Visit our Sitka Economic Resiliency Task Force for COVID-19 Financial Assistance Resources ATTRACTING REMOTE WORKERS Create a strong program to encourage skilled professionals to relocate to Sitka. CO-OP ONLINE STORE Have local businesses and artists create one online store to serve customers outside of Sitka. BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER A program that provides resources to local small businesses. Support businesses that are just starting out in Sitka. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT Apprenticeship or training program, possibly through the high schools. To create a clear and accessible path for certain careers. FLIGHT SCHOOL Encourage young students to attend ground school after high school. Potential partnership with UAS. Can serve small and remote communities. VOCATIONAL TRAINING Partner with the University to provide trade specific training that is currently unavailable in the community and where there is need in the community. BARGE INCINERATORS Incinerators on barges that would burn solid waste and used/waste oils of SE Alaska. Home port one barge in Sitka, but set up a rotating schedule to serve other Southeast communities. DOWNTOWN RENOVATION Turn Lincoln St. into a pedestrian mall with picnic tables with clear plastic roofs, and a stage area. Would also encourage local restaurants/ coffee shops/ food carts to maintain outside dining areas. Run 2 people mover shuttles looping through the downtown area. Provide worker transportation to downtown locations from designated parking areas. GREEN HOUSES Build community green houses to grow food. Use excess electricity from the dam to operate lights and potential heating. OPERATE PASSENGER FERRIES Run between Juneau and other SE Alaska communities. Would be homeported in Sitka DEVELOP LAND ALONG ROAD TO GREEN LAKE Some suitable locations could be split into parcels and sold for housing and other developments. LAND EXCHANGE WITH USFS Get lands that could be developed for more housing and businesses. Perhaps CBS holdings on West Chichagof Is. could be exchanged to get CBS ownership of National Forest lands between Camp Coogan Bay and Pirate’s Cove. VOTE The voting period has ended. Please check back for the announcement of the top 3 ideas. SEDA, 329 HARBOR DRIVE SUITE 212, SITKA, AK 99835, USA(907)747-2660SEDASITKA@GMAIL.COM Thank You for Visiting SEDA.