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Urban Snow Modeling to Advance Resilience for Today and Tomorrow (USMARTT)
Project USMARTT: Business Surveys Mission Statement University of Alaska researchers want to understand how previous years of heavy snow affected your business.Background In Anchorage, Alaska, the urban area has faced the top three snowiest years in the last decade. Specifically, from 2022 to 2024, heavy snow loads caused 24 buildings to collpase, resulting in one fatality.Survey Goals Objectives of the research project’s business surveys include: Assessing risk perceptions.Understanding actions taken
Anchorage Assembly unanimously passes two LaFrance policies to support housing repair and rehabilit
Two policies sponsored by Mayor Suzanne LaFrance making it easier to repair and rehabilitate housing were unanimously approved by the Anchorage Assembly this week.“Red tape shouldn’t prevent people from repairing, rehabilitating, or maintaining their homes, no matter where they live,” said Mayor LaFrance. “These changes will help unlock our community’s housing supply by removing unnecessary regulatory burdens and create flexibility so homeowners have more power to address their own needs.”AO 2025-94 makes
Mayor LaFrance and Anchorage Assembly call special meeting to consider emergency measures to support
Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance has called a special meeting of the Anchorage Assembly to consider emergency measures that will help the Municipality provide critical support for the State of Alaska’s emergency response for Alaskans displaced by Typhoon Halong. The Assembly will take up the measures at a special meeting Friday, Oct. 17 at 1 p.m. Assembly Chair Christopher Constant, Vice Chair Anna Brawley and Assembly member Kameron Perez-Verdia have joined the Mayor as co-sponsors of an emergency
Mayor LaFrance announces $500,000 grant award to revitalize rural communities through historic preservation
Mayor Suzanne LaFrance is proud to announce that the National Park Service has awarded the Municipality of Anchorage a $500,000 grant aimed at revitalizing its rural communities through historic preservation, heritage tourism, and job creation.The program funding is specifically tailored toward the rehabilitation of culturally significant sites. The program targets rural areas with a population center of 3,000 or fewer, located at least 25 miles from downtown Anchorage. Key areas include the Native Village
Mayor LaFrance proposes 2026 municipal budget
Mayor Suzanne LaFrance and her team on Thursday brought forward the 2026 Municipality of Anchorage budget proposal.The proposed 2026 operating budget funds core municipal services and continues targeted investments to help address our community’s big challenges. It reflects tangible progress made by the LaFrance administration over the last year, from establishing a stable year-round shelter system to staffing up the Municipal Prosecutor’s Office to strengthening our public safety and crisis response
New Study Details Year-Round Benefits of Anchorage Tourism
A study on the economic impacts of Anchorage’s visitor industry shows more than 1.34 million people visit in a year, spending more than $1 billion in Anchorage. The study focused on out-of-state visitors who traveled to Anchorage. The report was prepared by McKinley Research and released by Visit Anchorage. The full findings are available at Anchorage.net. Visitor Volume Of Anchorage’s 1.34 million annual visitors, nearly two-thirds (63%) were air visitors, meaning they flew in and out of Anchorage
