Upcoming Membership Meeting

Want to know more about the upcoming summer construction season for downtown?

Join us for our monthly membership meeting on Wednesday, March 5th at 9:00am to hear from the myriad state and municipal projects happening in downtown this summer.

Find out more about project schedules and timelines; learn about planned utility work and road closures; learn about what the Municipality has planned for wayfinding and getting around downtown during the construction season; and much more!

The meeting takes place at 9:00am on Wednesday, March 5th in the conference room at the Alaska State Trooper Museum, located at 245 West 5th Avenue Suite 300 (two doors down from the ADP offices.)

If you have any questions, please contact Kris Natwick at 279-5668.

Total Reclaim Special Offer

Total Reclaim Inc. environmental services is offering discounted electronics recycling rates for ADP Members through the end of March!

Through this special offer, ADP Members can recycle all electronics for $.30 per pound, or refrigerators and freezers at $20 per unit.  For pick-up service, contact Total Reclaim at 561-0544 or schedule pick-up online through their website www.totalreclaim.com.  This offer is good through the end of March.

Be sure to mention that you are an ADP Member to receive the discounted rate.

Take the First Lady’s Challenge!

Want to attend the Miners & Trappers Ball and help our military and their families?  And win a catered lunch reception for your whole team?

Encourage your friends and associates to purchase a $30.00 ticket to this year’s Miners and Trappers Ball.  And for every 4 tickets you sell, your name will be entered to win a lunch or after work reception catered by Twigs Catering at your work site.  Deadline to get your group together is Friday, February 29!

Proceeds from ticket sales will be split with the Miners and Trappers Ball Committee and the Anchorage First Lady Military and Family Support Initiative- working in partnership with the Armed Services YMCA to provide services and events for our military neighbors.

To purchase your tickets come by or call Anchorage Downtown Partnership, Ltd. 279-5650

Alaska Fiber Festival

The Alaska Fiber Festival is the largest semi-annual Fiber Extravaganza held in Alaska. It is a 9 day event filled with Workshops from world renowned textile artists, amazing International Fiber & Mixed Media Exhibits, exclusive Alaskan Challenges and Exhibits, and more!
                                                                                                                     
The kickoff event is a Downtown Quilt Walk on First Friday, March 7, 5:00pm – 9:00pm, beginning in the 5th Avenue Mall at the main entrance of the Mall by JCPenney.  (Free admission)  Treasured, vintage, historic & truly loved quilts displayed in the Downtown Stores starting March 5.  Participants can also pick up a passport, sign up for workshops, and get tickets for the fashion shows at the Quilt Walk starting point. 

Other events/classes include: Alaska Fiber Festival "Half-Baked Alaska" features a Fiber Art Show at Conoco Phillips Atrium, March 15 – 16, 10am – 5pm (Free admission)

For more info go to their website:  www.alaskafiberfestival.org

An Evening in Ireland

The Irish Club of Alaska, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing Alaskans with quality learning opportunities in Irish and Irish-American arts, language, music & literature, invites our Members to an evening of music and dancing!

An Evening in Ireland is guaranteed to put a little jig in your spring break with an evening of dinner, music and dancing on Saturday, March 8th at the Sheraton Anchorage Hotel.  6:00pm is a no-host bar, with dinner starting at 7:00pm.  Tickets cost $50.00 and there will be silent AND live auctions to help benefit the Irish in Alaska Project.

For more information and tickets, please visit Suzi’s Woolies at 420 G Street or give her a call at 277-9660.

Changes at ADP

As you may know, executive director Becky Beck recently resigned from Anchorage Downtown Partnership, Ltd., and the Board of Directors is actively seeking a new executive director. In the meantime, ADP operations director Charlie Keenhold is serving as interim executive director.  Feel free to contact Charlie (279-5650) or myself (279-5658) if you have any questions.  We’ll all miss Becky and wish her the best of luck!

The Vision of Anchorage Downtown Partnership, Ltd. is to be a not-for-profit organization that is a recognized symbol that promotes and advocates, in collaboration with the Municipality and the community at large, for a vital, year around, clean, safe Downtown Anchorage for those who live, work and visit Downtown.