EAGLE RIVER, ALASKA – 11/18/2025 – Culminating years of effort and community outreach, on Monday of this week Eaglexit filed its completed petition package to the Alaska Local Boundary Commission for an Informal Technical Review. Eaglexit is the name of the grassroots movement seeking to separate areas around Eagle River from the Municipality of Anchorage. It seeks to incorporate a new, independent, non-unified “home rule” borough identified as Chugach Regional Borough (CRB), to include lands in and around Eagle River, Chugiak, Birchwood, Eklutna, and JBER.
The petition was filed pursuant to Alaska Statute (AS) 29.06 and 3 AAC 110, and according to a press release “…includes the proposed Charter describing the design of the new borough, a Metes & Bounds Map detailing the borders, a Transition Plan outlining the implementation of the new government, and a legal brief detailing the legal aspects and advantages of separation from the MOA.”
Under the heading “Restoring Local Power and Fiscal Accountability”, the press release describes the mission of Eaglexit as ensuring local voice and control over its future, and that tax revenues are used to support the needs of those taxed…