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Finally, Is It Time? A Debate About Alaska’s Financial Future Friday, November 8th Noon-1pm The Petroleum Club of Anchorage 3301 C St. This program has sold out. Video of the program is available online. Join a spirited discussion on whether the Permanent Fund should be constitutionally structured as an endowment and what it would mean […]
Fiscal Policy Study Group State School Bond Reimbursement First National Bank Alaska Operations Center (Google Map) Friday, September 13th 8am-9am On Friday, Nils Andreassen, Executive Director of the Alaska Municipal League, will give presentation about the role of the State’s school bond reimbursement program and its impact on the finances of local governments. Nils’ PowerPoint […]
2019 Walter J. Hickel and William A. Egan Awards Gala Honoring Admiral Thomas Barrett & John Sturgeon The Dena’ina Center October 2nd 6pm-9pm Reception begins at 5:30pm Business Attire Commonwealth North continues our tradition of honoring outstanding Alaskans and policy-makers with The Walter J. Hickel Award for Distinguished Public Policy Leadership, and this year […]
CWN Food Security Study Group Personal Use of Alaska’s Wildlife Wednesday, September 4th Alaska Village Initiatives 1577 C St Suite 304 8am-9am Tomorrow morning, Rick Green, Special Assistant to the Commissioner of the Department of Fish and Game, will continue our discussion about the State’s food policy as is relates to cultural and personal use […]
Closing the Rural Broadband Gap The Petroleum Club of Anchorage September 13th noon-1:30pm Video of the program is now available online Although both government and private industry have made significant investments to improve communications infrastructure in rural Alaska, much of our state remains far behind in access to reliable, affordable, broadband internet service. On […]
CWN Food Security Study Group Personal Use of Alaska’s Wildlife Wednesday, August 28th Alaska Village Initiatives 1577 C St Suite 304 8am-9am Wednesday morning, Alaska Village Initiatives CEO, Charles Parker, will discuss the state’s food policy related to cultural and personal use of Alaska’s wildlife by rural and indigenous Alaskans. This […]
Energy Action Coalition Opportunities & Challenges of a Chugach Electric / ML&P Merger Friday, August 23rd noon-1pm Alaska USA Federal Credit Union 500 W 36th Avenue Mark’s PowerPoint presentation can be downloaded here. Mark Foster, Principal at Mark A. Foster and Associates, will give us his analysis of the opportunities and challenges associated with the […]
Fiscal Policy Study Group School Bond Debt Reimbursement Program Friday, August 16th 8:00am-9:00am (doors open at 7:45am) First National Bank Alaska, Operations Center 1751 Gambell St Friday morning, we will be joined by Dr. Deena Bishop, Superintendent of Anchorage Schools, and Alexander Slivka, Chief Fiscal Officer at the Municipality of Anchorage. They will discuss their […]
CWN Presents The Value of Civic Education August 21st 7:30am-8:30am Breakfast The Petroleum Club of Anchorage 3301 C Street Video of this program is available online. Commonwealth North welcomes Jon Parrish Peede, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, to our August forum. He will discuss the value of civic education in growing our […]
CWN Food Security Study Group Friday, August 9th 8:00am-9:00am (doors open at 7:45am) First National Bank Alaska, Operations Center 1751 Gambell St (Google Map) Friday morning we will have two briefings via teleconference. Note our meeting location at FNBA on Gambell. David Weisz, President and CEO of Three Bears Alaska, will discuss Alaska’s […]