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Sign up now for swim instructor training in January

Are you always the last to leave the pool? Do you enjoy helping others build confidence and learn new skills? This is your chance to start your path as an aquatics instructor! Juneau Pools is offering a Water Safety Instructor certification course in January, available at no cost to those applying for a swim instructor position or to the general public at full price. Register online by December 26.

The American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor™ course trains instructor candidates to teach all courses to all age groups, including Learn-to-Swim Preschool and Youth Levels 1-6. This certification is the gold standard and provides the most comprehensive training for swim instructors.

The class will meet from Friday, January 3 through Monday, January 6 at Augustus G. Brown Swimming Pool. A detailed schedule is available in the Parks & Rec registration catalog.

The class also includes a pre-course swim session on Friday, December 27, from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. at AGB Pool. If you are not able to attend the pre-course session, alternative scheduling is available upon request—please call (907) 586-0839 ext. 4148.

The course is free for those who submit a swim instructor job application by December 26, or $400 for general participants. WSI candidates must be age 15 and up, and able to swim 25 yards of front crawl, back crawl, side stroke, breast stroke, and elementary back stroke. Swimming 15 yards of butterfly is optional for a higher level of certification.

For more information, RSVP to the Facebook event or contact Aquatics Programming Coordinator Ellen Johnston at [email protected] or 907-586-0839 ext. 4148.

December 9th, 2024|

Apply for down payment assistance on manufactured homes

Are you a new homebuyer? The Manufactured Home Down Payment Assistance Program may be right for you. The program was created to support homebuyers seeking to enter the ownership market by providing low-interest matching loans for down payments on manufactured homes.

CBJ has partnered with True North Federal Credit Union to establish this program, which provides low interest loans to qualified residents for up to 50% of the down payment on a manufactured home. Residents must be able to match the other 50%. Loans will be available at 1% interest and are not to exceed $20,000. The borrower will have up to five (5) years to pay back the loan.

The Manufactured Home Down Payment Assistance Program is only available to people with income limits at or below 120% Area Median Income for the City and Borough of Juneau adjusted annually. (See the 2024 numbers.) Qualified applicants may only participate in this program once. The manufactured home must be located in a manufactured home park within the City and Borough of Juneau, and the applicant must reside there.

Applications are accepted on a rolling bases and loans are available until all allocated funds have been exhausted.

For more information, visit the MHDPA program website.

For application assistance and information, please contact True North Federal Credit Union at (907) 523-4710.

December 5th, 2024|

Residents affected by Juneau Mendenhall Glacier flooding can apply for an SBA loan

FEMA is partnering with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to meet the needs of residents who were affected by the Juneau Mendenhall Glacier Flooding. The SBA is offering low-interest federal disaster loans for businesses and residents impacted by the disaster. In previously declared major disasters, 80% of SBA loans were approved for homeowners and renters. If you are in the City and Borough of Juneau and were impacted, you are eligible to apply.

The SBA is the largest source of funds to help homeowners and renters pay for disaster losses not covered by insurance or other programs. The program may cover deductibles and increased cost of compliance such as building code requirements. Survivors should not wait for an insurance settlement before submitting an SBA loan application.

No interest accrues until 12 months from the date of the first disaster loan disbursement. No payment is due until 12 months from the first loan disbursement.

Homeowners may be eligible for a disaster loan of up to $500,000 for primary residence repairs or rebuilding. The SBA may also be able to help homeowners and renters with up to $100,000 to replace personal property, including automobiles, damaged or destroyed in the disaster.

Applicants may apply online and can find additional disaster assistance information at SBA.gov/disaster.

The deadline to apply for assistance for property damage is December 16, 2024. The deadline to apply for economic injury is July 16, 2025. If your application is approved, you are not obligated to accept an SBA loan.

SBA representatives are also available to provide one-on-one assistance to disaster loan applicants at the FEMA Disaster Recovery Center (DRC). The DRC at Mendenhall Valley Public Library operates from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday. The center is accessible to people with disabilities or access and functional needs and are equipped with assistive technology.

Applicants may also call the SBA’s Customer Service Center at (800) 659-2955 or email [email protected] for more information. For people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7-1-1 to access telecommunications.

December 5th, 2024|

Eaglecrest Board Meeting scheduled for December 5

The Eaglecrest Board of Directors will hold their regular monthly meeting on Thursday, December 5 at 5:30 p.m. in person at the Porcupine Lodge Board Room and remotely via Zoom Webinar.

The agenda/packet materials are now published online at juneau-ak.municodemeetings.com.

Zoom link: https://juneau.zoom.us/j/88259484580?pwd=Z0dyTUdKdHh4ZEY0STU0N1M0VnovZz09

Dial-in: 1-346-248-7799

Meeting ID: 882 5948 4580

Passcode: 372236

For more information, please contact Eaglecrest staff at (907) 790-2000 or [email protected].

December 4th, 2024|

Free parking during Gallery Walk 2024

In celebration of the holiday season, paid parking downtown will not be enforced during the 2024 Gallery Walk. Enforcement will end at 3 p.m. on Friday, December 6.

On-street parking will not be limited to two hours, and free parking will be offered at the Shopper’s Lot, the North Franklin Lot, the Downtown Transportation Center Garage, the Marine Parking Garage, and the South Franklin Docks & Harbors lots (Taku Lot, Tram Lot, Cruise Ship Terminal Lot and Peratrovich Plaza Lot). All other parking restrictions will still remain in force.

For more information, contact Parks & Recreation at (907) 586-5226 or at [email protected].

December 4th, 2024|