Alaska
Anchorage Community Land Trust
3701 Mountain View Dr. Suite 100
Anchorage, AK 99508
907-748-5848
krose@anchoragelandtrust.org
anchoragelandtrust.org
Date Incorporated: 2003
Purpose: Anchorage Community Land Trust strives to develop healthy and prosperous communities in Anchorage by acquiring, developing and planning for the land and projects necessary to bring about sustainable neighborhood revitalization and economic development.
Land Holdings: Five mixed-use commercial sites occupied by non-profit offices, art studios, a health clinic, food carts, and restaurants; converting 28,000 sq. ft building into an urban farm; site of Ch’anikna Commons condiminiums.
Governance Notes: ACLT works both as a land trust and as a community development organization. The organization oversees two 501(c)(2) subsidiaries and an LLC to manage leasing; ACLT pays property taxes on the for-profit units, but not on the properties where tenants have charitable or artistic purposes; Does not apply the classic long-term CLT lease, but instead offers short-term leases specific to the business lessee.
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Girdwood Community Land Trust
c/o Girdwood, Inc.
Girdwood, AK
girdwoodlandtrust@gmail.com
girdwoodlandtrust.org
Purpose: Sustainable housing, community stewardship of land, and community building. Their main priority is to create workforce housing for locals.
Land Holdings: At the moment they are still in the organizing process of gathering funds and finding land. They have a few ideas but nothing concrete as of 2022. Uses CLT lease structure
Governance Notes: Open no-fee membership structure, board elected and contains tenant representatives
Additional Information: Currently, they are also working on a recycling project where plastics are broken down locally in small-scale machines. These plastics can then be used to make other materials without having to be shipped elsewhere.
Sitka Community Land Trust
PO Box 6461
Sitka, AK 99835
907-738-2999
sitkaclt@gmail.com
sitkaclt.org
Date Incorporated: 2006
Purpose: To create lasting affordable home ownership opportunities for people of low and moderate income in Sitka. The SCLT aims to sustain a healthy, economically diverse community by providing permanently affordable homes and support for our neighbors whose housing needs are not met by the traditional market.
Land Holdings: SCLT currently owns one property, S'us' Héeni Sháak Community Neighborhood. Construction is in progress. The neighborhood will have fourteen homes. Uses 99-year lease structure.
Governance Notes: Board members include homeowners, unclear if appointed or elected, unclear if membership is open