This presentation was delivered at NADO's Annual Training Conference, held in Anchorage, Alaska on September 9-12, 2017.
Public, private, and nonprofit partners work together in Anchorage to promote policies, plans, and programs that support social and economic integration of new and long-time residents. Learn how these various efforts dovetail to ensure economic vitality, common ground, and shared leadership. Lessons learned from this session will apply at the regional, county, or community levels.
Moira Gallagher, Live. Work. Play. Director, AEDC, Anchorage, AK
Mara Kimmel, First Lady of Anchorage, City of Anchorage, Anchorage, AK
Lourdes Linato-Crawford, President, Bridge Builders of Anchorage, Anchorage, AK
Wanetta Ayers, Interim Executive Director, Prince William Sound, EDD, Anchorage, AK, Moderator
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Building Community for Prosperity and Inclusion: Kimmel
1. Building Community
at the
Core of the Periphery
Equity, Inclusion and Resilience in
a Changing North
Mara Kimmel, PhD, JD
Presentation to NADO Conference
September 11, 2017
2. Alaska History & Background
• We are very old
– Inhabited for over
10,000 years
• And very young
– Territory “purchased”
from Russia in 1867
– Statehood in 1959
– MOA just celebrated
100th birthday
• We are few
– 740,000 people
– 300,000 people in
Anchorage
• And far between
– Most of Alaska is road-
less and rural
9. PHYSIOLOGICAL NEEDS
SAFETY NEEDS
SOCIAL NEEDS
ESTEEM NEEDS
SELF-
ACTUALIZATION
Welcoming and Resilient
Access to Basic Needs
Affordable quality housing, health care, jobs, public safety, education,
Innovative and Entrepreneurial
Wired and connected neighborhoods and homes, meaningful careers,
accessible and open data and information for residents
Engaged and Educated
Quality pre-K-12 and post secondary education, representative and inclusive government
Healthy & Connected
Transportation and communication networks, accessible parks and trails,
vibrant and integrated cultures and languages, energy and food security
Community
Self-reliant, connected with place, culturally vibrant and vital
10.
11. Resilience in Anchorage:
Ready, Inclusive, Connected
The capacity of a community to survive and thrive
through acute shocks and chronic stresses
Fires, floods, earthquakes, erosion
Freeze-thaw cycles
Unemployment, inadequate housing,
poverty, poor infrastructure and
communication networks, social and
economic exclusion
Core principles of Equity, Inclusion and Justice
Economic integration
Access to services (including language access)
Governance: The health and well-being of everyone living and working in the city, and the governance systems that support
Design: How the built environment responds to community needs
Knowledge: Evidence and research based data and information, including community observations and local knowledge
Business and Entrepreneurs: Breaking down barriers to marketplace entry; eliminating brainwaste