{"id":88623,"date":"2022-07-13T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/positive-growth-in-the-forecast-for-juneaus-economic-climate\/"},"modified":"2022-07-14T15:58:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T23:58:46","slug":"positive-growth-in-the-forecast-for-juneaus-economic-climate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/positive-growth-in-the-forecast-for-juneaus-economic-climate\/","title":{"rendered":"Positive growth in the forecast for Juneau’s economic climate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t

Southeast Alaska business owners are optimistic about the region’s business climate, according to a recently released regional survey.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Rain Coast Data owner and director Meilani Schijvens on Thursday shared results from this year’s Southeast Alaska Business Climate Survey <\/a>at the Greater Juneau Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Moose Lodge. Schijvens annually oversees the Southeast Conference’s regional business climate survey as a means of tracking Southeast Alaska’s economic status.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

She announced that this was the best business climate survey since 2017, with nearly two-thirds (62%) of regional business leaders expressing overall positive outlooks regarding the Southeast Alaska business climate, which is a dramatic increase from just one year ago. Another positive change was that businesses in small rural communities are currently most likely to report their regional economy as “very good.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

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President of the Greater Juneau Chamber of Commerce Wayne Jensen watches as owner and director of Rain Coast Data Meilani Schijvens presents the results of an annual business climate survey. (Jonson Kuhn \/ Juneau Empire)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

Schijvens said the survey results are showing the economic outlook is even better, with half of respondents expecting their prospects to be steadily better or much better over the next year, which Schijvens said is the most positive outlook recorded. The tourism and the food\/beverage sector are showing the best economic outlooks as commerce is slowly returning after the pandemic. Communities that are displaying the most positive outlook include Hoonah, Skagway and Sitka.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Another positive result from the survey is that businesses are currently in the hiring phase, with more than a quarter (29%) of regional businesses looking to hire and are expecting to add employees over the next year.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

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