Department of Commerce, Community, & Economic Development

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Department of Commerce, Community, & Economic Development
Department of Commerce, Community, & Economic Development
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To promote a healthy economy, strong communities, and protect consumers in Alaska.

End Result A: Sustainable economic growth.

	Tourism's five-year, 30% growth to over 1.7 million summer visitors showed a slight 0.4% decrease in 2008, a steeper loss is anticipated for 2009.
	Met objective of assisting development of 4-6 new tourism projects or businesses by assisting in startup of 4 new business and working with communities in Southeast and Western Alaska on four new projects.
	Ex-vessel value of key commercial species in Alaska's commercial harvest increased 14.4% from 2007-2008, exceeding the target of a 0.5% increase.
	Met the target of creating and maintaining 19,000 jobs in four years with 20,339 new jobs in the four years of 2005 – 2008.

End Result B: Increase number of Alaska citizens who have access to local government services.

91% of municipal governments are estimated to have provided essential public services in FY2009, increasing from 83% in FY2008 but not meeting the target of 100%.

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