by Scott Rhode | Sep 30, 2024 | Magazine, Retail, Small Business
Nearly a dozen secondhand and thrift stores are visible from one intersection in Anchorage’s Spenard neighborhood. Learn the difference between secondhand and thrift and how both shoppers and stores make money by keeping used merchandise in circulation.
by Scott Rhode | Sep 4, 2024 | Featured, Government, News
As with many civilian employers, the US military struggles to fill jobs, such as child care providers, to keep warfighters mission ready.
by Scott Rhode | Aug 26, 2024 | Magazine, Professional Services, Tourism
What does one weird Chevron gas station have to do with the Fourth Avenue Theatre, the Snow Tiger, and Clifford the Big Red Trolley? Take a tour of the laws protecting trade names in Alaska.
by Scott Rhode | Jul 24, 2024 | Featured, Healthcare, News, Nonprofits, Real Estate
Q’et’en Qenq’a “Elder’s House” is designed as permanent supportive housing for senior citizens in Anchorage who have nowhere else to live.
by Scott Rhode | Jul 18, 2024 | Featured, Manufacturing, News, Retail, Small Business
The journey of Zip Kombucha into coolers at Carrs/Safeway, Fred Meyer, Costco, and Walmart stores is an example of the path that Alaska-made products take from small-batch sales to national retail shelves.
by Scott Rhode | Jul 9, 2024 | Featured, News, Retail, Small Business
Around the corner from Crow Creek Mercantile, the main grocery store in Girdwood, a couple opened Raw Market to sell organic fruits and veggies.
by Scott Rhode | May 29, 2024 | Energy, Featured, Government, News
General themes for the 2024 Alaska Sustainable Energy conference included global connections, equitability, and tempered expectations.
by Scott Rhode | Apr 24, 2024 | Featured, Media & Arts, News, Nonprofits
Press Forward Alaska taps into a nationwide network of philanthropy to support local journalism, shifting the news business toward a nonprofit model.
by Scott Rhode | Apr 16, 2024 | Featured, News, Nonprofits, Small Business
Nearly two-dozen vendors at the Kids Business Fair sold keychains, jewelry, seedlings, cookies, and more at The Workshop, a nonprofit community space in South Anchorage.
by Scott Rhode | Apr 15, 2024 | Featured, News, Retail
The new Costco Home Showroom in South Anchorage lets customers physically interact with furniture and appliances sold online before ordering for delivery.