Don Barnett: Leading Rapid City through development, disaster, and unrest

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Don Barnett, Rapid City in the early 1970s
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The attached audio is from SDPB's daily public-affairs show, In the Moment, hosted by Lori Walsh.

Don Barnett led Rapid City through the construction of a new arena, a response to a devastating flood, and a period of civil unrest when he was mayor in the 1970s. His new memoir, "Thorns and Roses," reflects on those momentous years in the city's history. 

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