The borough’s Community Emergency Response Team will receive $50,000 for training its members while $58,000 will be go toward backup power supply equipment.
Anne Wien qualified for the project based on several needs, including its status as a Title I school, where 95% of its students qualify for free or reduced cost meals.
About 128 projects were nominated, including 73 from borough staff, 31 from local residents and organizations, and 20 from the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District. A
The North Pole Community Chamber of Commerce continues to seek donations and sponsors for its proposed welcome center, even as it faces increasing building costs to develop it.