The Matanuska-Susitna Borough is trying to shape plans for Talkeetna’s public facilities to meet the community’s needs for the next 20 years.

Such possible facilities include:
• Use of Village Park
• Public Playground
• Library Replacement
• Community Hall
• Teen Club
• Sports Fields
• Council Offices
• Visitor Center

LDN is conducting the analysis, which includes:
• Identifying the needs of the community both at present and for the near future.
• Identifying which Borough parcels would fit the needs of the community.

Public Input
Public meetings and input are crucial to the development of these plans. A recent public meeting was held in Talkeetna on July 24th to gather information on the sites that have been already identified as viable and what facilities the community feels are most important.

The next public meeting ....................................... The next public meeting will take place on .. September 27th from 6pm - 8pm at the Senior Center in the main meeting room (Su Valley High School temporary location).

LDN will present concepts for possible development to the community. The final public meeting will take place sometime in late October to early November, where LDN will present its final plans. We welcome your feedback, input and comments.

Feel free to direct them to:

Land Design North
441 W 5th Ave, Suite 200
Anchorage, Alaska 99501
phone 907-276-5885 fax 276-5887
wdadams@landdesignnorth.com
*If you choose to email, please put “Talkeetna Public Facilities” in the subject line, so that it is easily identifiable as pertaining to this specific project.

 

Available Documents:
1. Public meeting posters with comments made by the community in highlighted in red. All Please note that some of the comments in red are solely comments made by members of the community on the night of the first public meeting. They are only suggestions and do not represent anything that is concrete at the moment. The main objective of these maps are to obtain information pertaining to things you have observed on the site that LDN might not know, such as areas that flood at certain times of the year, wildlife corridors and travel patterns, trail systems or other uses we are not aware of, etc. If you have any information to add, please feel free to contact us.

a. Overview of Talkeetna with the available Borough parcels highlighted.

b. Parcel 1: The Library Site

c. Parcel 2: The Fire House Site

d. Parcel 3: Currently Unused Site

e. Parcel 4: Currently Unused Site

f. Parcel 5: Currently Unused Site

g. Parcel 6: Village Park Site

h. Parking area beside Y Lake

2. Public meeting notes taken by LDN staff.

3. Public Meeting Questionnaire -This was presented to all those in attendance to obtain more information from the community. Feel free to download it, fill it out, and mail or email us your responses.

4. Playground Questionnaire - This was presented to those who were taking part in the separate playground group to obtain more specific information about the needs for the playground. Feel free to download it, fill it out, and mail or email us your responses.

 

STUDY REPORT

Talkeetna Public Facilities Study Report (9-21-07)

Talkeetna Public Facilities Study Report (11-29-07)