This year’s Rural Energy Conference will be taking place at the Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, AK, from September 16th-18th. This year the focus will be on Developing Local and Renewable Energy Resources. It will be an “opportunity to share alternative energy information, strengthen networks throughout the Alaska energy community, and to discuss the Alaska Energy Plan.” Click here to view a Draft of the Agenda
The Alaska Energy Authority is providing travel funding for rural communities to attend the conference. Attendees from Kodiak, Dillingham and King Salmon may receive up to $800 worth of travel funds and attendees from Dutch Harbor and the Pribilof Islands may receive up to $1,500 worth of funds for travel. |
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Starting in August, SWAMC will offer FREE training for small business owners and operators in the Southwest region. The trainings will be offered in the form of three-day workshops focused on three core areas: general business principles and business plan writing; the business of fishing; and tourism business development. In addition, the workshops will offer participants the opportunity for free one-on-one consultations with the small business experts.
The workshops will be held in four different Southwest Alaska communities and finish up in December 2008. The first workshop will take place in King Salmon, August 20-22, and continue on to King Cove, Dillingham, and Kodiak throughout the fall. Click here for a flyer. |
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July 7, 2008 - The Alaska Marketplace officially launched its 2008 business idea competition, set to take place over a 17 month period. The Marketplace begins with a call for proposals in July, followed by an awards ceremony in October (during the AFN Convention in Anchorage), and ending 12 months later when the innovative ideas have been implemented.
Short, simple Innovative Idea Applications are due September 1, 2008, with finalists selected by September 8, 2008. The innovators with the most promising proposals will become finalists and will receive entrepreneurial training and implementation coaching to refine their concepts.
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