Cook Inlet Tribal Council (CITC) has partnered with the Anchorage Community Land Trust and Cook Inlet Lending Center to provide business development and microloans to entrepreneurs in the community.

In the area of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the project will provide expert support to AIANNH entrepreneurs in three distinct phases of business development. During the initial phase of the program, entrepreneurs will work with the Anchorage Community Land Trust to plan and develop a business concept. Next, entrepreneurs are introduced to CITC’s Super Fab Lab to access technology to carry forward design concepts for products and plans using design-thinking concepts and innovative equipment. Once business planning is complete, the Cook Inlet Lending Center assists entrepreneurs with start-up financing to bring their businesses to market.