Your city, your say

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Vol. 2 · No. 2 · October 2026

Your city, your say.

Hi neighbor,

This week, City Hall takes up downtown parking. There are also a few good chances to be heard, and some good news from Phillips Avenue.

Election Day is Nov. 3.

You can vote early now. Register by Oct. 19.

Open the Election Guide

01 · City Hall

Downtown parking is about to change.

The council gets its first look Wednesday. The final vote is Oct. 20. Here's what's proposed, per Dakota News Now and the agenda:

Meters up to $2 an hour, from $1.50 today
Paid parking later into the evening
Bus Depot and Mural ramps cut to 75 cents an hour
Higher, simpler parking fines

Wed. Oct. 14

First look, 6 p.m.

Tue. Oct. 20

Final vote

If you come downtown for a concert, Falls Park or dinner, this affects you too.

You can speak for three minutes at either meeting. Both are at Carnegie Town Hall, 235 W. 10th St.

Still pending: the Smithfield permit. A judge sent it back to the city, which can appeal or vote again. Read my plain-words explainer.

Read the agenda

02 · Show up

Three ways to show up.

Due Wed. Oct. 21

Know a high schooler with a big idea?

The NextGen Fellowship gives two students up to $1,000 and a mentor. Apply at sfnextgen.org.

Wed. Oct. 21, 5:30 p.m.

Sioux Falls Listens

Tell the mayor what you want for the arts, at Levitt at the Falls. See the session details.

Any time

Share your Quarry ideas

Missed the boards and crayons? Take the survey.

03 · Hype corner

A new home for music.

Inside the new Sweetman Atrium at Levitt at the Falls, with a stage, stage lights and rows of chairs

Thursday, I joined the ribbon cutting for the Levitt's new Sweetman Atrium. It means music camps and community programs can run all year, not just in summer. And it was paid for with private gifts.

See it for yourself at Sioux Falls Listens on Oct. 21.

Explore the Levitt

04 · Your turn

Is your neighborhood organized?

Friday night, the Downtown Library was packed for a neighborhood mixer. Neighbors went on a scavenger hunt, sketched ideas for The Quarry and tasted Downtown Turtle, a new Katz Creem flavor they picked themselves. Read about the night.

Nights like that happen when neighbors get organized. But only 24 Sioux Falls neighborhoods have a registered association. Check the map, then hit reply. What's working where you live? What's missing?

Tell us what matters

See you around town,

Vince

Your city, your say.

Downtown parking is about to change.

Three ways to show up.

A new home for music.

Is your neighborhood organized?

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