Mountain View In Motion

Mountain view is one of Anchorage's most culturally diverse neighborhoods with a population that speaks over 40 different languages.

Mountain View's socio-economic demographics open opportunity for a wide variety of developements. Serious efforts at community planning begain as a grassroots effort in 1993.

The Begich administration recognized the opportunities for revitalization in Mt. View collecting public opinion to form a Mountain View Neighborhood Plan. At the same time the Housing and Neighborhood Development Commission established a subcommittee to carry out the planning process. Recommendation from this subcommittee resulted in concentrated revitalization efforts from a broad range of private, non-profit, and government partnerships focusing on housing, community facilities and the commerical core that have been responsible for:

• 200+ units of new single housing developement, both owner occupiend and rent to own

• rehabs, repairs, grant/loans to help improve over 100 units of existing housing stock

• Glenn Square Mall (780 jobs)

• Rehabilitation to non-profit buildings such as Success by Six, Special Olympics and Alaska Museum of Natural History Mountain View has continued to develop

• opening of the Clark Middle School

• re-established Mountain View Branch Library & Community Room which offers multiple free services

• a new bank with police substation and meeting facilities

Key future goals include:

• attracting retail businesses that serve the neighborhood

• building a new visual arts center further marketing the district

• engaging Mountain View residents in planning and development efforts

• identify partners to continue and expand government, non-profit and private partnerships

Continuation of ongoing efforts and addressing key goals will reuslt in Mountain View becoming a vibrant, safe and economically healthy neighborhood of choice.