JEDC Staff Recognition
After School Champion Award
Join us in congratulating our very own Rebecca Soza, Talent Development Program Manager, for her recognition as the 2019 After School Champion! She is the lead for JEDC's Alaska FIRST Robotics program where she has built the statewide program to include over 200 teams and 400 volunteers. We are so fortunate to have Rebecca on our team and look forward to continued success!
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February 26 and 27, 2020
Call for 2020
Innovation Shorts
The Innovation Summit is just three months away! JEDC is seeking topics for this year's Innovation Shorts.
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"Innovation Short" Details
The Juneau Economic
Development Council will be seeking 30 presenters to showcase their original ideas through 10-minute "Innovation Shorts" presentations at the 2020
Innovation
Summit.
The "Innovation Shorts" offer conference attendees a glimpse into a host of topics that
surround the larger conference themes: Participatory Creativity; Business in a Changing Climate
; and Alaskans investing in Alaskans.
Each short is just enough time to
peak the attention of the
audience. Presenters gain experience speaking publicly on their chosen topic while growing their network and creating buzz.
Learn more at Innovation Summit website, where you can find the simple application.
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Grow Your Network
& Create a Buzz!
30 Total Presenters
10 Minutes, 1 Original Idea
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Sponsorship is Open for the 2020 Innovation Summit.
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The Summit is Alaska's largest innovation conference that gathers business owners, non-profits, government employees, and industry leaders. More than 300 attendees and 40 presenters participate in this energetic two-day summit. Share in the benefits of the Innovation Summits promotion and coverage: before, during, and after the event.
JEDC Investor's can add to their annual recognition level (below).
Sponsorship Information
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Volunteer Opportunities with Juneau's Youth
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Volunteer for Junior Achievement
Junior Achievement is a partnership between the business community, educators and volunteers - all working together to inspire young people to dream big and reach their potential.
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Volunteer for FIRST in Alaska
Volunteers are the heart and soul of
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Child Care Loan Program
The purpose of the loan program is to create more childcare capacity in Juneau by assisting new or existing childcare providers to access, improve or expand the physical infrastructure needed to deliver more quality childcare programs to more families. Childcare providers must be licensed by the State of Alaska and offer full-time care (at least 30 hours per week).
Loan proceeds can be used to purchase FF&E (furniture, fixtures, and equipment), classroom supplies and materials, pay for modifications, major renovations, and expansions. Equipment purchases or upgrades that enhance the quality of services delivered are also eligible. Priority will be given to start-up childcare programs and existing programs that demonstrate increased capacity through the loan.
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Southeast Alaska Revolving
Loan Fund
JEDC seeks to work with companies that have excellent potential for growth, will provide increased employment in Southeast Alaska, and will help diversify our economy. The primary criteria we consider are the following:
- Dedicated and experienced management
- Past performance
- Market strengths, such as providing a new service or import substitution in Southeast Alaska
- The current economic viability of the business
- High potential for profitability
- High potential for growth
- Sufficient collateral and cash flow to service and secure the loan
- Inability to obtain conventional financing at terms that make the project viable.
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2020 Senior Survey
The Juneau Commission on Aging (JCOA), in conjunction with the City and Borough of Juneau (CBJ), is surveying area residents to help local officials and care providers gain a better sense of what is needed for Juneau's population to age in place.
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If you are 55 or older, now is your opportunity to influence what services could be available to you when you need them.
Some of these questions are the same as in previous surveys, for comparison purposes. Some questions are new to reflect changes in CBJ demographics and services. Your participation now will help make a positive difference in our future.
Thank you in advance for taking the 10 - 15 minutes to complete our survey.
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Free workshops available for those interested in angel investing
December 4 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM |
Angel Investor Panel Discussion
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Join in to listen to a diverse panel of experienced and relatively new investors. The panel has something to offer everyone, whether you are an interested investor or an entrepreneur.
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December 11 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM |
Pitch Deconstruction |
In this interactive workshop, entrepreneurs will pitch a panel of straight-shooting investors. We will walk through a process to help entrepreneurs experience the differences between what they say and what investors hear.
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Learn More About Becoming
an Angel Investor through the 2020 Alaska Angel Conference
New and experienced investors work together to learn best practices and
make an angel investment.
Each investor purchases a unit in the LLC, and the funds are pooled to create an investment of approximately $100,000 or more.
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Indicator of the Month
Diversified Fisheries in Southeast Alaska Contribute to State Leadership in Seafood Harvesting Employment
Peak Employment
Southeast's peak employment in fish harvesting
is the month of August, with
an estimated 4,278 jobs.
Diverse Harvest
The Southeast salmon harvest accounts for almost 65 percent of that month's total.
However, Southeast is fortunate
to have additional species, such as
halibut and sablefish, that extend the fishing season on either side of the
peak summer months, providing employment through more months of
the year than the salmon harvest alone.
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Change in Employment
The diversity of species buffers Southeast somewhat from the employment decline that dependence on salmon alone would create. While the state saw average monthly seafood harvesting employment drop by 4.9 percent from the prior year, Southeast saw employment drop by a lower 3.5 percent as a result of increased employment in sablefish, shellfish, and crab fisheries.
Harvesting Jobs
In 2018, based on average monthly employment, Southeast had the most seafood harvesting jobs in the state, at 29 percent of statewide harvesting employment.
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Learn more about our investor program, please visit
or send an email to
Robyn
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Become a 2020 JEDC Investor
We invite you to invest in Juneau by becoming a JEDC Investor. Show your support of the work done to advance Juneau and Southeast Alaska's economy.
Supporting JEDC affects the long-term economic success of Alaska's Capital City while creating a business climate that bolsters your business or organization.
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Executive Director
Juneau Economic Development Council
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Alec Mesdag
Chair
Chancellor Rick Caulfield
Vice Chair
Mitch Jackson
Treasurer
Susan Murray
Secretary
Mayor Beth Weldon
Lauren MacVay
Brandon Cullum
Keith Comstock
Marc Wheeler
Jake Carpenter
Nadine Lefebvre
Wade Bryson, CBJ Assembly
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BP has been a long time supporter of JEDC.
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Why do you Choose Juneau?
As part of the Choose Juneau initiative at JEDC, we are continuing our weekly video series, Why I Choose Juneau.
Check out our weekly Why I Choose Juneau video campaign linked here.
Send your short video of why you choose Juneau to
Robyn Mesdag
and we will post selected videos!
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