Thank you to those who have contributed to the Denali Community Foundation. This has allowed us tp contribute a significant amount of manpower to move forward on a Borough wide housing study, healthcare access planning and a public community well project. Next up, establishing a local scholarship fund and completeing housing and comprehensive economic development studies. If you can contribute to this ongoing work, please donate here: www.denaliccf.org/give
This week at the chamber I took 2 days off and accomplished the following: Bulletin Summary There is your summary for the week! Please let me know if you have any questions. REMEMBER: The work being done each week falls across the Denali Chamber and the Denali Community Foundation, which have overlapping missions – and work in tandem with each other. I also of course, still serve as the Executive Director of Discover Denali. [As a reminder, Discover Denali provides NO advocacy or development efforts. It is strictly marketing and visitor services.] Many times a meeting I’m in is relevant… Read More »Work Update March 3rd-7th
This week at the chamber I took 2 days off and accomplished the following: Bulletin Summary There is your summary for the week! Please let me know if you have any questions. REMEMBER: The work being done each week falls across the Denali Chamber and the Denali Community Foundation, which have overlapping missions – and work in tandem with each other. I also of course, still serve as the Executive Director of Discover Denali. [As a reminder, Discover Denali provides NO advocacy or development efforts. It is strictly marketing and visitor services.] Many times a meeting I’m in is relevant… Read More »Work Update February 24th-28th
If you want more information on the new Alaska sick leave law , you can view the recording here. Click on the “More Information” button to open a window where you can watch the presentation!
This week at the chamber: Bulletin Summary There is your summary for the week! Please let me know if you have any questions. REMEMBER: The work being done each week falls across the Denali Chamber and the Denali Community Foundation, which have overlapping missions – and work in tandem with each other. I also of course, still serve as the Executive Director of Discover Denali. [As a reminder, Discover Denali provides NO advocacy or development efforts. It is strictly marketing and visitor services.] Many times a meeting I’m in is relevant to all three organizations – having a holistic view… Read More »Work Update February 17th-21st
SB21: An Act Establishing the Alaska Work and Save ProgramThis bill has multiple components. The management and implementation of this could be concerning to small businesses. Key points include: SB79: An Act Relating to Wage PaymentsThis bill allows for employers to eliminate paper checks, and credit payroll to an employee on a payroll card (like reusable Visa) if the employee doesn’t have a bank account, or does not authorize direct deposit. This bill appears to be beneficial to business owners to streamline payroll automation. HB26: “An Act relating to the duties of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities; and… Read More »Alaska State Bills to Watch
This housing survey is to collect data on the impacts of the housing market for hiring, retention and expansion.Please take a few minutes to help us gather this critical information! Denali Borough Business Housing Needs Assessment
You might like to view this presentation from the Senate Finance Committee.
This week at the chamber: The work being done each week falls across the Denali Chamber and the Denali Community Foundation, which have overlapping missions – and work in tandem with each other. I also of course, still serve as the Executive Director of Discover Denali. [As a reminder, Discover Denali provides NO advocacy or development efforts. It is strictly marketing and visitor services.] Many times a meeting I’m in is relevant to all three organizations – having a holistic view of the Denali Borough, the State of Alaska and how current concerns and needs impact all our sectors of… Read More »Work Update February 10th-14th
Thank You. This update page is for the membership only. In order to simplify your acess, it is not password protected. However, there is no direct link to it from the website – and you will only get here if you have the URL (save it to your bookmarks). To that note, please do not share it freely. I am always working to address housing challenges, medical access, infrastructure support and development – which all benefit business and employees. I spend time monitoring and advocating on the local, state and Federal level for concerning policies, taxes and spending, which also… Read More »This is For Members Only
Sharing Information I personally feel one of my challenges as the Executive Director has been timely and effective communications with the membership. What do I share? How much of the detail do you want to know? When do I share it? I feel that I need to share information more often than I do – but also don’t want to bombard you with minutiae or excessive emails. There is so much more work going on behind the scenes that it doesn’t always make sense to send an email about it …. but if I don’t, how will you know I’m… Read More »The purpose behind this Blog