Choose Anchorage

BUSINESS VITALITY

Create a dynamic and diverse business base that drives higher levels of new investment and job creation.

• Strengthen AEDC’s business retention and expansion efforts.
• Focus diversification efforts on emerging market opportunities.
• Continue expanding and deepening the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Anchorage.
• Serve as a source of business intelligence to support Anchorage’s efforts to diversify into emerging market sectors.

TALENT

Build a robust talent pool with skills that meet the needs of current and future employers to foster a more resilient and diversified economic base.

• Develop an independent regional workforce development board covering the Anchorage area.
• Expand partnerships in leading sectors to build awareness of career opportunities in the region and offer education and training.
• Promote Anchorage’s value proposition for talent.
• Leverage the existing and future regional veterans’ community to support talent demand and career opportunities.
• Expand support systems for Anchorage’s young professionals to retain talent and grow a future community leadership pipeline.

QUALITY OF PLACE

Invest in Anchorage’s quality of place to help reverse current migration trends and support the retention and attraction of young people.

• Increase the number of housing units, owner and rental, across the spectrum of affordability and density.
• Elevate downtown revitalization opportunities (including redevelopment, infill, and adaptive reuse).
• Leverage the presence of Anchorage’s recreational assets through marketing opportunities.
• Support and advocate for creative strategies for addressing people experiencing homelessness in Anchorage through the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness.
• Develop and promote Anchorage’s identity (districts, wayfinding, beautification, activation).

INFRASTRUCTURE

Leverage existing assets in a sustainable manner and invest in critical infrastructure to shape quality places that are attractive to business and talent.

• Secure full funding for the reconstruction of dock facilities at the Port of Alaska.
• Facilitate the development of Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport as a hub for international air cargo operations and passenger flights.
• Work with private developers to provide the infrastructure needed to support new housing construction.
• Strengthen the city’s transportation network to improve safety, encourage walking and bicycling, activate streets, and encourage economic activity.
• Design a public investment strategy to spur private investment and talent retention/ attraction in Anchorage.

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