Anchorage is about to be a little less beige, thanks to a new grant program.
Mayor Suzanne LaFrance and the Anchorage Community Development Authority are spearheading the initiative called Beyond the Beige.
At a news conference downtown Wednesday, LaFrance and Mike Robbins, who leads the ACDA, awarded a total of $100,000 to five projects. The goal, Robbins said, is to bring color and creativity to a city that has earned a reputation for being particularly beige. Some joke that it’s Anchorage’s official color. There’s even an Instagram account, “Keep Anchorage Beige,” that documents the aesthetic…