Save the Date: You are Invited to the Spring Meeting of Downtowners on Wednesday, April 29th from 8:30 – 10 AM at The Fairbanks Community Museum in the top of the Co-Op Plaza, 535 2nd Avenue. Network, share and receive news about summer, visitor industry, motor coach companies and more. Come as you are. Coffee, juice and pastries served. Call 452-8671 for more info or info@downtownfairbanks.com
Surveys Closing this Friday Need Respondents: the City’s Vibe Survey and FEDC’s Business Climate Survey.
RFIs, RFPs, SIPs, Streetery and . . . an alphabet soup signifying movement. The city has awarded almost $250,000 in Storefront Improvement (SIP) grants (requiring $-for-$ match). The city also ‘Requested Information” about the log cabin at Golden Heart Plaza and the Polaris site, asking, in effect: “What would purchasers or lessees envision doing with those city properties?” There were eight and zero respondents, respectively. The Polaris site’s Request for Proposals (RFP) is to advertise May 1. What’s the “process” with the log cabin: straight to lease or will there be an RFP? Finally, if your downtown business can do better this summer by coming into the street with a protected “streetery”, consider this “street eatery” application.
Rental Incentives are Available to New Businesses Opening Downtown. These incentives are made possible by the Downtown Association’s donors and sponsors.
Join Downtown Implementation Group Meetings. Stay abreast of and contribute to the revitalization initiatives underway through Fairbanks2040. Contact david@downtownfairbanks.com for an initial invitation.
Lacey Street to Close for the Summer May 1 to both accommodate the access requirements to repaint the Lacey Street Theater and to help activate the Starter Block on Lacey Street.
Please join us again in 2026 and renew your membership to the Downtown Association of Fairbanks.