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

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

3. Alaska’s First Peoples

4. Alaska’s Newest Peoples

5. Alaska’s Economy

6. Alaska’s Climate

7. The Unique North
Self reliant, vibrant and vital cultures,
connected with place.

8. A Changing North
Equity
Environment
Economy

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

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

12. Governance
Design
Knowledge
Business and
Entrepreneurs
Collaborative Partnerships

13. Our Community is AWARE*
*Anchorage - Welcoming and Resilient