Alaska Small Business Development Center

Tag: Rural

SBA Targeted EIDL Advance Low-Income Community Map

February 22, 2021 COVID-19 Fairbanks Juneau Kenai Peninsula Ketchikan Rural
The Small Business Administration (SBA) Targeted Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Advance Low-Income Community Map is a tool intended to assist businesses in determining whether an address is located within a “low-income community”, which is ...

Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVO)

February 22, 2021 Anchorage COVID-19 Fairbanks Juneau Kenai Peninsula Ketchikan Mat-Su Rural
Interested in learning more about the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant? It is emergency assistance available for eligible venues that are negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Resources: SVO Program Details and Eligibility  Shuttered Venue Operators ...

SBA Prioritizes Smallest of Small Businesses in PPP

February 22, 2021 Anchorage COVID-19 Fairbanks Juneau Kenai Peninsula Ketchikan Mat-Su Rural
SBA Prioritizes Smallest of Small Businesses in the Paycheck Protection Program Steps to Promote Equitable Relief for Mom-and-Pop Businesses  Release Date: February 22, 2021      WASHINGTON – Building on a month of strong results, the Biden-Harris Administration and the U.S. Small ...

SBA Disaster Assistance Available to Alaska Private Nonprofit Organizations

February 19, 2021 COVID-19 Juneau Ketchikan Rural
SBA Disaster Assistance Available to Alaska Private Nonprofit Organizations SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to certain private nonprofit organizations in Alaska following President Biden’s federal disaster declaration for Public Assistance as a result ...

Meet Jim Harty!

February 18, 2021 Anchorage Fairbanks Juneau Kenai Peninsula Ketchikan Mat-Su Rural
We cannot thank the talented temps that have joined our team enough for their contributions this past year. This week, we’re happy to introduce you to Jim! Jim Harty has spent the last 13 years ...

UAF CTC Virtual Late Start Business Courses

February 16, 2021 Anchorage COVID-19 Fairbanks Juneau Kenai Peninsula Ketchikan Rural
If keeping pace with marketing and online business trends is overwhelming you, you are not alone!  There has been a seismic shift in how we market and run our businesses.  The UAF Community & Technical ...

February Update from the Executive Director

February 8, 2021 Anchorage COVID-19 Fairbanks Juneau Kenai Peninsula Ketchikan Mat-Su Rural
February is already here and there is a lot to talk about, so I’ll get right to it! On the Federal relief front, the SBA and private-sector financial institutions have processed over 891,000 PPP loans ...

Captain Healy and the Art of Bridge Building

February 8, 2021 Anchorage Fairbanks Juneau Kenai Peninsula Ketchikan Mat-Su Rural
Captain Healy and the Art of Bridge Building By Jade Greene, MBA, PHR, SHRM-CP, Northern and Rural Business Advisor Captain Michael A. Healy has been recognized since the late 20th century as the first man ...

Meet Frances Wesley!

February 4, 2021 Anchorage Fairbanks Juneau Kenai Peninsula Ketchikan Mat-Su Rural
Our team has been able to run smoothly over the last turbulent year due to support from temps from across the state! For this Thankful Thursday, we are excited to introduce you to Frances! If ...

2020 Annual Small Business Survey and Report

February 2, 2021 Anchorage COVID-19 Fairbanks Juneau Kenai Peninsula Ketchikan Mat-Su Rural
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 02/02/2021 Alaska SBDC and small businesses are taking on the pandemic together The 2020 Annual Report shares data-driven insight into COVID-19’s impact on small businesses  Anchorage, Alaska – February 2, 2021– As ...

Alaska SBDC and small businesses are taking on the pandemic together

February 1, 2021 Anchorage COVID-19 Fairbanks Juneau Kenai Peninsula Ketchikan Mat-Su Rural
The 2020 Annual Report shares data-driven insight into COVID-19’s impact on small businesses and shows how Alaska SBDC and small businesses are taking on the pandemic together. As part of our commitment to collecting important ...

More than $113 Million in PPP Loans Approved by SBA in Alaska

January 28, 2021 Anchorage COVID-19 Fairbanks Juneau Kenai Peninsula Ketchikan Mat-Su Rural
More than $113 Million in PPP Loans Approved by SBA in Alaska in Current Round of Funding That Re-Opened This Month ANCHORAGE, Alaska – As part of ongoing transparency of economic aid programs, the U.S. Small Business ...

Highlighting Passages Alaska

January 27, 2021 Rural Success Story
Klawock, Alaska is home to Passages Alaska, an adventure and wilderness-based therapy program for adults that launched in the spring of 2020. Owner and Clinical Director Sean Tomkinson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who ...

January Update from the Executive Director

January 21, 2021 Anchorage BuyAlaska COVID-19 Fairbanks Juneau Kenai Peninsula Ketchikan Mat-Su Rural
Over the last few weeks, Alaskans have begun to see funding from the latest federal relief bill start to pour into the state. From individual payments of up to $600 per person to early-stage PPP ...

Introducing Katie Ashbaugh, BuyAlaska Program Manager

January 21, 2021 Anchorage BuyAlaska Fairbanks Juneau Kenai Peninsula Ketchikan Mat-Su Rural
Katie Ashbaugh is the BuyAlaska Program Manager and is thrilled to be finding ways to promote Alaska’s small businesses and to encourage shopping local first. With a background in the natural sciences and sustainable forest ...

Office Closure 1/18: Martin Luther King Jr. Day

January 18, 2021 Anchorage Fairbanks Juneau Kenai Peninsula Ketchikan Mat-Su Rural
As we honor Dr. King’s legacy today, we want to say thank you to everyone working on the frontlines of social justice reform. Keep striving to make our state and our nation an equal and ...

Perplexed by the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)?

January 16, 2021 Anchorage COVID-19 Fairbanks Juneau Kenai Peninsula Ketchikan Mat-Su Rural
Our video is a step-by-step walkthrough of the PPP application for both the first and second draw opportunities. Once you register, the link will take you to the COVID-19 Information Channel where you will find ...

SBA Re-Opening PPP to Small Lenders on Friday, January 15 & All Lenders on Tuesday, January 19

January 13, 2021 Anchorage COVID-19 Fairbanks Juneau Kenai Peninsula Ketchikan Mat-Su Rural
Lenders with $1 Billion or Less in Assets Will be Able to Submit First and Second Draw PPP Applications on Friday – Continuing Dedicated Access for Community-Based Lenders WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration, ...

SBA Launches New, Free Online Digital Learning Platform

January 12, 2021 Anchorage Fairbanks Juneau Kenai Peninsula Ketchikan Mat-Su Rural
Ascent built to assist nearly 13 million women-owned small businesses WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Jovita Carranza, today announced the launch of Ascent, a first-of-its-kind, free digital e-learning platform geared to help women entrepreneurs grow and expand their ...

Highlighting Marketing 49, LLC

January 12, 2021 Rural Success Story
Melissa Schoenwether is the creative mind behind Marketing 49, LLC in Kodiak, AK. Implementing everything she has learned and applied over the last twelve years allows Schoenwether to add a depth of experience to her ...
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