Business Facilities - January 2008 - (Page 26) ALASKA Governor Sarah Palin ALASKA Fast Facts Population (2006): 670,053 Largest Cities (2006): Anchorage, 278,700; Fairbanks, 31,142; Juneau, 30,737; Wasilla, 9,236; Sitka, 8,835 Targeted Industries: Oil and gas, mining, tourism, fishing Key Incentives: The Alaska Exploration Incentives Act, Agricultural Revolving Loan Fund, Alaska Growth Capital, Business and Export Loan Guarantee Program, Snowmobile Grant Program 0 5 ALASKA GDP by Industry (Total = $41.1 billion) (Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Data are 2006 estimates in current dollars.) 2.3% - Manufacturing 14.8% - Services & Healthcare 15.2% - Trade & Transportation 30.3% - Agriculture & Mining 11.0% - Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate 17.7% - Government 8.8% - Other 10 15 20 25 30 35 STATE CONTACTS Alaska Office of Economic Development Joe Osterman Acting Director 550 West 7th Avenue, Suite 1770 Anchorage, AK 99501 907-269-8100 www.commerce.state.ak.us/oed Alaska Division of Investments Greg Winegar Director, Dept. of Economic Development P.O. Box 34159 Juneau, AK 99803-4159 907-465-2510 www.dced.state.ak.us/investments Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District, Inc. John Parker, Executive Director 14896 Kenai Spur Highway, Suite 103A Kenai, AK 99611-7756 907-283-3335, ext. 224 www.kpedd.org Northwest Arctic Borough D’Anne Hamilton Director of Economic Development P.O. Box 1110 Kotzebue, AK 99752 907-442-2500 www.nwabor.org Prince William Sound Economic Development District Sue Cogswell, Executive Director 2207 Spenard Rd., Suite 207 Anchorage, AK 99503 907-222-2440 www.pwsedd.org Southeast Conference Shelly Wright Executive Director P.O. Box 21989 Juneau, AK 99802-1989 907-523-2321 www.seconference.org Southwest Alaska Municipal Conference Andy Varner Economic Development Specialist 3300 Arctic Boulevard, Suite 203 Anchorage, AK 99503-4579 907-562-7380 www.swamc.org CITY CONTACTS ANCHORAGE Anchorage Economic Development Corp. Bill Popp President and CEO 900 W. 5th Avenue, Suite 300 Anchorage, AK 99501-2048 907-258-3700 www.aedcweb.com FAIRBANKS Fairbanks Economic Development Corp. Jim Dodson, President 301 Cushman Street, Suite 301 Fairbanks, AK 99701-4629 907-452-2185 www.investfairbanks.com REGIONAL CONTACTS Copper Valley Development Association, Inc. Karen Linnell Business Manager P.O. Box 9 Glennallen, AK 99588 907-822-5001 www.alaskaeconomicdevelopment.org Kawerak, Inc. (Bering Straits Region) Barb Nickels Regional Director of Community Planning and Development P.O. Box 948 Nome, AK 99762 907-443-5231 www.kawerak.org JUNEAU Juneau Economic Development Council Chuck Collins Chairman 612 West Willoughby Avenue, Suite A Juneau, AK 99801-1732 907-523-2300 www.jedc.org SITKA Sitka Economic Development Association Hugh Bevan, Executive Director 329 Harbor Drive, Suite 212 Sitka, AK 99835 907-747-2660 sitka.net 26 J A N U A RY 2 0 0 8 http://www.kpedd.org http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/oed http://www.aedcweb.com http://www.nwabor.org http://www.dced.state.ak.us/investments http://www.investfairbanks.com http://www.pwsedd.org http://www.alaskaeconomicdevelopment.org http://www.jedc.org http://www.seconference.org http://www.kawerak.org http://www.swamc.org http://sitka.net
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