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KEDC presents housing action plan dashboard, mariculture processing feasibility to assembly

5360822 · July 11, 2025
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The Kodiak Economic Development Corporation and the University of Alaska Anchorage Center for Economic Development briefed the borough on a housing action plan dashboard and a kelp/mariculture processing feasibility study. Staff said recommendations will be finalized this fall with implementation support to follow.

Melissa Schonweiler, executive director of the Kodiak Economic Development Corporation, and Jared Reynolds, executive director of the University of Alaska Anchorage Center for Economic Development, briefed the Kodiak Island Borough assembly on an action-oriented housing plan and concurrent mariculture/value‑added processing work.

Schonweiler described community workshops and a four-part “recharge our community’s economy” series that identified five areas residents view as economic drivers: childcare, walkability, business support, housing and a seafood market. She urged assembly members and residents to use the housing action…

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