The 21st-Century economy plays by different rules, rules that may be favorable to Alaska’s long-term economic diversification and development if we can seize the opportunity.

 

This district-wide project brought current economic information and long-term development advice to Alaska Rotarians in a series of five Zoom forums between September and December 2020.  You can find links to all the forum videos as well as the written materials here:  https://rotarydistrict5010.org/page/community-economic-development-project

 

Safe water is a fundamental human need and a primary focus of Rotary projects around the world.  Yet, even many Alaskans do not fully appreciate the extent to which remote Alaskan communities remain highly vulnerable to sudden loss of community safe water supplies.  Over the winter of 2020-2021 alone, at least six remote Alaska communities, mostly Alaska Native communities, lost their sole safe water sources due to fire and other sudden casualty losses.