Jody’s journal: Lloyd’s legacy lives the story of Siu Falls – Siuxpals. Business

February 2, 2025

If the central casting was conducting open auditions for the role of real estate developer with great times, I am not sure that Craig Lloyd would enter and land the part as he was typical of it.

I suspect that the director’s reaction may be similar to the Las Vegas nonsense dealer, who, after watching Lloyd loses $ 20 on the table, looked at his daughter Christie Ernst, and said, “He doesn’t have much risky tolerance, he? “

If only they knew.

If only they knew about the time Lloyd was sitting, hours from the bank who called the length of a note, as it turned out to be through a cocktail mass of a business owner who would agree before the night ended to buy a property from him for the right one amount required to satisfy the creditor.

If only they could watch the banker the next day to study a napkin bar while they were calling to check the signature on it.

It seems to be misleading. Being underestimated can be an advantage. And when you are really good at something and do it for the right reasons, success tends to follow.

“Pigs are fat. Hogi are killing themselves – Lloyd told me and many others many times.

The business world has its own share of pigs whose ultimate measure of success is the net value of a person in the mirror. He has his share of those who cannot be believed. And to those who go beyond and are not at the heart.

There is not enough Craig Lloyds. People whose handshake are really as good as a contract. People who have their mistakes and do not break their competitors. People who see compromises such as victory, not a weakness and give a charity “more than I had any business giving” as he put it to me.

Get acquainted with the largest real estate developer in other communities and you may need to book two chairs – one to accommodate their ego. If you’ve ever been in a meeting with Lloyd, you know it will be more likely to stay until everyone else finds a place.

I do not think it was accidental that on the day Lloyd died, since I worked in tribute tracks for him, I stopped for an hour because I agreed to talk to the network of young professionals at Sioux Falls.

I think the idea was to share a little of my trip to Sioux Falls, combined with any insight I could offer to our business community for them.

But before we get to it, I told them, you need to understand the story of Craig Lloyd, because in this you will find my story and our collective story of Siu Falls.

You need to know that when he and his wife Pat moved here in 1972, they lived in the community of accessible homes, they ran for Craig’s uncle and built houses at night and weekends.

You should know that they were not from here, did not know anyone when they came here, and that half a century later the company they built, creates the places where you probably lived, worked, shopping or dinner. The places that made you get excited to be here and convinced you to stay here. And this is because it is possible in the Sioux waterfall. It is possible, no matter who you are or where you came from to build a successful business here in every industry, if you work hard and build a trust that leads to a strong relationship.

“Who has heard of Steve Metley here?” I asked an uncomfortable silence in the room of about 30 young professionals, while about five raised their hands.

It’s okay, I told them. Let me tell the story.

You should be aware that in the 70s and 1980s, he was our director of urban planning and that he and Craig Lloyd would pack sandwiches with peanut butter and walk on the waterfall by raising the garbage while predicting what the area can. And that this has only become the place you love to spend time today because they and others have activated, cleaned it and invested it greatly.

As I thought about Lloyd last week, it became clear why it might have happened.

Lloyd is diagnosed with dyslexia and severe visual impairment as a young child. While his mother worked intensively and creatively to help him learn to read and write, he would never be an excellent student.

When I interviewed it almost 10 years ago, as he was preparing to transfer the role of CEO to his nephew Chris Torkelson, he shared this comment, the guidance advisor made him as a teenager:

“This advisor told me, ‘Lloyd, I don’t know if you’ll ever go through high school. And if you do, I don’t know if you will ever do it through college. And if you never do it from college, you will never equate to anything. “

Later, Pat would tell him that it was probably the best thing that could have happened, “knowing my personality,” he told me. “Most people understand that you can tell me no, but it’s not nice to tell me because I don’t listen very well.”

As I thought about it, I also thought about the Siu waterfall, to which it would move in 1972. It was a city with just over 70,000 people, which turned into gravel roads around 41. Employment was dominated by John Morel. The Empire mall had not yet opened.

It may be easy for someone to look at the city while looking at Lloyd and wondering if they will ever enjoy a lot.

But he refused to let this advisor determine it. And time after a while he took properties in Siou Falls, no one else wanted to cope because he knew that they – and the city – could be much more than how they appear.

It was the same with people. There are so many people who can say that Lloyd has benefited from them – to hire them by hiring them, doing business with them, for financial support. I think he chose to see the possibilities instead of the potential pitfalls.

For the coming days, the rainbow of dreams will be lit green in honor of Lloyd in the color of his company’s signature. Stop if you are so inclined – and pay special attention to the gap in the center, which is the jump of the faith needed to see a dream come true.

This week there will be a chance to honor and celebrate Lloyd and his achievements. And thanks to this reception video, I found it for him when he became part of the South Dakota Fame, I feel confident that there are some things he would like to share.

The first is what he said about his wife Pat.

“She deserves every part of the glory I get,” he said. “She is so part of our success at Lloyd Cos. Like anyone else.”

Each time the occasion appears, he will remind me that he is not the founder of Lloyd COS. He is the co -founder. As you honor Lloyd’s achievements, he will remind you that he is a piece with more effort.

And then, if he could leave us some advice, I think he would review the Bible quote, in the Gospel of Luke, that he stumbled accidentally shortly before he spent his speech:

“To whom it is given, a lot is required. And when someone is very entrusted, it will be more required. “

When they are given the chance to live in the Siu waterfall, he will tell us that we were given a lot. And it is our job to come back a lot – to bring our ideas, to invest our time and resources and to do it all with the mentality, that if it is good for the community, it will be good for us.

Craig Lloyd was so good at us and for us. I can only imagine the development that he will build in heaven.

Memorial arrangements declared as Craig Lloyd as friends, his colleagues think on his influence