RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – The Bashful Bison Market and Deli sits on the corner of 6th and Kansas City Street in Rapid City with one central statement “Know the story of your food”.
Small businesses made up 62 percent of new jobs created between 1995 and 2020, according to Forbes. They also boost their local economies through taxes, which help fund the communities they’re a part of. Small businesses are vital to the US economy making up almost half of the total GDP from 1998 to 2014, According to the Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy.
The Bashful Bison focuses on this mission because they locally source most of their ingredients. Scott Brinker, the owner, said he knows the people he gets his food from personally.
“Here in western South Dakota there’s the opportunity to get lots of different things,“ Brinker said. ”My whole career over here has been dedicated to trying to promote the …