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Business and Client Services

Your business deserves the same support it brings to your community.

Spruce Root focuses our business and client services into two areas: our Path to Prosperity grows local companies with positive impacts on their communities, and our Resilience Circles enhance the successful well-being of growing Native-led organizations. We are proud to offer free and affordable services for business owners in Southeast Alaska.

Path to Prosperity

Path to Prosperity (P2P) programs foster businesses with social, ecological and economic benefits, and promote sustainable use of local resources in Southeast Alaska. In 2023, the Path to Prosperity suite of services was presented the Gold Award for Excellence in Economic Development by the International Economic Development Council.

This is an Equal Opportunity Program. Discrimination is prohibited by Federal Law.

Business Competition

This annual business development competition builds positive impacts for Southeast Alaska. Entrants are judged based on feasibility and contributions to community development. Annual awards include intensive in-person training and $40,000 to two winning businesses.

Business Basics

These interactive workshops are for Southeast Alaskans looking to launch a business. Whether you have an idea or a side project, this workshop will give you the knowledge, tools, and connections needed to build that business for your community. Available in-person and online!

Master Class

This transformative workshop helps experienced entrepreneurs take their businesses to new heights. Participants develop a growth plan, explore and dispel internal limiting beliefs, become familiar with the latest research, learn tools for planning through a shifting economy, and more!

Financial Wellness

Our Financial Wellness workshops teach strategies for building a healthier mindset around finances. From mastering budgeting basics to creating clean financial goals and navigating the complexities of credit and debt, we welcome participants who are interested in improving their personal money management.

Workforce Development

Spruce Root offers free career coaching to help individuals explore career pathways, discover employment opportunities, and build skills for long-term growth. We also offer coaching for entrepreneurs and organizations focused on developing leadership and staff capacity.

One-on-One Business Coaching

Our one-on-one business coaching provides individuals and businesses access to the tools, resources and skills they need to grow.

Resilience Circles

Resilience Circles is a trauma-informed, culturally responsive program to enhance the well-being and success of growing Native-led businesses. Our goal is to strengthen the capacities of Alaska Native enterprises for ecosystem guardianship, long-term economic resilience, comprehensive well-being and community mental health. To learn more, contact us at lisa@spruceroot.org.

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