Hear the Juneau Economic Development Council present the latest on Juneau's economy at our Economic Indicator presentations next week.  Mark your calendars for:

• Economic Indicators presentation at the Juneau Chamber of Commerce on September 28th at 12 PM at the Moose Lodge
• Economic Indicators presentation at DIG on September 29th at 9 AM at the Senate Building, third floor.  

The Juneau Economic Development Council, AEYC, and the Downtown Business Association are offering a combination community service and fundraising project of creating a downtown "winter art walk" for families. Children throughout the community will contribute art on the theme of "What I love about growing up in Juneau." AEYC will then choose drawings to enlarge with captions to fill the windows of participating businesses prior to closing for the winter.  

On September 28th United Way will host Day of Caring, an annual event that strives to connect community businesses and their employees with local nonprofits in order to help them develop a deeper understanding of the agencies.  On this day, we will install the children art exhibits in the windows of the participating downtown businesses.  

In Southeast communities, between 10 and 14 percent of workers hold multiple wage or salary jobs. Juneau, at 13.1 percent, has a higher percent of people working second jobs than most Southeast communities and the state overall. The most common secondary occupations in most communities are in lower-paying, lower-skill service sector jobs with flexible hours, such as retail sales people, cashiers, personal care aides, waiters or waitresses, and janitors. Multiple job holders are younger workers and more likely to be women. One possible reason for the relatively higher percent of multiple job holders in Juneau is the high cost of housing which requires more than one paycheck to pay the rent.