06/12/12Alaska’s First HackathonAEDC is teaming up with the Municipality of Anchorage to host Alaska's first Hackathon June 15th-17th. |
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04/25/12AEDC March 2012 Employment ReportExecutive Summary The unemployment rate in Anchorage is averaging 5.9 percent so far in 2012, based on data provided by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development. This is 0.7 percentage points less than the same time last year. In 2011 we saw the unemployment rate decline pretty steadily all year, but what was so exciting about the decrease in 2011 is that it happened in the face of a growing labor force. So far is 2012 this isn’t the same case. Unemployment is down so far, but our labor force is also down about 1,158 people. It’s a little early in the year for this to be a cause for concern, but it is something to keep an eye out for. Services Producing Jobs Services producing jobs in Anchorage (engineering, retail, tourism, healthcare, etc.)... |
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04/16/12Making a Smarter PlanetLast week, IBM experts on global innovation technology visited us in Anchorage for the “Alaska Smarter Planet Executive Conference” for an amazing opportunity to bring Alaska business leaders a one-of-a-kind conference, focusing on the future of global technology and innovation. At the conference, business leaders heard from Senator Mark Begich on his perspectives on Federal issues related to broadband and the changing world of technology. |
04/11/12AEDC February 2012 Employment ReportExecutive Summary The unemployment rate in Anchorage is averaging 5.9 percent so far in 2012, based on data provided by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development. This is 0.8 percentage points less than the same time last year. In 2011, we saw the unemployment rate decline pretty steadily all year, but what was so exciting about the decrease in 2011 is that it happened in the face of a growing labor force. So far in 2012 this isn’t the same case. Unemployment is down, but our labor force is also down about 1,360 people. It’s a little early in the year for this to be a cause for concern, but it is something to keep an eye out for. Services Producing Jobs Services producing jobs in Anchorage (engineering, retail, tourism, healthcare, etc.) are up... |
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Bill Popp, President & CEO, Anchorage Economic Development Corporation
Bill Popp has spent more than 35 years in both the Alaska private and public sectors. As President & CEO of the Anchorage Economic Development Corporation, he sets the strategic direction in marketing Anchorage and Alaska to companies and global industries considering Anchorage as a place in which to do business and assists local businesses looking to expand both within Anchorage and Alaska as well as lower-48 and international markets.
Popp is currently Chairman of the Governor’s Broadband Task Force and is a board member of the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce, Visit Anchorage, Anchorage Downtown Partnership, the Alaska Partnership for Economic Development and Anchorage Concert Association
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