Next month marks the 50th anniversary of the unification of the city of Anchorage and smaller surrounding communities that made up the former Greater Anchorage Area Borough.
Jane Angvik was one of 11 members of the Anchorage Charter Commission who worked to write the Municipality of Anchorage’s founding document. It was approved by voters, leading to the formation of the municipality on September 15th, 1975.
It sounds technical, but Angvik said unification was about more than things like land-use boundaries and taxes. It also helped the community respond to disasters…