The AnchorED City

The neighborhood of Fairview, on the Northside of Anchorage, is considered one of Anchorage’s original four neighborhoods along with Downtown, South Addition and Mountain View.  However, what is less known is that Fairview was once its own individual town independent of Anchorage.

Today most Anchorage residents don’t think about Fairview too much. In fact most residents only interact with this neighborhood when driving through the Ingra / Gambell corridor that connects the Seward Highway running South and the Glenn Highway running North.

On this episode we are focusing on Fairview. We are not just passing through on the highway, but stopping to hear about the past, present and future of this community in Anchorage.

https://fairviewak.org/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/215963548248/

https://www.communitycouncils.org/servlet/content/14.html

 

#anchoredcity

https://anchorageutc.org

https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC

@AnchorageUTC

 

Resources Used to Make This Episode:

https://www.alaska.org/guide/anchorages-four-original-neighborhoods

https://www.alaska.org/detail/fairview-neighborhood

https://media.alaskapublic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/BGES-Fairview-Historical-Survey-Final-Report.pdf

Anchorage has its first elected female mayor. In light of the election of Suzaane LaFrance as Anchorage’s mayor we are returning to a previous episode - S2:E10: Anchorage, Boston, Elections and All Male Mayors – which outlines the city’s history of electing only men to the Anchorage’s top office.

 

#anchoredcity

https://anchorageutc.org

https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC

@AnchorageUTC

 

Resources Used to Make This Episode:

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2024/05/31/anchorage-assembly-certifies-runoff-election-results-officially-starting-transition-to-lafrance-mayorship/

https://alaskapublic.org/2024/05/31/lafrance-prepares-to-take-over-as-anchorage-mayor-after-election-is-certified/

https://alaskapublic.org/2024/05/21/suzanne-lafrance-declares-victory-in-anchorage-mayors-race/

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2024/05/21/lafrance-declares-victory-in-anchorage-mayors-race/

https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2021/03/01/in-1915-anchorage-residents-voted-on-an-official-name-for-the-new-city-the-name-anchorage-came-in-3rd-place/

Carlson, P.D. and Bill, L.D., 2008. Aunt Phil's Trunk: 1912-1935  (Vol. 3). Aunt Phil's Trunk. p.74-75.

Bagoy, J.P., 2001. Legends & Legacies. John P. Bagoy. p. 42-43.

Tower, E., 1999. Anchorage: From its humble origins as a railroad construction camp. Epicenter Press. p.49-51.

Anchorage Daily Times, Nov. 3, 1920. Anchorage Business Men and Property Owners Decisively Decide To Incorporate Town. Page 1.

https://apnews.com/article/election-2021-boston-mayor-f7a18efbbb6068ed947df4c2d75ec500

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/boston-mayor-race-2021-michelle-wu-rcna4373

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/10/25/austin-quinn-davidson-anchorage-first-woman-openly-gay-mayor/3721691001/

https://www.adn.com/commentary/article/yes-anchorage-and-alaska-are-rich-diversity-what-about-equality/2015/07/07/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Anchorage,_Alaska

In April of 2023 Anchorage Voters passed Proposition 14 by a 12-point margin. That proposition dedicates marijuana tax money to child care and early child care education – estimated to be between $4 & $6 million per year. These funds seem to come at just the right time.

Due to the scarcity of programs as well as the cost of care and lack of high-quality child care means that 51% of Alaskan families cannot fully participate in the labor force. And even when families can participate the costs are high with many child care spots costing up to $1800 per month in Anchorage. In Alaska, child care can account for up to 15% of parents’ income.

On this episode I am joined by members of the Anchorage Child Care and Early Education Fund implementation team to discuss how the Anchorage Child Care and Early Education Fund is being implemented and the marijuana tax funds used to address the needs of families and child care workers in Anchorage.

 

https://www.careforkidsanchorage.com

 

https://www.muni.org/Departments/health/Pages/default.aspx

https://www.facebook.com/ancpublichealth

https://www.instagram.com/ancpublichealth/

 

https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Pages/default.aspx

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Anchorage-Municipal-Assembly/388908687838651

 

https://www.asdk12.org/school_board/

 

https://www.alaskachildrenstrust.org/

https://www.facebook.com/alaskachildrenstrust

https://www.instagram.com/alaskachildrenstrust/

 

https://www.anchoragechamber.org/

https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageChamber

https://www.instagram.com/anchoragechamber

Fentanyl is a dangerous drug that is killing Alaskans. In a report released in September of 2023 about drug overdose deaths in Alaska it was noted that “Fentanyl was involved in four out of five opioid overdose deaths, and many of these fentanyl-involved overdose deaths involved an additional substance, such as methamphetamine or heroin.”

On this episode we hear a series of short talks from panelists at an event titled “Discover the Truth about Fentanyl in Alaska,” that was hosted January 26, 2024, by the FBI Anchorage Citizens Academy Alumni Association and held at the Petroleum Club of Anchorage.

The panelists are:

• Cornelius “Moose” Sims – Captain Alaska State Troopers, Statewide Drug Enforcement
• Randi Breager – Senior Director of Programs, Covenant House Alaska
• Carlos Diaz – Program Director, Integrated Services, VOA Alaska

For more information on how you can get involved in addressing and responding to the Fentanyl epidemic go to:

https://health.alaska.gov/osmap/Pages/hope.aspx

https://www.iknowmine.org/topic/opioid-overdose-response-kit/

https://akfentanylresponse.com

 

Twitter: @FBIAnchorage
Facebook: FBI Anchorage Field Office
Instagram: @FBI (Instagram)

 

https://www.fbianccaaa.org

www.facebook.com/groups/624229141091305

 

https://akfentanylresponse.com

 

https://covenanthouseak.org

https://www.facebook.com/CovenantHouseAK

@covenanthouseak

 

https://voaak.org

https://www.facebook.com/VOAAlaska

@ voaalaska

 

https://www.anthc.org

https://www.facebook.com/ANTHCtoday

@ anthctoday

 

#anchoredcity

https://anchorageutc.org

https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC

@AnchorageUTC

 

Resources Used to Make This Episode:

https://alaskapublic.org/2023/11/20/covenant-house-alaska-battling-fentanyl-crisis-100-drug-overdoses-since-july/

Fentanyl is a dangerous drug that is killing Alaskans. In a report released in September of 2023 about drug overdose deaths in Alaska it was noted that “Fentanyl was involved in four out of five opioid overdose deaths, and many of these fentanyl-involved overdose deaths involved an additional substance, such as methamphetamine or heroin.”

On this episode we hear remarks from an FBI Special Agent recorded live at an event titled “Discover the Truth about Fentanyl in Alaska,” that was hosted January 26, 2024, by the FBI Anchorage Citizens Academy Alumni Association and held at the Petroleum Club of Anchorage.

For more information on how you can get involved in addressing and responding to the Fentanyl epidemic go to:

 

LINKS:

https://health.alaska.gov/osmap/Pages/hope.aspx

https://www.iknowmine.org/topic/opioid-overdose-response-kit/

https://akfentanylresponse.com

 

 

Twitter: @FBIAnchorage
Facebook: FBI Anchorage Field Office
Instagram: @FBI (Instagram)

https://www.fbianccaaa.org

www.facebook.com/groups/624229141091305

 

https://akfentanylresponse.com

 

https://covenanthouseak.org

https://www.facebook.com/CovenantHouseAK

@covenanthouseak

 

https://voaak.org

https://www.facebook.com/VOAAlaska

@ voaalaska

 

https://www.anthc.org

https://www.facebook.com/ANTHCtoday

@ anthctoday

 

#anchoredcity

https://anchorageutc.org

https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC

@AnchorageUTC

 

Resources Used to Make This Episode:

https://health.alaska.gov/dph/VitalStats/Documents/PDFs/DrugOverdoseMortalityUpdate_2022.pdf

 

https://alaskapublic.org/programs/addressing-alaskans/

St Francis of Assisi is quoted as saying,

“Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”

On this episode we end season 4 by considering how each of us moves forward into doing the impossible.

 

#anchoredcity

https://anchorageutc.org

https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC

@AnchorageUTC

 

Resources Used to Make This Episode:

www.brainyquote.com/authors/francis-of-assisi-quotes

Chef Joe Hickel has created his last gingerbread village and it gives us a way to make our city a better place.

 

https://www.captaincookchristmas.com/

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hotel-Captain-Cook/121352828027525

@thehotelcaptaincook

 

#anchoredcity

https://anchorageutc.org

https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC

@AnchorageUTC

 

Resources Used to Make This Episode:

https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2023/11/28/after-decades-of-sugary-magic-hotel-captain-cook-pastry-chef-ices-his-final-gingerbread-village/

https://www.youralaskalink.com/homepage/end-of-an-era-anchorages-captain-cook-hotels-final-gingerbread-village/article_0250006c-8f49-11ee-a8e9-2b347cb42577.html#:~:text=2023%20Captain%20Cook%20Hotel%20Gingerbread%20Village&text=Starting%20small%2C%20the%20village%20was,it%20was%20three%20by%20five.

https://www.captaincookchristmas.com

 Rocke, K. & Van Dyke, J., 2017, Incarnational training framework: A training guide for developing leaders engaged in city transformation, 2nd edn., Street Psalms Press, Tacoma. p.49.

On this episode we ask “What is Possible?” in the area of homelessness and receive two creative, community-based responses from Pastors Undra Parker and Matt Shultz.

 

https://www.shilohmbcalaska.org/

https://www.facebook.com/shiloh.alaska.5

 

https://firstpresanchorage.org/

https://www.facebook.com/FPChurchAnch

@fpchurchanch

 

https://christianhealth.org

 

#anchoredcity

https://anchorageutc.org

https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC

@AnchorageUTC

Driving through the through Anchorage it’s nearly impossible to not see our unhoused neighbors. In light of our current situation I wondered how long Anchorage has had people experiencing homelessness. To answer that question I dove into the Anchorage Daily News archives and began looking for the first reference to homelessness as we understand it today.

What I found was interesting.

 

#anchoredcity

https://anchorageutc.org

https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC

@AnchorageUTC

 

Resources Used to Make This Episode:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024772/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_2_nm_6_q_%25E2%2580%259CWild%2520Boys%2520of%2520the%2520Road%25E2%2580%259D%2520

https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2%3A14454275A04DAA79%40NGPA-AKADN-16ED0390D649340A%402421995-16ECC166764061A9%404-16ECC166764061A9%40?search_terms=homeless&text=homeless&content_added=&date_from=&date_to=&pub%255B0%255D=14454275A04DAA79&sort=old&page=2&pdate=1919-02-05

https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2%3A14454275A04DAA79%40NGPA-AKADN-16F9D444952A2BA0%402429921-16F9CB79A580C9A5%404-16F9CB79A580C9A5%40?search_terms=homeless&text=homeless&content_added=&date_from=&date_to=&pub%255B0%255D=14454275A04DAA79&sort=old&page=47&pdate=1940-10-18

https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2%3A14454275A04DAA79%40NGPA-AKADN-16F878E8D73B9EE8%402430970-16F8736FEE3E27E1%400-16F8736FEE3E27E1%40?search_terms=homeless&text=homeless&content_added=&date_from=&date_to=&pub%255B0%255D=14454275A04DAA79&sort=old&page=52&pdate=1943-09-02

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The day after Thanksgiving in 2018 a bullet fired in a drive-by shooting struck Krystal Kompkoff while she was attending a party at a friend’s house. On this episode Krystal shares her journey of healing from violence.

 

#anchoredcity

https://anchorageutc.org

https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC

@AnchorageUTC

According to US News and World Report Anchorage, Alaska is the #3 most dangerous place to live in the United States. Alaska has had the reputation and reality of violence since the early days of the territory. On this episode we consider a couple of serial killers from Alaska’s past and Anchorage’s most violent year.

 

 

#anchoredcity

https://anchorageutc.org

https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC

@AnchorageUTC

 

 

Resources Used to Make This Episode:

https://realestate.usnews.com/places/rankings/most-dangerous-places

https://www.vogue.com/article/best-true-crime-podcasts

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11691774/

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/murder-and-mystery-in-the-last-frontier/id1464610311

https://alaska-native-news.com/november-29th-1915/46015/

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020657/1915-11-16/ed-1/seq-1/

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020657/1915-11-30/ed-1/seq-1/

https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2022/02/13/on-the-trail-of-alaskas-first-known-serial-killer/#:~:text=Edward%20Krause%20was%20Alaska's%20first,an%20Army%20detachment%20in%20Wrangell

https://auntphilstrunk.com/alaskas-first-serial-killer-strikes/

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020657/1917-04-16/ed-1/seq-1/

https://www.seniorvoicealaska.com/story/2019/02/01/columns/uncovering-alaskas-first-serial-killer/1906.html

https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2%3A14454275A04DAA79%40NGPA-AKADN-16BC441A87385012%402445759-16BC43409D0A03D1%400-16BC43409D0A03D1%40?search_terms=%22Robert%2BHansen%22%2Bmurder&text=%22Robert%20Hansen%22%20murder&date_from=1970&date_to=1990&content_added=&pub%255B0%255D=14454275A04DAA79&sort=old&pdate=1984-02-28

https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2:1445094F387BC7E2@NGPA-AKADN-1757613D7B60CCAB@2445759-175760986F149FF9@0?pdate=1984-02-28

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/robert-hansen-dies-at-75-convicted-alaska-serial-killer/2014/08/22/cf2d2acc-2989-11e4-86ca-6f03cbd15c1a_story.html

https://dps.alaska.gov/AST/PIO/PressReleases/Victim-of-Serial-Killer-Robert-Hansen-Identified-3

https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2%3A1445094F387BC7E2%40NGPA-AKADN-1757613D7B60CCAB%402445759-175557A1215A969B%4013-175557A1215A969B%40?search_terms=Robert%2BHansen&date_from=1970&date_to=1990&text=Robert%20Hansen&content_added=&pub%255B0%255D=1445094F387BC7E2&pdate=1984-02-28

https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2%3A14454275A04DAA79%40NGPA-AKADN-16BC441A87385012%402445759-16BC33FDF05E38A1%4011-16BC33FDF05E38A1%40?search_terms=Robert%2BHansen%2BMurder&date_from=1984&date_to=1984&text=Robert%20Hansen%20Murder&pub%255B0%255D=14454275A04DAA79&content_added=&sort=old&pdate=1984-02-28

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2018/01/05/with-35-homicides-in-2017-anchorage-set-a-disturbing-record-why/

https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2021/02/13/years-later-an-inaccurate-homicide-record-in-alaskas-largest-city-has-been-corrected/

Boots, M.T., 2016, ‘Anchorage is on track to break the record for most homicides in one year. What is going on?’, Alaska Daily News, 3 September, 2016, viewed 19 February 2019, from https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2016/09/03/anchorage-is-on-track-this- year-to-break-its-annual-homicide-record-whats-going-on/.

Boots, M.T., 2016a, ‘Anchorage’s deadly year: With 34 homicide victims, violence hits home’, Alaska Daily News, 31 December, 2016, viewed 28 January 2019, from https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2016/12/31/anchorages-deadly-year-with-34- homicide-victims-violence-hits-home/.

Alaska Dispatch News, 2017, ‘Alaska Dispatch News poll: Crime’, Alaska Daily News, 18 January, 2017, viewed 19 February 2019, from https://www.adn.com/alaska- news/2017/01/18/alaska-dispatch-news-poll-crime/.

https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/news/19508BE08478AF10?search_terms=2022%2BCrime&text=2022%20Crime&content_added=&date_from=2022&date_to=2023&pub%255B0%255D=ADNB&pdate=2023-10-31

Underground crime is not a thing of the past in Anchorage. One of those crimes is human trafficking. Join me on this episode as I talk with Josie Heyano of Signify Consulting, about what is possible in the area of human trafficking.

Heyano is a Presidentially appointed member of the United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking, a formal platform to advise and make recommendations on federal anti-trafficking policies to the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (PITF).

 

https://www.signifyconsultingak.org

 

#anchoredcity

https://anchorageutc.org

https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC

@AnchorageUTC

 

Resources Used to Make This Episode:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/19/alaska-homeless-youth-sex-trafficking-study 

Anchorage has always had an underground of illegal activity. Those activities might have literally taken place underground in tunnels or basement bars, or they could have figuratively been underground thinly veiled behind words like “resort” or “boarding house.” On this episode we explore some of Anchorage’s underground past.

 

#anchoredcity

https://anchorageutc.org

https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC

@AnchorageUTC

 

Resources Used to Make This Episode:

https://www.ghosttoursofanchorage.com/

https://www.adn.com/our-alaska/article/host-invites-curious-anchorages-spookiest-places/2011/05/07/

https://clarkyerrington.wordpress.com/2014/01/06/empress-theater-1916-2013/

https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/news/archive/2015/05/the-seedy-sudsy-history-of-the-49th-state.cshtml

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2022/02/13/curious-alaska-is-there-a-prohibition-era-tunnel-network-in-downtown-anchorage/

https://www.muni.org/departments/ocpd/planning/publications/siteassets/pages/default/patterns%20of%20the%20past.pdf

https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2020/05/17/history-of-spenard-how-a-squatter-bootlegger-and-showman-gave-anchorages-most-renowned-road-its-name/

https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2%3A14454275A04DAA79%40NGPA-AKADN-16F87446A62E009E%402430437-16F6DD3AF3861BE9%405-16F6DD3AF3861BE9%40?search_terms=%22South%2BSeas%22&text=%22South%20Seas%22&content_added=&date_from=&date_to=&pub%255B0%255D=14454275A04DAA79&sort=old&page=20&pdate=1942-03-18

https://adn.newsbank.com/doc/image/v2%3A14454275A04DAA79%40NGPA-AKADN-16F87446A62E009E%402430437-16F6DD3AF4A577BD%407-16F6DD3AF4A577BD%40?search_terms=%22South%2BSeas%22&text=%22South%20Seas%22&content_added=&date_from=&date_to=&pub%255B0%255D=14454275A04DAA79&sort=old&page=20&pdate=1942-03-18

https://www.alaskahistory.org/biographies/spenard-joseph-a-joe/

“Local Jottings about Town,” Anchorage Daily Times, June 26, 1916, 7.  Quoted from Michael Carberry and Donna Lane, Patterns of the Past:  An Inventory of Anchorage’s Historic Resources:  200.

https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/people-african-american-history/zula-swanson-1891-1973/

Collins, Jan MacKell. Good Time Girls of the Pacific Northwest: A Red-Light History of Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. United States, TwoDot, 2020.

https://www.alaskahistory.org/biographies/crocker-ulysses-grant-ug/

https://www.anchoragemuseum.org/exhibits/extra-tough-women-of-the-north/women-of-the-north-profiles/zula-swanson-savvy-businesswoman/

On this episode we consider what is possible in the area of substance misuse as we talk about recovery with Tiffany Hall. She shares with us her story of addiction and recovery. Hall is the Executive Director of Recover Alaska and the vice chair of the board of the U.S. Alcohol Policy Alliance.

 

https://recoveralaska.org/

https://www.facebook.com/recoveralaska

https://www.instagram.com/recoveralaska/

 

#anchoredcity

https://anchorageutc.org

https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC

@AnchorageUTC

 

Resources Used to Make This Episode:

https://alaskamentalhealthtrust.org/alaska-mental-health-trust-authority/what-we-do/substance-abuse-prevention-and-treatment/

On this episode we will turn our attention to two different historical stories about mind altering substances…one the legal sale of beer, and the other, Alaska’s long history of semi-legal and legal marijuana.

 

#anchoredcity

https://anchorageutc.org

https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC

@AnchorageUTC

 

Resources Used to Make This Episode:

 

Hear Bill Howell read the section of Alaska Beer: Liquid Gold in the Land of the Midnight Sun about Prinz Brau here: https://www.kdll.org/show/drinking-on-the-last-frontier/2023-06-27/prinz-to-paupers

Howell, B. (2015). Alaska Beer: Liquid Gold in the Land of the Midnight Sun. United States: Arcadia Publishing Incorporated. Chapter 7

 

Watch the Alaska Review episode titled “Great Land, Great Beer, Great Problems” from 1977 here: Alaska Film Archive -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3hx7aSdCCo

 

https://law.justia.com/cases/alaska/supreme-court/1975/2135-1.html

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https://www.adn.com/cannabis-north/article/alaska-weed-history/2014/04/14/

https://www.adn.com/cannabis-north/article/polls-close-legalized-pot-remains-question-mark-alaska/2014/11/05/

https://health.alaska.gov/dph/Director/Documents/marijuana/MarijuanaUse_PublicHealth_Alaska_2020.pdf

https://alaskapublic.org/2023/05/31/death-rate-from-drinking-nearly-doubles-in-alaska-over-2-years/

https://www.adn.com/features/article/dreaming-big-6-alaska-boondoggles/2011/10/10/

https://www.akgrownspirits.com/

https://www.turnagainbrewing.com/

It can often feel like racism and racial bias are impossible to overcome. Rev. Dr. Patricia Wilson-Cone joins us on this episode to help us consider what is possible in the area of racism and racial bias. Wilson-Cone is a pastor, scholar, chaplain trainer, and author. Her book Multicultural Diversity: Opening Our Hearts was released in 2019.

 

https://www.facebook.com/FirstAmericanBaptistChurch/

 

#anchoredcity

https://anchorageutc.org

https://www.facebook.com/AnchorageUTC

@AnchorageUTC

 

Resources Used to Make This Episode:

https://www.bates.edu/news/2017/10/26/kendi/

https://genius.com/Malcolm-x-chapter-19-1965-annotated