The city of Kodiak has started the process of potentially selling a plot of land adjacent to Fort Abercrombie State Historical Park to the state of Alaska.Â
The Kodiak City Council adopted a resolution last week to move forward with an application for funds necessary to sell a 77.55-acre parcel to the state.
The land stretches from Abercrombie Drive to Otmeloi Way on both sides of Monashka Road. The site includes a subunit north of Monashka Bay Road known locally as the Ram Site.Â
The land â currently valued at $3.7 million, according to the Kodiak Island Borough website â was issued to the city by the U.S. Department of the Interiorâs Bureau of Land Management in 1962.Â
Across the nation, gardening grew by leaps and bounds in 2020. And itâs not slowing down. In fact, more than 20 million new growers picked up the trowel and pitchfork in response to the pandemic. The good news is that many newbies had such a good experience, they will be back in 2021.
If that sounds like a lot of marketing talk, it is. But itâs also real numbers.Â
For over 15 years Iâve reviewed the annual Garden Trends Report, searching for trends that apply to Alaska gardeners. (Cutesy lawn furniture and BBQ grills large enough to fit in the deck of a crab boat? I donât think so.) The brains behind the report is Katie Dubow, president of the award-winning lawn and garden public relations agency Garden Media Group.