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Podcast: East Anchorage Book Club with Andrew Gray
Episode: Jenna Wright: President of the Anchorage Economic Development Corporation discusses a sales tax & property tax relief
Description: Send us Fan MailJenna Wright is the president and CEO of the Anchorage Economic Development Corporation. AEDC exists for three reasons: to encourage economic growth and diversity in Anchorageto promote a favorable business climateto raise Anchorage residents’ standard of living. The corporation is funded through private contributions, municipal & state grants, and contracts. Jenna took over AEDC last year from recent mayoral candidate Bill Popp who had been the President for the previous 16 years. Today we discuss “Choose Anchorage” which is a research project looking at four different areas that Anchorage needs to i...