INSIDE ALASKA BUSINESS.

Pick.Click.Give.

After several years of steady but flat giving through Alaska's premiere charitable giving campaign, Pick. Click.Give. is experiencing an increase in overall pledged totals as well as the amount pledged per donor. By the end of March, the total amount pledged by Alaskans was $2.9 million, the average pledge per donor is $113.88, and the average pledge per gift (each gift represents the amount a donor gifts per nonprofit organization) is approximately $62.53.

The current average pledge per donor increased nearly $9 over last year and is a record for the program.

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Travel Juneau

Travel Juneau released its 2018-2019 Convention Survey and 2018 Visitor Survey, both conducted by McDowell Group. Economic impacts of Juneau conventions and meetings revealed total direct spending for meetings at $2.7 million and a total of $3.6 million in indirect and induced economic impacts. Meetings held from 2017-2018 generated approximately $113,000 in sales tax to the City and Borough of Juneau. The survey also highlighted satisfaction for Juneau's friendliness as a community and Travel Juneau's services to planners.

Both survey reports can be found on the Travel Juneau website:

traveljuneau.com/about-travel-juneau.

Northrim Bank

Northrim Bank opened its newest branch, the Soldotna Financial Center, located at 44384 Sterling Highway, Suite 101 in the Peninsula Center Mall. The new location is the newest iteration of Northrim's "branch of the future" blueprint used in the design of its Lake Otis Community Branch, opened in 2015, and its Eastside Community Branch, opened late last year. The focus of the new branches is on customer interaction in a more efficient footprint. The Soldotna Financial Center brings Northrim Bank to sixteen branches throughout Alaska and expands its reach onto the Kenai Peninsula, a new market area for the bank. northrim.com

MTA

MTA Fiber Holdings, a subsidiary of MTA, is building Alaska's "first and only" all-terrestrial fiber network connecting Alaska to the Lower 48. Construction on AlCan ONE (Alaska Canada Overland Network) has commenced in North Pole with a projected completion date of mid-2020. The network will run along the Alcan to the Canadian border where it will interconnect with fiber optic infrastructure being built by Canadian carriers. AlCan ONE will allow for more geographic diversity, increased bandwidth, and protect against underwater incidents that could disrupt submarine cables.

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