month of November. This was an 8.17% increase over the same 11-month period in 2014.