Member NEWScontinued W. W. GRAINGER Inc. expands in <strong>Alaska</strong> ANCHORAGE – W. W. Grainger Inc., a local supplier of facilities maintenance supplies to businesses, opened a new, expanded showroom at 6240 B Street in Anchorage. Grainger has been W.W. Grainger Inc., a local supplier of facilities maintenance supplies to businesses, opened a new, expanded showroom at 6240 B Street in Anchorage. PHOTO: COURTESY OF W. W. GRAINGER INC. ANCHORAGE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES breaks ground on new affordable housing project ANCHORAGE –Anchorage Neighborhood Housing Services broke ground July 20, along with Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich and representatives from HUD, on a new housing project that will provide affordable housing for families in Fairview and Spenard. “One of the goals of my administration is to ensure that working families have quality, affordable homes to live in – that’s what is so exciting about this project,” Begich said. Anchorage Neighborhood Housing Executive Director, Debe Mahoney, said “We believe that each <strong>Alaska</strong>n deserves affordable and accessible housing, and projects like this fulfi ll this goal, while increasing the affordable housing stock in Anchorage. It has been 10 years since ANHS has undertaken a new home construction project, and it is clearly an exciting time for our organization.” a member of the <strong>Alaska</strong> business community for more than 15 years, serving customers such as the military, government institutions, and contractors, as well as the petroleum, mining and tourism industries. <strong>The</strong> company’s <strong>Alaska</strong> expansion, which includes the new Anchorage showroom and a new full-service branch in Fairbanks, scheduled to open early this fall, is in response to customer feedback and the growth throughout the state. <strong>The</strong> newly expanded B Street showroom is nearly double the original size, at 2,400 square feet, and features more products conveniently displayed, enabling customers to easily fi nd the items they need. In addition to a larger showroom, the local facility also expanded the size of its warehouse enabling the company to increase the amount of inventory it stocks locally. In Left to Right: George Haley, Dokoozian Construction LLC; Michael Colon, Field Offi ce Director, Housing and Urban Development; Darrel Hess, Fairview Community Council President; Debe Mahoney, Anchorage Neighborhood Housing Services Executive Director; Carma Reed, Division Manager, Department of Neighborhood, and Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich attend the groundbreaking for a new affordable housing development for families in Fairview and Spenard. PHOTO: COURTESY OF ANCHORAGE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES Begich said the city has committed more than $700,000 in partnership with Housing and Urban Development total, the Anchorage facility provides customers local access to more than 36,000 products such as safety, janitorial and lighting supplies, as well as motors, material handling equipment and more than 4,000 fasteners. With annual sales of $5.5 billion in 2005, W.W. Grainger Inc., is the leading broad line supplier of facilities maintenance products serving businesses and institutions throughout North America. Through a highly integrated network, including nearly 600 branches, 18 distribution centers and multiple Web sites, Grainger’s employees help customers get the job done, saving them time and money by having the right products to keep their facilities running. For more information, call (907) 562-5400; or visit Grainger’s Web site, www.grainger.com. Customers in remote areas of the state can contact Grainger toll-free at (800) 478-4781. and Anchorage Neighborhood Housing to build more affordable housing in Anchorage. <strong>The</strong> project will begin construction of three new single-family homes between 1,372 square feet and 1,449 square feet of living space. <strong>The</strong> new homes also will have more than 460 square feet of garage space, three bedrooms, one-and-a-half baths, along with sizable yards. <strong>The</strong> homes will be pre-sold and completion is anticipated for spring 2007. ANHS focuses its revitalization efforts in fi ve partner neighborhoods within the Municipality of Anchorage: Spenard, Mountain View, Fairview, Government Hill, and Muldoon. For more information, contact ANHS at (907) 677-8490 or visit http:// www.akanhs.org/. Do you or your company have information to share on recent projects, people and construction updates in <strong>Alaska</strong>? Send us your AGC member news. All submissions of copy and photos may be mailed or dropped off at AQP Publishing, Inc., 8537 Corbin Dr., Anchorage, AK 99507. If you prefer e-mail: <strong>Contractor</strong>@aqppublishing.com 14 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Alaska</strong> CONTRACTOR <strong>Fall</strong> <strong>2006</strong>
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