Southeast Conference February Newsletter

In This Issue
Mid Session Summit March 14-15
Make an appointment with the EDA
News Roundup
Wood Energy Conference
Senate Commerce Committee
Event Sponsors
Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium 
Avista
The Alaska Committee
Williams Kastner
Alaska Gasline Development Corp.
PeaceHealth Ketchikan
Alaska Marine Lines
City of Hoonah
City of Craig
Juneau Economic Development Council
Alaska Electric Light and Power
The Landing Plus Hotel
True North Credit Union
K&R Drilling
Wostmann Associates
Legacy Sponsors
AVISTA
First Bank
Ketchikan Gateway Borough
Haines Borough
City of  Ketchikan
State of Alaska
City of Valdez
Benefactor Sponsors

Alaska Electric Light & Power
Alaska Committee   
Lynden Inc.  
City and Borough of Sitka  
Gold Sponsors
Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska
Petersburg Borough
Alaska Airlines
Holland America Group/Princess Cruises
Silver Sponsors
Alaska Power & Telephone
Southeast Alaska Solid Waste Authority
Southeast Road Builders
Vigor Alaska  
Ketchikan Marine Industry Council  
Municipality of Skagway  
City of Kodiak 
Bronze Sponsors
Ketchikan Visitors Bureau
Coeur Alaska Kensington Mine
University of Alaska Southeast
Alaska Marine Lines
Madison Lumber & Hardware  
Best Western Landing Plus  
City of Unalaska  
City of Cordova
City and Borough of Wrangell
City of Pelican
City of Thorne Bay
Cordova Chamber
Greater Sitka Chamber
Hyder Community Association
Huna Totem
Inter-Island Ferry Authority
Marine Engineers
Masters Mates and Pilots Union
Petersburg Chamber of Commerce
Petersburg Economic Development Council
SouthWest Alaska Municipal Conference (SWAMC)
Travel Juneau
Wrangell Convention and Visitors Bureau 
Board of Directors
Chelsea Goucher - President
Jan Hill - 1st VP Haines
Dennis Watson - 2nd VP Craig
Stephen Bradford - Ketchikan (sec)
Alec Mesdag - Juneau (treasurer)
Garry White - Sitka (past pres)
Carol Rushmore - Wrangell
Bryce Dahlstrom - Klawock
Liz Cabrera - Petersburg
Rorie Watt - Juneau
Graham Neale - Jnu & Ketchikan
Marcos Scheer - Sitka
Dennis Gray Jr. -  Hoonah
Staff
Shelly Wright-Executive Director
Robert Venables- Energy & Transportation Coordinator

 

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Fantastic Mid Session Summit Planned March 14-15
 Ferries, maritime, energy, transportation, seafood, visitors, timber, mining, arts, solid waste, and economics. Our annual Mid Session Summit has something for everyone in Southeast Alaska. If you haven't already registered, now is your chance:
Tuesday March 14, 2017 and Wednesday March 15, 2017 at the
Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall in Juneau. Want to know what will happen when?  
Make an appointment with the EDA
Shirley Kelly, the Alaska Economic Development Representative for the Economic Development Administration, along with Bill O'Neil, Community Planner for the EDA, will be in town to attend our Mid Session Summit, and are available to meet with communities and organizations interested in grant funding opportunities. Please make an appointment directly with the EDA to arrange meetings in Juneau during your visit.
Southeast Conference in the News


April Wood Energy Conference
 
Southeast Conference Testified at the Senate Commerce Committee (January 26, 2017)

Southeast Conference provided the Senate Commerce Committee an overview of the regional economy and our economic initiatives to move the region forward. To see our testimony, click here - we are 50 minutes in: Presenting information on the Southeast Conference economic development plan.
To view the PowerPoint presentation, click here: Economic Planning for the Southeast Region presentation.