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SBA Launches 6th Annual Growth Accelerator Fund Competition, Debuts SBIR Catalyst
These programs recognize the nation’s most innovative organizations with inclusive approaches towards supporting entrepreneurs in research and development.
Alaska SBDC Releases COVID-19 Impact Data on Small Businesses
A familiar story emerges from the data: COVID-19 has negatively impacted the hiring market and tourism-based businesses.
Royal Caribbean Group Announces Cruise Support for Shop Local Alaska Program
The Shop Local Alaska Program is an online marketplace exclusively for Alaska businesses.
SBA Launches Supplemental Targeted Advance for Small Businesses Hardest Hit by COVID-19
Supplemental Targeted Advances will provide $5 billion in additional assistance to 1 million small businesses and nonprofit organizations that have been most severely affected by the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
4950 Sales Partners with Weil-McLain to Provide Alaska Region with Hydronic Comfort Heating Systems
4950 Sales serves the commercial, industrial, and plumbing and mechanical and construction sectors.
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Alaska Problems Require Alaska Solutions
June 2021
On January 16, a fire destroyed the water plant and washeteria in the southwest Alaska village of Tuluksak. For the village of about 350 people, it was a devastating blow. The water plant was the only source of drinking water in the village, in which the primarily Yup’ik residents lack indoor plumbing and rely on honey buckets, not uncommon in the flat, swampy region.