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The Assembly of the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska is the governing body and legislative branch of the City and Borough of Juneau, the local government of Juneau, Alaska, United States. As Juneau is a unified municipality , its corporate limits encompass the historic town of Juneau (or present-day downtown ), suburbs both urban and rural ...
www.globalcu.org Global Federal Credit Union is a credit union headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska , chartered and regulated under the authority of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). In the United States, Global is among the largest credit unions by assets, and it is among the 20 largest credit unions by membership.
There is no sales tax on food items, but prepared meals purchased in a restaurant are subject to a meal tax of 6.25% (in some towns voters chose to add a local 0.75% tax, raising the meal tax to 7%, with that incremental revenue coming back to the town). Sales tax on liquor was repealed in a 2010 referendum vote.
This area was the center of Juneau's economic activity from its founding in 1880 as a gold mining camp, through its growth into an urbanized area in the early 20th century, including its eventual designation as the territorial capital in 1906.
Juneau, Alaska, presently incorporated as a unified home rule municipality called the City and Borough of Juneau, was designated the capital of Alaska on June 6, 1900. The organic act passed by the U.S. Congress which established Juneau as the capital also allowed Alaskan communities to incorporate for the first time.
Wintertime view of the Glacier/ Veterans Memorial Highway (the road in "out the road") near Lena Point. Out the road is a colloquial term for a region of the City and Borough of Juneau, capital of the U.S. state of Alaska, extending from Auke Bay north to a point roughly 45 miles (72 km) from downtown Juneau to where "The Road" dead ends at Echo Cove, a natural harbor with a boat ramp, parking ...
Juneau's first bar was at 241 Front Street (1891) and is now the Imperial Bar with a pressed tin ceiling from 1906. The Imperial hosted the Front Street Cafe serving Russian dumplings and "super tots" until 2018. [3] Jorgenson's Hardware was also on Front Street and the 1896 building at 130 Front Street is now a McDonald's. [4]
About Douglas Harbor at Juneau.org 58°16′37″N 134°23′08″W / 58.27694°N 134.38556°W / 58.27694; -134 This article about a location in the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska is a stub .