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Mayor launches Joy Community Center survey and new opt-in RAVE info line
Summary
Mayor Grier Hopkins announced a public survey and an opt-in non-emergency RAVE text line to gather community input on the future use of the Joy Community Center, alongside reports on internship programs and a digital records-management cost-saving initiative.
Mayor Grier Hopkins used the Assembly meeting Jan. 15 to outline several community engagement and administrative initiatives, including new paid internships in the mayor’s office, lifeguard training classes, incident command training and a public survey on the future of the Joy Community Center.
Hopkins said the mayor’s office has two paid interns — one working with the public information officer and one with the chief of staff — to provide on-the-job training for high-school students. He also described a December job-shadowing opportunity for a Chinook Charter School student, Tanner Albert.
On technology and budgeting, the mayor reported the borough moved its records-management system from a software-as-a-service model to a platform-as-a-service, achieving the budgeted savings promised in the last cycle and projecting a roughly $200,000 reduction in program costs.
On the Joy Community Center, Hopkins said the borough will launch a public survey and asked residents to rank priorities from options such as veteran housing, childcare, revenue generation or other uses; the survey and outreach will include email, social media and an opt-in non-emergency RAVE texting channel. "Text FNSB info to 67283," Hopkins said, to join the non-emergency information system. He said the borough will first ask 15,000 people already signed up for the emergency RAVE system whether they want to join the non-emergency channel.
The mayor framed the survey as a partnership with the City of Fairbanks to expand possible options and asked residents to participate so the borough can return with data on public preferences.
