GRAFFITI! Call on ADP this summer

As many of our Member business & property owners know from last summer, Anchorage Downtown Partnership, Ltd. (ADP) provides graffiti removal and/or cover-up painting in downtown. Through generous donations by Sherwin Williams and Home Depot, we have plenty of paint available to tackle graffiti as it pops up in downtown. Be sure to contact ADP Maintenance (not Graffiti Busters) for your painting needs: 277-0141 or call the main office at 279-5650.

LEARN! Small Biz Development Center at your service

The Alaska Small Business Development Center (SBDC) provides free consulting services and low cost educational programs to entrepreneurs looking to start or grow their small business.  In addition to confidential, one-to-one sessions with small businesses, the Alaska SBDC also provides workshops and seminars on many indispensable topics, from creating a business plan to mastering profits (and everything in between.) Visit http://bit.ly/cHoNZM to see upcoming workshops.

RAVENS! Downtown business gets own shoe model

Alaska now has its own trail running shoe named after Skinny Raven Sports. Store employees provided design input to international show company Adidas, resulting in the new AdiSTAR Raven trail shoe. Visit http://bit.ly/b5jNiA to read more or visit Skinny Raven Sports to try a pair today.

SUMMER! Tourism numbers for 2010

If you watched KTUU Channel 2 yesterday, you may have seen their story about 2010 tourism for Anchorage. Echoing what most of our member hoteliers are saying, Glen Hemingson, manager of the Copper Whale Inn, told KTUU that different marketing & advertising tactics are paying off in increased bookings over last year. Visit http://bit.ly/bFPXjj to read or watch the story.

JOBS! Anchorage ranks 3rd among midsize U.S. cities

Bill Popp, President & CEO of Anchorage Economic Development Corp. and ADP, Ltd. Board Member, reports that a recent survey by Forbes.com ranks Anchorage as the third-best midsize U.S. city for jobs -- a jump up from last year. The survey ranks Anchorage 18th in the nation overall, out of nearly 400 metropolitan statistical areas. Visit http://bit.ly/d6MB00 to learn more.

PAY UP! Keeping up with parking scofflaws

Friendly downtown officer Bill Hollingsworth spent the day with a KTUU Channel 2 news crew recently. For a funny and insightful look at a day in the life of an APD officer working the meters in downtown, visit http://bit.ly/ahqytU .