4th Avenue in Anchorage by Flickr user Alicia Crumpton. Creative Commons license CC BY-NC 2.0.
Sam Tappen, economist with the Alaska Dept. of Labor and Workforce Development, examines how Anchorage neighborhoods have changed and discusses implications for the city’s future. With new data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Tappen visits 29 neighborhoods and finds that over the last decade, many of Anchorage’s long-term trends leveled out or reversed.
The September edition also features a piece on rent increases for housing and the monthly Gauging the Economy report.
Read the full edition here.
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Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research & Analysis
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