Juneau Economic Development Council NEWS | July 2022
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Thank You 2022 STEM Summer Camp Sponsors! |
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Benito and Frances
Gaguine Foundation
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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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Entrepreneurship Programs |
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JEDC Launch Pad
Tuesdays, 5-8PM Sept 13-Nov 15
Downtown, Juneau AK
Calling all entrepreneurs! JEDC is offering a free ten-week course for entrepreneurs to learn the skills they need to build a successful business.
Enjoy food from a different local business each week, hear from an expert guest speaker on that week's topic, receive a complimentary ticket to the 2023 Innovation Summit (valued at $250+) for successful completion, and more!
This course meets in-person on Tuesdays 5-8PM Sept 13-Nov 15. Deadline to apply is Monday, August 22nd @ 11:59PM
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2022-2023 Robotics Season Theme: FIRST ENERGIZE
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Every year, Alaskan youth join FIRST® LEGO League, FIRST® Tech Challenge, and FIRST® Robotics Competition teams to work together to build and program robots and to find solutions for the problems their teams face. This year's theme: FIRST Energize
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2022-2023 FIRST LEGO League SuperPowered Season
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FIRST LEGO League launch of the SuperPowered game is August 2nd! View the teaser here!
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FIRST Tech Challenge
Power Play
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FIRST Tech Challenge launch for Power Play will be September 10th. Teams can register now. Click the button to register now or contact Alyson Cooper at acooper@jedc.org. |
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2022 Concerts in The Park |
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A throwback to the original "Concerts in the Park," this mini-event series is produced by the Juneau Arts & Humanities Council in partnership with the Downtown Business Association. Enjoy live music at the Park this summer! Grab a chair and some snacks and head down to Tracy's Crab Shack 2 TODAY, July 21 and at the Whale August 11, from 5:30-7:30 PM. This is a free community event open to the public and our summer visitors. Stay tuned - acts for both concerts will be announced shortly!
Make a donation at any level in support of this event! We want to make this event free for anyone to attend and get the community enjoying downtown, so chip in anywhere from $10 to $400 to make this event happen. Major sponsors ($200 or more) will be included in earned media, outreach, and marketing efforts.
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NEW Local Frequency Merchant:
Bustin Out Boutique
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Here at Bustin’ Out Boutique we are trained, certified and passionate about helping you find a bra that not only fits but is comfortable and well suited to your breast shape. In addition to carrying everyday bras from A cups to K cups we also carry nursing bras, maternity and nursing clothing, lingerie, underwear, and provide bra fitting services.
Buy 9 pairs of underwear get the 10th FREE!
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Local Frequency & Local Spending
The Local Frequency is a customer loyalty program for local businesses. In addition to serving as an app-based, customizable rewards system for local businesses, the program also keeps 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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Alaska Mental Health Trust's Support for Southeast Eldercare Coalition |
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JEDC and the Southeast Regional Eldercare Coalition are pleased to announce that the Alaska Mental Health Trust has generously funded a grant to continue the work of the Coalition. This grant supports building a better Eldercare infrastructure in our region and the development of a Model of Home Eldercare based on Best Practices. We appreciate your support and look forward to a lasting relationship serving Trust beneficiaries throughout Southeast Alaska!
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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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Juneau air traffic continued to creep towards 2019 levels leading up to the 2022 summer visitor season. The first four months of 2022 saw a total of 76,334 embarkments at the Juneau International Airport, which is 88.2 percent of the 86,513 embarkments seen in 2019. This is great improvement from the 51,786 embarkments in first four months of 2021 (59.9 percent compared to 2019). Air travel in 2021 was up to just 77.4 percent of 2019 levels in the summer months (June-Sept).
Juneau typically sees a jump of 15,000 embarkments per month in the summer due to the visitor season. Embarkments during the summer months in 2021 came close to the 2019 embarkment levels, summing to 84.6 percent of the same months in 2021. Embarkment recovery fell in the fall and winter of 2021 to between 79.8 percent to 72.0 percent between October and December. This could indicate that Juneauites have not resumed traveling quite as much as those who are visiting Juneau since the COVID. According to Tracktherecovery.org, case rates hit a 2021 high in September and decreased through the end of the year, as did Time Outside Home (normal considering Juneau’s weather).
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Market Data and Juneau International Airport. *Data for May 2022 is an estimate based off Delta and Alaska Airlines embarkments at JNU.
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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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