Assembly awards $1.5 million for SHI

• News Home
• More from News of the North

Monday, November 23rd, 2020 7:43pm

• Share on Facebook
• Share on Messenger
• Share on Messenger
• Share on Twitter
• Share on Whatsapp

The Walter Soboleff Building could soon have company.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Sealaska Heritage Institute cleared a huge hurdle Monday when they received a grant from the CBJ to help construct the SHI Arts Campus.

The money will come from the CBJ general fund fund balance.

Supporters said it would help the economy and also attract more visitors to Juneau.

The Northwest Coast Arts Campus is projected to cost $13 million to construct.   About 1,000 donors have provided $11 million so far. 

Sealaska Board Chairman Joe Nelson said the facility will impact the community and its children in a very powerful way.

Former Mayor Bruce Botelho said the project was a way to reinvigorate the community and also help Juneau look at history through a different lens.

He said he felt the campus would be a key to the long-term survival of the University of Alaska Southeast as they develop a cultural arts program.

SHI President Dr. Rosita Worl said the project is expected to provide $9 million in local spending in 2021.

She said the campus was a key step toward the effort to make Juneau the Northwest Coast Arts Capital of the World.

More from News of the North

• Suspected Sitka duck killer charged

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - A Sitka man accused of intentionally running over a flock of ducks has a date to appear in Sitka District Court.

• USCG investigates laser incident

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Coast Guard is seeking information about a suspect or suspects that pointed a green laser light into the cabin of a Station Ketchikan boat crew last Saturday.

• JSD hires new Director of Adminstrative Services

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Juneau School District announced Cassee Olin as the new Director of Administrative Services.

• JPD issues school zone safety reminder

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Juneau Police Department has issued a statement for motorists on school zone safety.

• ACRC names new director

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska Coastal Rainforest Center has named Dr. Tom Thornton as its new director.

• Alaska's unemployment rate declines in December

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Alaska's unemployment rate in December dropped to 7.7 percent.

• CBJ and State reports COVID case count

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center is reporting four individuals identified with COVID-19 in Juneau.

• AK Congress members rebuke moratorium on lease sales in ANWR

  WASHINGTON D.C. (KINY) - The Alaska Congressional delegation expressed their displeasure with the Biden administration's moratorium on oil and gas lease sales in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

• Pacific Princess sold

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Princess Cruises announces that it has sold the Pacific Princess to an undisclosed buyer.

• Royal Caribbean vessel Alaska voyages scrubbed

  Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The first casualty of the Alaska 2021 cruise season will be Quantum of the Seas, according to an article in the Royal Caribbean Blog

• Reduced speed limits sparing Right Whales

  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A report from the federal government says compliance with speed rules designed to protect rare whales has increased in recent years but could still be higher.

• Alaska renters could wait months for $200M federal virus aid

  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska renters will have to wait for an undetermined amount of time before receiving allotments of up to $200 million in federal coronavirus aid.