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in Alaska?" Alaska state economic
development professionals who are responsible for the attraction of business
investment projects and providing site selection assistance to executives
and their consultants were invited in April 2006 to provide an informative
article on this simple topic.
We publish their
point of view here for convenient reference. This reflects their local
market knowledge, project experience, and selective facts about their state business environment
and the competitive business investment climate in their region as presented below.
Additional comments and
research suggestions follow their article.
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Who to contact for business investment projects in
Alaska. The
article below about the competitive site selection advantages for business
investment projects, and the support services provided as companies grow in
Alaska, is from :
Mark Edwards,
Economic Development Manager
Alaska Office of
Economic Development
TEL (907) 269-8112
Mark_Edwards@commerce.state.ak.us
www.state.ak.us
and
www.commerce.state.ak.us
Alaska : News -
will link to state News section for project announcements or other PR
Alaska :
Buildings and sites -
for commercial real estate searches
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| Local business clusters can also be researched through
our Alaska directory of economic development agencies or other
directories, including
site selection
consultants. |
Similar articles
are also available from other state economic development agencies.
See :
The Long List : Why Invest In This
Business Location? and
www.OnTheShortList.com |
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The GUIDE content below reflects our own research work among
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Executive Summary : Why invest in
Alaska?
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WhyAK.pdf copy of this article. Not yet published. |
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received for publication. Requested April 29, 2006, with a reminder
May 15 Requested from :
Mark Edwards,
Economic Development Manager
Alaska Office of
Economic Development
TEL (907) 269-8112
Mark_Edwards@commerce.state.ak.us
www.commerce.state.ak.us
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Area
Reports : Field Research
- none at this
time
Area
Profiles : Basic Research
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time
Area
Surveys : Local Summary
- none at this
time |
| Replies were
requested from all states by May 29, 2006, and will be published as they are
received. |
Consultants, other professionals
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business location
consultants
- other directories of
professionals
Available
consultant reports
- none at this
time
Ad Recall -
state and local ads
- state Ad Recall
Event
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Tax information
- see our
tax directory
Governor
- see US directory
www.state.ak.us
Frank Murkowski
Business
Incentives
- state incentives
information
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incentives
consultants
- Incentives
research sources
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Existing
Companies, Clusters
Sites,
Buildings, Business Parks
- Alaska commercial
property list
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CRE Search
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Featured properties - none
Science
Parks and Incubators
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Technology parks directory
FTZ's -
Foreign-Trade Zones
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FTZ directory
BRAC -
military base closures
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BRAC directory
Rail,
Ports, Airports
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Labor
Market Demographic
and cost data
Utilities information
GIS map
presentations |
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Professional
services directories
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Site selection,
location strategy
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Project
management
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Corporate
real estate
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Property developers
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Human resources
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Logistics
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Tax services
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Legal
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international
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Utilities
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provided by :
Please let them know if you found this article to be
helpful, or if you have suggestions for improvement. |
PR :
Project Announcements
- news,
press releases
- US region
projects
Tourism
Residential
Real Estate
-
national
directory of resources |
| Latest update
to the above article : not yet received. Requested April 29, 2006,
reminder May 15 |
The above is
GDI-Solutions content. |
| If quoting the
above material, please cite the state organization and
contact as the original source, and that it was found through
www.gdi-solutions.com For
more local area information, refer to our
Alaska directory
of economic development agencies and chambers of commerce, or refer to our
US West Coast
Region directory for additional sources of information, including
professional service providers in the region. |
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This article was prepared by professionals who are responsible for the attraction of
business investment projects to the state, such as for new offices,
factories, distribution centers, etc. These articles are not edited to
reflect our own research, experience, or point of view, nor do we validate
the assertions which they have made in the article, or make any warranty about such
content. We provide other content and links through our independent
GUIDE research work. |
Please let us
know if there are other topics which you would like these articles to cover,
or if you feel that any updates or corrections are needed.
Comments based upon experience as an executive or professional service
provider responsible for the planning
of investment projects anywhere are welcome. We also welcome other
professional research reports which we can summarize and make available
through links to relevant websites where they are published. |
| Our
USA Search feature at
www.OnTheShortList.com can be used to selectively search the
websites of US state economic development agencies as a convenient research
tool. |
Similar research tools are the
Area Search
(areas within states),
CRE Search
(commercial real estate),
Event Search
(associations, trade shows), and
Media Search
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| We also
maintain many reference directories
of economic development agencies, professional service provides, and topics
of common interest for capital investment project planning.
This includes directories of project announcements, property
listings, incentives information, labor market information, and many other
resources to facilitate project plans. |
Our
Research directory provides
links to many sources of information and data which may be helpful to
executives for capital investment project plans and quick reference in
general. The focus of our work, however, is to
provide personal response to business enquiries which are relevant to this
field. Please
contact us for assistance with business expansion plans. |
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