The Anchorage Economic Development Corporation (AEDC) hosted its annual 3-Year Outlook luncheon on Wednesday. The event was in-person and featured updates from Mayor Bronson, UA President Pat Pitney, AEDC President and CEO Bill Popp, and Keynote speaker Roger Brooks.
The tone of this year’s event was more optimistic than pervious luncheons. Popp noted that AEDC is “very optimistic” on the jobs forecast and believes that Anchorage is poised to gain back jobs lost during 2020 and 2021. There are challenges on the horizon but the future is promising for Anchorage.
The 2022 AEDC Three-Year Outlook Report, sponsored by Northrim Bank, offers a look at back at the past few years and a forecast through 2025. Areas include population, labor force, employment, personal income, Anchorage International Airport, Port of Alaska, building permits, new housing units, visitor industry and oil and gas.
The Anchorage Consumer Optimism Index, Real-Time Jobs Intelligence report, and Anchorage Employment report are on AEDC’s website. The reports provide further insight into the outlook report. A series of videos will be available the second week of August and will highlight more of the forecast for the coming years in Anchorage.
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