BELLE FOURCHE—If you have traveled through Belle Fourche recently, you have surely seen the construction happening at the old Meals on Wheels location on the corner of Highway 85 and National Street. The old building has been going through a complete renovation in preparation to become a new branch of Legends West Bank. The Loan Production Office plans to open around the first of the year.
The new branch will bring with it a familiar face to run the location. Scott Reder, Senior Vice President Commercial AG Loan Officer at the Spearfish Legends West Bank, will be making the move over to manage this branch.
What started as a simple overhaul has turned into a little more. As the process has gone on, some problems have been uncovered and a couple of the outside walls had to be torn down.
“We always want a solid structure. So as we got into it—it was built in three different builds over the years, some of the block was bad, but the foundation is great and we’ll use what we can,” said Reder.
The latest discoveries and changes in plans haven’t set back the estimated opening date by much, if at all. “Our schedule was kind of that November to January range and I’m pretty sure we’re still on the same schedule,” explained Reder. “Most of staying on schedule has to do with ordering supplies and getting them in on time, so as long as everything we have ordered comes on time, I think it will be fine.”
Reder says he is excited to get back to Belle and help support the community. “I am glad to have a presence in Belle Fourche and I’m glad that I’ll be up here helping support it,” he said.
So after tearing down a few walls, the rebuilding begins. Reder explains, “We’re on the rebuilding phase. There are walls going up now—they’re done tearing down. They’re starting to build back up, you will see a lot more progress here shortly.”
