Grassroots meets high finance in Sitka Community Boatyard proposal
Posted by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | May 18, 2021
The map accompanying the Sitka Community Boatyard proposal. If approved, most of the remaining available lots (shown in yellow) eventually could be leased for the project.
The board of Sitka’s industrial park has determined that a grassroots proposal for a new marine haulout facility is worth pursuing further but wants to hammer out a few details before sending the deal to the assembly.
Find the complete Sitka Community Boatyard proposal, and the Gary Paxton Industrial Park request for proposals, in the May 12, 2021 board packet.
Move over, Red Rover! Sitka water blasts off to Mars
Posted by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Apr 1, 2021
The Perseverance sky crane lowers the first container of Sitka bulk water to the surface of Mars. This artist’s rendition could become reality if a California businessman’s plans achieve liftoff. (KCAW/Katherine Rose)
A California entrepreneur is hoping to send Sitka bulk water to Mars.
Frank DeLay, with DeLay Unlimited Partners, has offered to purchase exclusive rights to Sitka’s excess water supply for $1 million per year for the next five years long enough to develop a suitable market on the Red Planet.
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City fast tracks plan to sell hospital building
Posted by Katherine Rose | Jan 15, 2021
Photo taken in the former Sitka Community Hospital hallway- the building is currently being leased by SEARHC to house long-term care. (KCAW/Kwong)
The city is moving forward with plans to sell the former Sitka Community Hospital building. And the public may get a chance to weigh in during the municipal election next October. But in order for that to happen, the city has to move quickly.
Last fall, the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium approached the city, interested in purchasing the former Sitka Community Hospital Building. In 2019, SEARHC bought the city-owned hospital business, and opted to lease the building where it continues to house long-term care. But now Sitka’s primary health provider is growing, with a $300 million dollar hospital expansion project planned over the next five years, and they need the space.