05/16/2023 The 2005 Girdwood Airport Master Plan and Environmental Assessment

Since there is much interest in potential development at Girdwood Airport, we have a posted a copy of the 2005 Girdwood Airport Master Plan and the related Girdwood Airport Environmental Assessment.

5/10/2023 In-Person Land Use Map Exercise 

6-8p Girdwood Community Center
Led by Holly Spoth-Torres, Huddle AK

HOMEWORK: Become familiar with the following tools to make for better participation in Wednesday's meeting

1) Land Use Category Definitions from the 1995 Girdwood Area Plan Here

2) The 1995 Land Use Plan Map in an online format: 

https://muniorg.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c71b84ca1734fefb7762fc9420191e2

• These resources help illustrate Girdwood’s existing land use map and categories, we will discuss how to use them and what they mean. 

• We are also going to get into how we are going to work together to develop the FUTURE categories and map. 

• It will be helpful if people can start familiarizing themselves with the tools – read the definitions, click around the map, etc. 

• The intent is that AFTER the workshop on April 26th, people can continue to explore these tools AND ALSO begin thinking about a FUTURE land use map that implements your Vision, Goals, and Policy document.
  
  

The example Land Use Map that was used during the workshop to spark discussions:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G6C-XiNLb4ag7RAfmz-r1okoumdEPMR5/view?usp=share_link

11/10/2022 Girdwood Inc. and Imagine! Girdwood awarded ARPA funding

At their November 9th meeting, the Anchorage Assembly granted $140,000 to  Girdwood Inc. & Imagine! Girdwood to complete a full update of the 1995 Girdwood Area Plan. The update project started in 2018 and was split into 5 phases, the first 3 of which have been completed.

• Phase 1 included a community survey, town hall and report on community attitudes and values. *COMPLETE*

• Phase 2 developed these further into a set of community vision and goals. *COMPLETE*

• Phase 3 produced an existing conditions inventory, land suitability analysis and housing demand forecast. *COMPLETE*

• Phases 4 & 5 will run in parallel:

  • Phase 4 will work with the community through a Town Hall and online mapping tools to update the Land Use Map for Girdwood Valley.

  • Phase 5 will complete other technical studies, write the high-level implementation plan and produce the public draft of the full plan.