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I Really Appreciate That Your Report Cited the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. I Think They Do Great Work and Are on the Pulse of What Local Economies Need Brenwynne Grigg From: Lisa Daugherty Sent: Sunday, May 3, 2020 11:14 AM To: Economic Stabilization Subject: supporting growth of new industries Attachments: 2014-town-hall-report_juneau.pdf EXTERNAL E-MAIL: BE CAUTIOUS WHEN OPENING FILES OR FOLLOWING LINKS Hi there, After reading your fact-finding group report, I'd like to offer my two cents. My husband and I are small business owners, with two local businesses and a commercial fishing operation. We were affected by the covid closures and have loss a significant amount of revenue. While I agree that helping businesses is sometimes necessary, I don't believe that giving millions in free money is the answer when measures aren't taken to prevent the situation again. It just can't be a long-term solution--what about next year's "covid season"? What about the years it will take the cruise industry to rebound? I hope that CBJ chooses to spend it's relief money in ways that will help businesses help themselves now so that they are more resilient in the future. (Juneau's own budget woes are for another email.) I really appreciate that your report cited the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. I think they do great work and are on the pulse of what local economies need. I think the best thing Juneau can do is provide opportunity for small, locally-owned businesses to thrive. That can be done most effectively, in my mind, when government steps back and provides public services without overreaching regulations. One industry I think the city should help cultivate is local foods. Nationally, it's a growing industry, and it fosters independence from industrial farming, creates jobs, reduces shipping and carbon footprints, and helps make communities more self-reliant. The city could have various rolls, from getting seafood into schools to setting aside agricultural land. Small (tiny!) farms like Orsi Organics Product and Panhandle Produce are unable to meet the demand for local food. What agriculture from expanding is the sheer unaffordability of land. 100K for a quarter acre of forest on a cliff isn't going to ever to allow people to get into farming, and it will never be a recipe for affordable, local food production. Less than 100 years ago Juneau was host to 100s of acres of farmland, but it's mostly been paved over. It's a good time to do something about that. When looking on the CBJ parcel viewer, it's astounding to see how much land CBJ owns. There are 1000s of acres! And while, yes, it's raw and undeveloped, so was everywhere before it was developed. I would love to see the city set aside a 10 or more acre parcel dedicated to agriculture. It could be no/low-cost leased to a non-profit food alliance organization that could then manage the growers who would use it. It would be like a community garden, except for commercial production. It would create jobs, grow local food, and keep local dollars circulating in our community. Cities across the nation, from NYC to Detroit, encourage urban agriculture, and now is the perfect time to join those ranks. While there are many pressing economic issues to deal with, I think the city could get a lot of bang for it's buck with a project like this. The community buz around local foods is louder than ever. As seen in the attached Alaska Food Policy Council’s Juneau Town Hall Meeting report of 2014, Juneau residents think more needs to be done to encourage local food production. Providing 1 free access to land that is currently unused is a small thing CBJ can do to help increase local food production. It requires no capital--just the green light for dedicated growers to do their magic. I am happy to share more details about my vision any time, and I appreciate your consideration for helping the local foods (agriculture, mariculture, value-added products, markets) industry grow in our community. It definitely falls into your report's call for Juneau to "capture the power of Alaskan innovation and move into new industries along with capitalizing on ones we have, to develop them further. Juneau should set business friendly policies to bring in and support new business and streamline their development." Thank you for your time, Lisa Daugherty 2 Background In 2014, the Alaska Food Policy Council (AFPC) is hosting seven (7) community food system meetings for the general public. The goals of the meetings include: 1. Increase awareness about Alaska food issues among the general population 2. Increase involvement in local food issues by community members 3. Gain a perspective of local food issues to inform the AFPC and policy makers 4. Recruit new members for the AFPC. At the end of 2014, the AFPC will be nearing the conclusion of its first strategic plan. Information about the Alaska food system received through the 2014 Town Hall meetings will assist the AFPC to evaluate the impact of their current priorities, and will frame key issues for use in developing the next 5-year strategic planning cycle. This report summarizes information gathered through Juneau town hall meeting. All of the materials used for promotion and unedited comments are included in the appendix. Overview PLANNING A Town Hall Meeting Committee comprised of AFPC governing board members and local members met twice via teleconference. The group provided input on all aspects of the meeting including logistics, promotion, implementation and the agenda including an appropriate public engagement framework. Additionally, the committee provided valuable and relevant contacts in Juneau to ensure there was a broad representation of attendees at the meeting. Two governing board members, Darren Snyder and Lisa Sadlier-Hart, represented the AFPC Governing Board at the meeting. A final teleconference was held about 10 days prior to the meeting to iron out final details. This teleconference included the meeting facilitators, AFPC Governing Board representatives attending the meeting, and most importantly, critical partners on-the-ground in Juneau who agreed to assist the team with final logistics and promotion. PROMOTION A flyer was created for the event and was distributed and shared via social media outlets including the AFPC Facebook page. The flyer was also shared via the AFPC’s action alert email list serve. The flyer was emailed to local partners in Juneau who posted it on community bulletin boards and local businesses. Additionally, the local Juneau residents recommended using a local advertising service that, for a small fee, hangs flyers up at the hot spots all around Juneau. Ads were purchased in the Juneau Empire and Capital City Weekly. The local radio, KTOO advertised the event via local programming and special interview of Governing Board member Darren Snyder, with coworker Sarah Lewis. Additionally, a press release went out generating press coverage after the event including KTOO. AtteNDANCE Approximately 104 people were in the room; 79 signed in. Discussion is underway about how to increase the number of people signing in. The sign in sheets tracked how attendees learned about the event and the wide variety of promotion methods drew participants relatively equally. Additionally, there were a number of Alaska Food Coalition members in ALASKA FOOD POLICY COUNCIL - JUNEAU TOWN HALL MeetING - 3 attendance due to strategically scheduling the town hall meeting in concert with their annual meeting. It is recommended that similar promotion activities occur for future Town Hall meetings. Meeting Logistics LOCatION The meeting was held in the Commons at the Juneau Douglas High School. The venue was chosen with the vision that a high school setting is appropriate for a traditional Town Hall meeting. Some conflicting feedback was received about the choice of venue. Acoustics were challenging and it was difficult to control the entry and exit of participants, which some view to be a priority. Other feedback suggested that in order to draw a broad and balanced spectrum of residents from the Juneau community, the high school was the best venue. Overall, the venue was adequate for the number of people in attendance, and it provided the basic services required (power, screen for powerpoint presentation, speaker for voice amplification). Choice of venue for future locations should occur early in the process to assure all perspectives are considered. Date AND TIME The date and time of the Juneau meeting was coordinated strategically with the annual meeting of the Alaska Food Coalition. Juneau is a large community with many competing events and activities, however it did not appear that there were any large competing events that evening. FOOD Wild Oven and Rainbow Foods, two locally owned establishments dedicated to healthy food, generously donated meeting food. MeetING AGENDA The town hall meeting committee provided input on the agenda and format. The committee suggested that the meeting should begin with an overview presentation on the AFPC, followed by gathering of individual input then small group discussions on solutions. The recommended approach on gathering public input was to use open ended questions as opposed to framing the issues and driving the discussion toward preset topics. Participants sat at tables, each containing 6-8 people. Governing board members and local and/or visiting food experts were spread out evenly throughout the room and recorded the discussion at each table. The meetings began with an introductory presentation by AFPC governing board member, Darren Snyder. This was followed by a brief presentation by Ken Meter, a food economist and food system analyst from Minnesota who has been hired by the State of Alaska to complete an economic food system analysis. During the first half of the meeting, facilitators collected the following information from all participants.
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