Meet the man mapping Sioux Falls’ holiday lights

Simplified: Josh Hayes has a knack for logistics – something that’s helpful during his day job as an instructional designer in the healthcare sector. But it also comes in handy during the holidays when he creates an annual, optimized route of Christmas light displays across Sioux Falls.

Then, in 2020, the couple welcomed their first daughter in November, and during one of many late-night feeding sessions, Hayes had an idea.

“Something that came to my mind was of that past year and how there was a need – there was a gap for an official Christmas light map or an optimized route,” he said. “That operations side of my brain started spinning.”…

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