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- - - The State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) is a federally-funded program intended to attract lenders & investors to help with funding businesses that can’t get conventional business loans from banks & lending institutions.
      
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December 12, 2019

Mat-Su, Success Story

In just two years, Renea McAllister has taken her dream of restarting her beekeeping business and successfully launched a honeybee farm that provides locally harvested, raw, and unfiltered Matanuska-Susitna Valley honey. Read her story here!

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Alaska’s First-Ever AI Pitch Contest Showcases Innovation Across the Last Frontier

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