New group aims to change model of business advocacy.

• Position: BUSINESS ADVOCACY

ProsperityAlaska.org, comprised of a number of Alaska companies and business organizations, has a new Web site, www.prosperityalaska.org, that has several tools designed to increase "grassroots" employee engagement on public-policy issues. Scott Hawkins, founding member of the organization, noticed many of Alaska's business and trade organizations have done a good job of articulating pro-business and pro-economic development messages, but this site adds the missing...