On Monday PBS will debut its brand new season of "The Great American Recipe." The show features eight home cooks from around the country competing with their best recipes. For the first time in three seasons, the show will feature an Alaskan chef. On the this episode of Hometown, Alaska host Dave Waldron sits down with Anchorage resident Kim Sherry who talks about how a home cook gets discovered, what it was like to cook on national television and serving as a culinary ambassador for our state.

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PBS "The Great American Recipe"

Kim Sherry Instagram

Starting a thriving small business is daunting on even the best days. But what happens when you want to start a small business in an often stigmatized Anchorage neighborhood like Fairview, Spenard, Muldoon and Mountain View?

According to the Anchorage Community Land Trust (ACLT) and its partners like the Cook Inlet Lending Center and the Cook Inlet Tribal Council, the path forward to revitalizing these neighborhoods is business creation, local job growth and resident leadership through innovative programs like the Set Up Shop.

"When you believe deeply in the potential of every single person in a neighborhood, regardless of their skin color, or their economic attainment, or their credentials, and you believe that they all can contribute in some way, I think really incredible and powerful things can happen," said ACLT CEO Kirk Rose of the Set Up Shop program.

So far, the program, which offers microloans and business training, has served nearly 400 small businesses and provided over 3,000 hours of direct support to entrepreneurs. In 2013, ACLT won the National Development Council’s Most Innovative Community Development Project Award, and in 2016 the nonprofit won the Alaska Planning Association’s Grassroots Planning Award.

HOST: O'Hara Shipe

GUESTS:

Kirk Rose, CEO, Anchorage Community Land Trust

Jeff Tickle, CEO and President, Cook Inlet Lending Center

Jamieann Bell, Program Director, Anchorage Community Land Trust/Co-owner, Arctic Moon Bakery

Shane McHale, President, Blueberry Tours

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Anchorage Community Land Trust

ACLT Indigenous Peoples Set Up Shop program

Cook Inlet Lending Center: small business lending

Cook Inlet Tribal Council

Arctic Moon Bakery

Blueberry Tours

Alaska has a long history and continued relationship to the Armed Forces. To preserve and honor that history, the Alaska Veterans Museum features exhibits and artifacts from the state's territorial days to modern times. Ahead of Memorial Day on May 27, host Dave Waldron tours the museum to find out more about the men and women who gave their all to serve the country. We'll also hear pieces from Alaska Public Media and StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative.

HOST: Dave Waldron

GUEST: Jann Sherrill, volunteer coordinator and curator for the Alaska Veterans Museum

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Alaska Veteran Museum website

Virtual Tour

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Alaska Public Media/StoryCorps Military Voices Initiative