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Kodiak Community Health Center asks borough for land to secure $7.8 million construction grant
Summary
Kodiak Community Health Center CEO Oliver Wilson told the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly on Sept. 11 that the clinic has "outgrown our space" and needs borough-owned land or a long-term lease to use roughly $7.8 million in construction grant funds that must be obligated by 2026.
Kodiak Community Health Center CEO Oliver Wilson told the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly on Sept. 11 that the clinic has "outgrown our space" and needs a site where it can build new facilities to reduce patient wait times and expand behavioral-health and pharmacy services.
Wilson said the center received a construction grant of about $7,800,000 in 2023 but "we cannot use that funding to purchase an existing building. We cannot use it to purchase land. The way the grant was awarded ... we can only use it to build and construct on an existing space." She said the grant must be obligated by 2026 and that the center needs a parcel and architectural plans to leverage additional funders.
Why it matters: Assembly members and staff framed the request as time-sensitive and potentially high‑impact…
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