What's New at JEDC http://jedc.org/jedc.xml http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Thurs, 28 Jan 2010 10:00:00 -0900 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:58:47 -0900 After months of collaborative work among the Juneau Affordable Housing Commission, the Juneau Economic Development Council, and the Juneau Homeless Coalition, the City and Borough of Juneau Assembly passed an ordinance on July 19, 2010 to establish the Juneau Affordable Housing Fund with an initial deposit of $400,000. http://jedc.org/affordablehousing.shtml Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:30:58 -0900 Applications are now being accepted for the 3rd annual Juneau Farmers Market and Local Food Festival on Saturday, August 28, from 9 AM to 2 PM at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center (table registration is due by Friday, August 6). Weekly Farmers Markets continue on Saturdays from 10 AM to 2 PM (register by Thursday each week). http://juneaufarmersmarket.wikispaces.com/ Yes http://www.jedc.org/images/JFM_Logo.jpg Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:30:58 -0900 With support and funding from the City and Borough of Juneau, JEDC has completed a Juneau Housing Needs Assessment to provide housing data to community groups that are working to respond to housing issues in the capital city. For more information or to schedule a presentation on this report and/or the status of affordable housing and homelessness in Juneau, please contact Affordable Housing Coordinator Scott Ciambor at (907) 523-2338 or sciambor@jedc.org.
http://jedc.org/forms/JuneauHousingNeedsAssessment.pdf Fri, 9 Jul 2010 14:30:58 -0900 JEDC's SpringBoard program has become an official partner of the inaugural USA Science & Engineering Festival to be held in Washington DC in October.
http://jedc.org/sciencefest.php http://www.usasciencefestival.org/images/logos/USA_Science_Engineering_Festival_NewLogo.jpg Thu, 1 Jul 2010 14:30:58 -0900 JEDC's final Summer Science Camps of the 2010 season are underway. Watt's Up? and Sun to Sea start on Monday, July 12. Check out our new gallery of photos for these and all 2010 summer STEM activities.
http://jedc.org/gallery.php http://www.jedc.org/images/stem-summer-thumb.jpg Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:30:58 -0900 Don't miss the Juneau Farmers Market, held every Saturday from 10 AM to noon in association with the Juneau Artists Market, downtown at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center. Wanted: your freshly harvested produce, fruit or herbs, eggs, cut flowers, jams and jellies or shelf-stable baked goods; artisan and specialty foods produced locally; and fresh, locally caught seafood. Register here for each week's market no later than Thursday. http://jedc.org/farmersmarket.php http://www.jedc.org/images/JFM_Logo.jpg Tues, 8 Jun 2010 14:30:58 -0900 Guinness record-holder Ken Blackburn, an aeronautical engineer from MIT, hosted an evening of paper-airplane designing, folding and flying on Tuesday, June 29th at the Dimond Park Field House in conjunction with JEDC's Flight Quest program, in progress this week at Thunder Mountain High School. Hundreds of planes were folded and flown, with prizes for accuracy, longest flight and farthest distance.
http://jedc.org/summer-flightquest.php Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:30:58 -0900 Adults ventured into student Lego territory for the first time in Juneau in the inaugural FIRST LEGO League Corporate Challenge, and Wostmann & Associates, Inc. came out on top.
http://www.jedc.org/stem-lego-adult.php http://www.jedc.org/images/stem-lego-corporate-thumb.jpg Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:30:58 -0900 The Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation has announced that production has begun at the Kensington Gold Mine ahead of schedule. http://www.jedc.org/forms/KensingtonPR.pdf Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:30:58 -0900 The second week of May, K-6 students in Juneau's schools enjoyed a break from the classroom during Sea Week, an annual learning event focused on Southeast Alaska's marine environment. Students participated in a wide variety of hands-on activities in both indoor and outdoor settings, including an activity sponsored by JEDC's SpringBoard/STEM education program at the spectacular facilities of NOAA's Ted Stevens Marine Research Institute. http://www.jedc.org/seaweek.php http://jedc.org/images/Equipment-sm.jpg Mon, 17 May 2010 14:30:58 -0900 Stay on top of activities and developments of economic importance to Juneau and Southeast Alaska through our JEDC News bulletin. http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs066/1101829808596/archive/1103545605325.html Yes Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:00:58 -0900 Juneau celebrated its maritime geography and culture at the inaugural Juneau Maritime Festival on Saturday, May 22, an event organized by JEDC and partners.
http://juneaumaritimefestival.org/ Yes http://jedc.org/images/JMF_RescueDemo3-sm-sm.jpg Mon, 25 May 2010 14:30:58 -0900 The CBJ Assembly has submitted comments regarding the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation's draft, statewide, coordinated Housing and Community Development Plan.
Click here to see AHFC's draft Housing and Community Development Plan
Click here to see to see CBJ's letter to AHFC. http://jedc.org/forms/2010_CHCP.pdf Wed, 7 Apr 2010 14:30:58 -0900 JEDC is proud to release our latest research paper, Doing Business in Juneau: Paying Taxes, which examines CBJ taxes from a business perspective. The report includes specifics about each tax (e.g., rates, exemptions) and aims to put into perspective the level of taxation of the Juneau business community. CBJ taxes both sales and a broad spectrum of real and personal property. The sales tax provides the largest percent of tax revenue and contributed just over half of total tax revenue in 2008. http://www.jedc.org/forms/April_6_Paying_Taxes_White_Paper.pdf Fri, 9 Apr 2010 14:30:58 -0900 The Alaska State Chamber of Commerce has announced that it will host Alaska Business Week, an intensive summer camp for high school students, the week of August 8-14 at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Modeled after the successful Washington Business Week program, Alaska Business Week is described as an intensive summer camp for high school students -- a learning and discovery camp for future leaders, mentored by Alaska business leaders. http://www.alaskachamber.com/content/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=103&Itemid=133 Yes http://www.jedc.org/images/asccLogo.jpg Wed, 7 Apr 2010 14:30:58 -0900 Our sincere thanks for the community-wide contributions made on behalf of Juneau's application to Google for an ultrafast broadband network! The application was submitted on time and we'll post further information about JuneauBroadband here and at juneaubroadband.com as it becomes available. Whether or not Juneau is chosen by Google, we hope you'll continue to participate with us in conversations about improving Juneau's connectivity.

Click here to follow Google's next steps.
http://juneaubroadband.com Yes http://www.jedc.org/images/broadband.jpg Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:30:58 -0900 JEDC, UAS and Southeast Conference hosted one of four USDA forums on jobs and the economy that were convened in Alaska in January. JEDC's Brian Holst joined USDA officials and others at Centennial Hall in Juneau on January 26 to address ways to accelerate job growth in rural communities. Business owners, residents, state and local officials, union members, nonprofits, community leaders, economists and others attended, and the USDA report on results of the forums is now in. http://www.jedc.org/forms/USDAReportFinal2.16.10.pdf Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:25:58 -0900 Crazy about JuneauBroadband? Not sure what all the fuss is about? Come to the JuneauBroadband Party on Saturday, March 20 at the Hangar Ballroom, learn all about it, and catch some great photos to post on your Facebook page in support of ultrafast broadband in Juneau! http://juneaubroadband.com Yes http://www.jedc.org/images/broadband.jpg Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:30:58 -0900 Celebrating the science and art of winter and Arctic culture. Hands on activities for all ages lead by scientists, experts, artists and educators. 1pm-4pm, Saturday February 27 at the Alaska State Museum in Juneau. http://www.jedc.org/2stem-chill.php Yes http://www.jedc.org/images/chillflyer-thumb.jpg Tues, 23 Feb 2010 14:30:58 -0900 Hot-shot teams from Thunder Mountain and Juneau Douglas High Schools competed in the FIRST Tech Challenge statewide robotics competition at the University of Alaska Fairbanks on February 19 and 20. http://www.jedc.org/2stem-lego-hs.php Yes Tues, 23 Feb 2010 14:30:58 -0900 With financial support from AKSourceLink, JEDC hosted a highly successful Business Resource Expo for small business owners and resource providers at Centennial Hall in Juneau on Wednesday, February 3. http://www.jedc.org/businessexpo.php Yes http://www.jedc.org/images/Expo%20ogoblue-green.jpg Thurs, 4 Feb 2010 14:30:58 -0900 Hosted by Best Beginnings and the Association for the Education of Young Children (AEYC), with support from JEDC, Sara Chambers and Andrea Doll gave a Town Hall presentation and facilitated discussion on the status of young children and families in Juneau at the Hangar Ballroom on Friday, January 22nd. http://www.jedc.org/forms/AEYC_PR.pdf Yes Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:17:58 -0900 On Saturday, January 16, 2010 at Dimond High School in Anchorage, the FIRST LEGO League Alaska Statewide Championship Tournament takes place. Find out more about the Anchorage Robot Rendezvous and results from earlier, regional tournaments. http://www.jedc.org/2stem-lego.php Yes http://www.jedc.org/images/anchorage-tourney-sm.jpg Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:17:58 -0900 Videographers and filmmakers, don't miss the February 15 deadline to enter your 3-minute video about Juneau! The FILM Juneau contest is sponsored by CBJ, the JAHC, and JEDC with the intent of creating a Juneau promotional video. Your video should contain elements about our economy, quality of life, status as capital city, geography, and people and history. The winning video will be featured prominently here and on the CBJ and JAHC websites. All entries will be screened at the awards ceremony on April 2, 2010 at Centennial Hall, where the audience will participate in judging the winning video. The winner will receive a cash prize of $500. Apply here. http://www.jedc.org/forms/FILM_Juneau_Application.pdf Yes Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:17:58 -0900 Project Homeless Connect was a one-day, one-stop event on Monday, January 25th at Centennial Hall. Sponsored by the Juneau Homeless Coalition and coinciding with the Point-in-Time Count, a one-day count of people experiencing sheltered and unsheltered homelessness, the purpose of this event was to connect services to people who are homeless. JEDC's Scott Ciambor played a leading role in coordinating Project Homeless Connect and provided affordable housing information at the event. http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/012610/loc_554968587.shtml Yes http://www.jedc.org/images/PHC_Poster-sm.jpg Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:20:58 -0900