Juneau Economic Development Council NEWS | April 2023 | |
XIII Juneau Maritime Festival | |
The Juneau Maritime Festival is returning on May 6, 2023, downtown at the Peratrovich Plaza next to the downtown library! Sponsorships, Harbor Cruises, Juneau Maritime Raffle, Recipe Contest, and Volunteering at the Juneau Maritime Festival are live! Come be a part of one of Juneau's largest summer events, complete with live music, great food, and awesome vendors from around town. | |
Investor of the Month: Alaska Airlines | |
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JEDC Investor Program
The JEDC Investor Program offers comprehensive and consistent marketing. By joining the JEDC Investor Program, your organization will be recognized on all JEDC presentations, collateral materials, websites, and monthly newsletters.
Investment levels range from $650 to $10,000+ with increasing benefits.
Best of all, your investment supports economic development programming!
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Investor of the Month:
Alaska Airlines
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Alaska Airlines helps create and support communities. Alaska Airlines started out in 1932 connecting small towns across Alaska. 90 years later, connecting small towns and large urban areas, we still know that taking care of each other is how we all will continue to thrive. Investing in communities is part of our DNA, whether it’s through our employees volunteering to restore agricultural lands in Hawai’i or to fill and deliver boxes from a local food bank; through a grant from the Alaska Airlines Foundation; or through the ecosystem of small business relationships that are a part of our supply chain.
Air travel connects us in many ways. Connecting families, friends, and colleagues across the globe – and creating special moments through flight. Throughout the year, we have opportunities to make wishes come true for children, to honor our nation’s heroes with travel to see the war memorials in Washington D.C., and to make all feel welcome flying with us. We also feel great responsibility to the places we fly, reflected in many of the organizations we support.
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The Local Frequency: Forbidden Peak Brewery | |
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Family-owned craft brewery with tasty beers to match the epic views of Auke Bay. Inspired by Alaska, grounded in Juneau - grab a beer for the journey.
When you use the Local Frequency app at Forbidden Peak Brewery you get:
- 3% in app cash back when you pay with Credit, Debit, or Cash
- 5% in app cash back when you pay with the Local Frequency App
- 10% cash-back when you spend over $150 cumulative a month.
Download the app today and start earning cash back at your favorite local businesses. Good for you and local businesses!
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Egan is Lava
Your favorite A to Beer, all-form- transportation, just for fun, half-marathon between Devils Club Brewing Company and Forbidden Peak Brewery is back!
Visit: www.devilsclubbrewing.com/eganislava to register! Folks that register between now and Friday, April 28, will be given a T-Shirt at the finish line!
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See how The Local Frequency can work with your business, create loyalty, and change customer behavior! | | |
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Camp Registration
Camp registration is filling up fast for our LEGO robotics summer camps!
LEGO Robotics Explore Camp (grades 1-4)
Campers use the LEGO Spike Essential motors, sensors and programming to bring their LEGO creations to life! This is the robot used in FIRST LEGO League Explore.
LEGO Robotics Challenge Camp (grades 4-8)
Campers will build and program the LEGO Spike Prime robots to complete challenges and end the week with a fun Sumo Bot tournament. This is the new robot being used for FIRST LEGO League Challenge.
LEGO Robotics Challenge Advanced Camp July 24-28 (grades 4-8)
Campers who have completed the LEGO Robotics Challenge Camp or have previous experience with LEGO Spike Prime can take our advanced camp. This camp is for kids with experience with Spike Prime robots. Campers with significant EV3 Classroom experience should contact acooper@jedc.org to see if this camp is appropriate
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Other Upcoming Camps
"See the Universe" Astronomy Camp
Learn astronomy basics while exploring the universe using real image data and robotic telescopes. How can we do real astronomy from a cloudy place like Juneau? How do backyard telescopes work? What can we learn from modern giant telescopes or space-based telescopes?
July 10 – 14
- Students entering grades 7– 9
- 9am-4pm Monday-Friday @ Marie Drake Planetarium
- Registration Opening Soon
3D Printing Intro Camp (July 17-21)
Bring your creative ideas to life with 3D design & print! Campers will use the free Tinkercad modeling software to build their design skills and learn advanced tips & tricks as they progress through 2 or more projects per day. Projects include 3D printable trinkets made from 2d images, articulated creatures, multi-part assemblies, storytelling with characters and props, and candy molds. All 3D design skill levels and experiences will be accommodated!
We will be running our 3D printers around the clock for campers to print two of their favorite designs to take home. Tinkercad is free and campers will keep all of their designs, so they can continue working on them long after camp is over and print them with any 3D printer found at school, libraries, makerspaces, or homes.
- Students entering grades 6 – 10
- 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Monday-Friday @ Thunder Mountain High School
- Camps are “Pay as you can”
3D Printing Advanced Camp (July 24-28)
Are you an intermediate or advanced modeler with an interest in robotics? Campers will 3D design in Tinkercad, 3D print, assemble, and code custom attachments for robots to score on given mission challenges. Attachments may include bumpers, kickers, robot arms and grippers powered by servo motors. Campers will learn how to download STL design files from various robot kit companies like REVrobotics.com and 3D design libraries like Thingiverse.com and Printables.com to use in their own designs. The last day of camp will include a robot tournament, where the attachments will be tested in game play. This camp is led by an experienced FIRST Tech Challenge coach and will be adapted to the interests and skills of the campers who sign up.
- Students entering grades 8 – 12
- 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Monday-Friday @ Thunder Mountain High School
- Camps are “Pay as you can”
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JEDC is in need of some individuals and/or businesses to sponsor the Spike Prime and Spike Essential robot kits we use for our local Juneau FIRST LEGO League teams. | |
We are looking for organizations that are interested in supporting Juneau youth in exploring the world of STEM through our JEDC Summer STEM Camp program. | |
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We are thrilled to announce that FTC 18185 Lightbotics from Fairbanks (pictured) has won the Design Award for the Ochoa Division at the FIRST Championship in Houston!
We would also like to extend our congratulations to FTC 19953 Scrap Metal from West Anchorage High School, who competed in the Edison Division and finished 10th out of 48 overall! This is a remarkable achievement for both teams and a testament to their hard work and dedication to robotics.
Both Alaska teams should be incredibly proud of their accomplishments, and we wish them all the best for future competitions. Well done, Lightbotics and Scrap Metal!
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Pick. Click. Give.
Want to support our Alaskan FIRST and STEM programs? Remember to choose Alaska Development Corporation when you Pick. Click. Give. this year!
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Downtown Business Association | |
Now Hiring: Downtown Ambassadors | | |
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We are excited to announce that recruitment is live for the Downtown Ambassador Program. This program is made possible through an award by CBJ to the DBA (Downtown Business Asociation) of cruise ship passenger fees and aims to provide visitors with a welcoming and informative experience in our downtown area. We are looking for enthusiastic and dedicated individuals to join our team and help us make our downtown area a warm and inviting place for tourists and locals alike.
By becoming an Ambassador, individuals will have the opportunity to represent our downtown area, connect with visitors, and promote our local businesses. We encourage you to apply or to refer your friends to apply today and be a part of this exciting program.
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Arctic Innovation Competition | |
Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 Arctic Innovation Competition! | |
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Main Division
1st Place Winner
AirvCherry
Created by: Serena Allen, Lev Afonine, Karthik Vangeti, Pranav Kulkarni, Emanuel Marquez, Shashwat Jadhav
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JR Division
1st Place Winner
Grater than Ice
Created by: Jeffrey Goddard and Xander Dahle.
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Cub Division
1st place winner
The Animal Alert
Created by: Denali Walrath.
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Thank you to all participants for your incredible ideas and dedication to making a positive impact in the Arctic. To rewatch the competition or to get more information on AIC, visit the link below. | |
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JEDC encourages shopping locally and supporting local charities through the Local Change feature of the Local Frequency app.
Did you know Fred Meyer will donate to a charity of your choice when you shop with them?
Did you also know you can support STEM education in Juneau through the Alaska Development Corporation, a 501c3 Charity affiliated with JEDC? Choose Alaska Development Corporation via Fred Meyers or Local Frequency (or even your PFD via Pick Click Give) and support our wonderful Juneau programs!
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Fred Meyer offers a Community Rewards program. When you shop with your Fred Meyer's reward card they will donate to a non-profit or charity of your choice! To support STEM and FIRST Robotics, including our STEM Summer Camp programs, make sure you choose Alaska Development Corportation for your donations.
How to opt in:
- Head to fredmeyer.com
- Sign In
- Click on "My Account"
- Click on "My Community Rewards"
- Search "Alaska Development Corporation"
- Click "Enroll"
Your purchases well help donate to our wonderful Juneau programs.
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Local Change is a feature in the Local Frequency app that allows users to opt in to round up their Local Frequency purchases to donate to a non-profit of their choice.
How to opt in:
- Download the Local Frequency app.
- Go to "More"
- Click on "Setup Local Change"
- Choose "Alaska Development Program" or a local non-profit of your choice.
- Choose a round up amount.
- Start Local Change
Your purchases well help donate to our wonderful Juneau programs.
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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 Fund | 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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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Garrett Schoenberger, Chair
Dr. Karen Carey, Vice Chair
Aaron Morrison, Treasurer
Melissa Kookesh, Secretary
Jake Carpenter
Trenton English
Marc Guevarra
Alexander Kotlarov
Raymond Paddock III
Jill Weitz
Mayor Beth Weldon
Carole Triem, CBJ Assembly Liaison
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JEDC's 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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Brian Holst
Executive Director
Juneau Economic Development Council
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