FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                  99-134

SEC To Host Small Business Town Hall Meeting in Anchorage, Alaska

     Washington, DC, October 15, 1999 -- The Commission today
announced that a small business town hall meeting will be held at
9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 10, 1999, at the Z.J. Loussac
Library at 3600 Denali Street in Anchorage, Alaska.  The small
business town hall meetings, which are being conducted throughout
the United States, convey basic information to small businesses
about fundamental requirements that must be addressed when these
businesses wish to raise capital through the public sale of
securities.  In addition, the Commission hopes to learn more
about the concerns and problems facing small businesses in
raising capital so that programs can be designed to meet their
needs, consistent with the protection of investors.

     SEC Commissioner Isaac C. Hunt, Jr. is the featured speaker
of the Anchorage Small Business Town Hall Meeting, which is being
co-sponsored by The Anchorage Chamber of Commerce.  Other
speakers include Debby Sedwick, Commissioner for the Alaska
Department of Community & Economic Development, Franklin T.
Elder, Director for the Alaska Division of Banking, Securities
and Corporations, Ron Veltkamp, Public Information
Officer/Business Development Officer for the U.S. Small Business
Administration Alaska District Office, and Charles Christy, Ace-
Net Operator for the State of Alaska, among others.  A question
and answer period will follow the presentations.

     For further information, contact Barbara Jacobs or Janice
McGuirk in the Office of Small Business of the Division of
Corporation Finance, at (202) 942-2950.  Or, please send an e-
mail message to the small business electronic mailbox at
"e-prospectus@sec.gov".

     There is no charge for the town hall meeting; however, we
encourage you to make reservations by calling The Anchorage
Chamber of Commerce at (907) 272-2401 or faxing your reservation
to (907) 272-4117.

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