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Serve on KEDC’s Board and Help Guide Our Work in Kodiak
KEDC has two open Board seats. Explore the work and partnerships we have advanced over the past two years, learn about our 2026–2027 strategic priorities, and consider how your experience could help guide what comes next.
Why Shared Information Is Economic Development in Kodiak
Shared information helps Kodiak make better decisions. KEDC gathers local input, organizes what we learn, and shares it back through reports, dashboards, forums, surveys, and public updates.
How Partnerships Bring Resources to Kodiak
KEDC’s partnership with RCAC began through community-led economic development work and continues today through Value Chains, technical assistance, and no-cost private well assessments for Kodiak residents.
Why Housing Is Economic Development in Kodiak
Housing affects families, workers, employers, villages, and Kodiak’s future. This post shares how the Housing Action Plan, Housing Dashboard, and Housing Steering Committee help turn community concern into steady, practical work.
Why Workforce Is Economic Development in Kodiak
Workforce affects businesses, families, students, and the long-term strength of Kodiak. KEDC’s Workforce Forum helped bring people together to listen, learn, and identify practical next steps.
How KEDC Serves Kodiak
KEDC has created a new page to help explain what economic development means in Kodiak and how this work supports our island community.
Kodiak Workforce Forum Report: What We Learned and Why It Matters
KEDC’s Kodiak Workforce Forum report shares key themes, participant feedback, and next steps from a community conversation focused on workforce challenges, career pathways, training needs, and opportunities for Kodiak’s future economy.
Kodiak’s Downtown Revival: SIP’s Economic Impact Grows
Discover how SIP drives Kodiak's downtown revival, with 5 local businesses adding $79,285 of their own. KEDC's program boosts economic impact. Learn more!
Kodiak’s Mariculture Industry is Growing: Here’s How KEDC is Supporting It
Kodiak’s Blue Economy thrives as KEDC drives sustainable mariculture growth. Partnering with the University of Alaska Anchorage via a USDA grant, we’re crafting a business plan to expand kelp and oyster farming in Southwest Alaska, solidifying Kodiak’s role in sustainable seafood.
Storefront Improvement Program Grant Awardees Announced
Storefront Improvement Program Grant Awardees Announced. Kodiak Economic Development Corporation (KEDC), in partnership with the Kodiak Area Native Association (KANA), and the City of Kodiak, developed the Storefront Improvement Program (SIP) to help continue to revitalize Kodiak’s Downtown.
KEDC joins Main Street America
City of Kodiak Mayor Pat Branson, a long time participant and supporter in the Main Street Kodiak program stated, “I am pleased to endorse KEDC’s efforts to restart the Main Street Kodiak program. The City of Kodiak in partnership with KEDC are committed to revitalizing Kodiak’s downtown area. KANA's new Kodiak Marketplace has created an anchor for the downtown that, combined with the Main Street program and the Storefront Improvement Program, will create a vibrant, exciting and attractive downtown retail environment.”
October 2023 jobs up 2.1%
October’s statewide job count was up by 6,500, or 2.1 percent, from October 2022. Health care added 1,400 jobs, with the strongest growth in hospitals. Leisure and hospitality was up by 1,000 jobs over the year, with most growth in restaurants and bars. Professional and business services added 700 jobs, and the transportation, warehousing and utilities sector and mining (which includes oil and gas) both added 600.
September Jobs Increased From 1 Year Ago
September’s statewide job count was up by 6,600, or 2.0 percent, from September 2022 according to date released from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development .
City of Kodiak and KANA partner with KEDC for Storefront Improvement Program
Kodiak Economic Development Corporation (KEDC), in partnership with the Kodiak Area Native Association (KANA), and the City of Kodiak, has developed the Storefront Improvement Program (SIP) to help continue to revitalize Kodiak’sDowntown by creating a matching grant program for Downtown businesses.
USCG Base Kodiak
With a Coast Guard expansion set to happen over the course of the next three years, Kodiak will welcome a possible addition of up to 1,000 new residents to the island. Currently there are approximately 2500 active duty and dependents stationed in Kodiak.
Kodiak Fishing Industry
Consistently ranked as one of the nation's top fishing ports by volume and product value, Kodiak is a key player in anything related to fisheries.