Project Description
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Community residents are invited to participate in team building, workshops, networking, and neighborhood projects to make Fairview a safer, more connected, and vibrant neighborhood.
Reconnecting Fairview Corridor Plan
Neighborhood Revitalization through Community-Led Solutions to Reimagine the Gambell-Ingra Street Corridor
On February 28th, 2023, the Fairview community was awarded a Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. This is the first-ever Federal program to reconnect communities previously cut off from economic opportunities by transportation infrastructure.
In late 2024, NeighborWorks Alaska and the Fairview Community Council kicked-off the formal planning process to create a Reconnecting Fairview Corridor Plan. With the consultant team, Arup, we are moving forward to create and finalize a plan by Winter 2026.
Contacts
NeighborWorks Alaska
- Lindsey Hajduk, Director of Community Engagement & External Affairs, [email protected]
Arup
- Kate White, Principal in Charge, [email protected]
- Matthew Ables, Project Manager, [email protected]
Our Plan
Development of the Reconnecting Fairview Corridor Plan will include the following efforts between now and Winter 2026 to facilitate community-led solutions to reimagine the Gambell & Ingra Street Corridor:
- Community Engagement events, workshops, digital surveys, walk audits, and other opportunities to inform Plan development that promote community building, trust, transparency, and long-term empowerment amongst Fairview community members.
- Existing Conditions analysis to understand how current transportation infrastructure, travel demand, land use, economic conditions, and other community needs inform gaps and opportunities for the Plan to address.
- Visioning for Future Conditions by encouraging economic revitalization, local innovation, streamlined development, and other policy and design recommendations that support Fairview’s unique Winter City community and aspirations.
- Multimodal Travel Demand analysis to ensure proposed solutions reflect safe, accessible, and reliable transportation choices that are aligned with community needs and industry best-practices.
- Conceptual Design plans that promote safer, vibrant, activated, green streets focused on transforming Gambell, Ingra, and Hyder Streets.
- Policy Recommendations and Implementation to ensure that Plan adoption includes clearly defined roles, responsibilities, and priorities for next steps.