Juneau Economic Development Council NEWS | May 2022
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Sign Up for STEM Summer Camps! |
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2022 STEM Summer Camps
Dates: Camps ongoing throughout June & July, early August
Ages: Options for Grades 1-8
Location: Thunder Mountain High School
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Enrich your child's summer experience through these fun, engaging camps that combine STEM education with compelling activities. Early STEM education has been shown to result in better educational outcomes for children.
There are multiple camps going on for a variety of ages. You can find a full list of camp options here.
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STEM Summer Camps: Call for Sponsors |
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Do you want to help increase access to high quality STEM Programs in Juneau? Become a 2022 STEM Summer Program sponsor and help expose more students to great hands-on, minds-on learning projects.
There are several different sponsorship tiers that you can choose from. Full details can be found here.
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Sponsor a new Spike Prime or Spike Essential robot! These robots are used by kids during JEDC Summer STEM camps and Juneau school FIRST LEGO League teams to use during the school years. What a great way to support STEM education in Juneau! Name or logo will be put on the robot controller and the outside of the kit. |
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2022 Juneau Maritime Festival Wrap-up & Raffle Tickets |
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This year's Maritime Festival was a great success! We had a busy day full of maritime-themed activities, music, great food, and local vendors.
Winners of the 2022 Raffle have been announced on JEDC social media.
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Thank you to our 2022 Festival Sponsors! |
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New Local Frequency Merchant: Mar y Sol! |
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Mar y Sol opened in the summer of 2017 as a food truck operation, becoming a full-service restaurant in September 2018. Owned and operated by a third-generation restaurateur, Mar y Sol features authentic cuisine of coastal Nayarit and the flavors of the Mexican Riviera with an Alaskan touch. Now offering rewards!
10% Cash back from 2-4 PM!
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Local Frequency & Local Spending
The Local Frequency is a unique rewards program: in addition to serving as an app-based, customizable rewards system for local businesses, the underlying philosophy behind the project involves keeping dollars local! A multitude of case studies and academic analyses show that shopping at locally-owned small businesses (as opposed to shopping online or at large corporate chains) helps strengthen the local economy.
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Are you a local or independent business?
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JEMA Support for Southeast Eldercare Coalition |
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JEDC and the Southeast Regional Eldercare Coalition thanks the Juneau Emergency Medical Associates (JEMA) for generously providing $10,000 in funding to help fund our work toward building better eldercare infrastructure in our region. We appreciate your support! |
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Southeast Eldercare Coalition |
The goal of the Southeast Eldercare Coalition is to bring eldercare providers from across Southeast together to identify and solve mutual issues, share program information, and be a collaborative force for change.
Are you interested in joining the next meeting? Email our program lead Robyn Mesdag for details. rmesdag@jedc.org
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Indicator of the Month: Juneau Maritime Industry |
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This week we're looking at the housing stock in Alaska. Housing has become a pertinent issue to Juneau's community, which is experiencing a shortage of good, affordable housing options for renters and homebuyers alike.
From 1992 to 2020, there were approximately 84577 housing units built in Alaska. New constructions peaked in 2004, with a sharp drop-off in 2008. Since 2008, the average number of new constructions has been only 2139 per year, while the average number from 1992-2007 was 3548.
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2022 Alaska Angel Conference Final Event Winners |
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Alaska Angel Conference Final Event: Winners
The 2022 Alaska Angel Conference Final Event took place on Wednesday, May 18th. The $100,000 investment went to Kartorium, and the People's Choice Award went to Prismatext.
Kartorium is a 100% Alaskan owned and operated software startup that provides a cloud-based B2B SaaS platform for visualizations, data management, and knowledge transfer in heavy industries. You can learn more at https://kartorium.com.
Prismatext makes learning a language as easy & fun as reading a book. Prismatext’s machine learning process enhances popular literature by gradually introducing foreign words & phrases, allowing users to enjoy recreational reading while absorbing new vocabulary. Prismatext delivers a faster & richer learning experience by reinforcing retention through repetition, context & storytelling. Its e-bookshelf offers blended classics in 16 languages. https://prismatext.com/
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Entrepreneurship Programs |
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Kauffman FastTrac Program:
Do you have an exciting business idea? Well...now what? This fall, JEDC can help take your business from idea to launch through a 10-week immersive course designed to provide the tools and information you need to succeed.
Throughout the course you will:
- Discover how your business concept matches your personal vision.
- Align your business concept with a real market opportunity.
- Find your target market and discover your competitive advantage.
- Determine the unique features and benefits of your product/ service.
- Learn how to set realistic financial goals for your business.
- Define your company’s brand and marketing.
- Learn how to manage business functions and develop an organizational culture.
- Determine the steps to profitability.
- Identify potential sources of funding for your business.
- Launch your business.
If you are interested in learning more information, please fill out the interest form linked below. If you have questions or concerns, please contact mworden@jedc.org.
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Other Small Business & Entrepreneur Resources:
Spruce Root's Path to Prosperity is an annual business development competition for businesses with a positive economic, environmental, and community impact on Southeast Alaska. This year's cycle is focused on tourism-related businesses and startups. The deadline to apply is Tuesday, May 31st. Click the link to learn more and apply!
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2022 Business Climate Survey - Southeast Conference |
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Calling all business owners and managers! Your input is critical to help inform policy makers regarding the climate of your community and the region. |
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Creating more childcare capacity in Juneau by assisting new or existing
childcare providers to access, improve or expand the physical infrastructure needed to deliver a quality childcare program to more families.
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Southeast Alaska Revolving Loan |
If you have a project that will create or retain jobs in Southeast Alaska, Juneau Economic Development Council could be the lender you've been looking for. |
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JEDC
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Garrett Schoenberger, Chair
Dr. Karen Carey, Vice Chair
Jake Carpenter, Treasurer
Melissa Kookesh, Secretary
Aaron Morrison
Rodney Hesson
Marc Guevarra
Alexander Kotlarov
Jill Weitz
Raymond Paddock III
Mayor Beth Weldon
Michelle Bonnet Hale, CBJ Assembly Liaison
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JEDC Five Areas of Focus
- Help Make Juneau a Great (Capital) City
- Strengthen Key Regional Industries
- Develop Talent
- Promote Entrepreneurship & Small Business Development
- Deliver Economic Services
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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 impacts 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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