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The City of Fairbanks applied for an Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Targeted Brownfield Assessment in 2020, in order to continue their work towards redeveloping the property. [ 7 ] To assist with the cost of demolishing the Polaris Building and mitigating environmental hazards, Fairbanks received a $10 million earmark .
Fairbanks is home to the University of Alaska Fairbanks, the founding campus of the University of Alaska system, established in 1917. Fairbanks International Airport is located three miles (4.8 km) southwest of the central business district of the city; Fairbanks is the smallest city in the United States with regularly scheduled non-stop ...
Eielson Air Force Base (IATA: EIL, ICAO: PAEI, FAA LID: EIL) is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located approximately 26 miles (42 km) southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska, and just southeast of Moose Creek, Alaska. It was established in 1943 as Mile 26 Satellite Field and redesignated Eielson Air Force Base on 13 January 1948.
Ladd Army Airfield (IATA: FBK, ICAO: PAFB, FAA LID: FBK) is the military airfield located at Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks, Alaska. It was originally called Fairbanks Air Base , but was renamed Ladd Field on 1 December 1939, [ 4 ] in honor of Major Arthur K. Ladd , a pilot in the U.S. Army Air Corps who died in a plane crash near Dale, South ...
The Chena Pump House, also known just as the Pump House Restaurant, is a restaurant at 796 Chena Pump Road in Fairbanks, Alaska.The restaurant is located in the shell of a 1933 pumping station established by the Fairbanks Exploration Company, Alaska's largest gold mining operator at the time.
The U.S. Army Garrison Alaska (USAG Alaska) provides an Alaska Native Liaison that manages the Native Liaison/Government to Government program for Fort Wainwright. Fort Wainwright's cantonment and training areas is made up of Army-withdrawn land that support resources that have been utilized by the Alaska Native community for thousands of years.
Fairbanks North Star Borough: 090: Fairbanks: Second: 1964-Named for its borough seat of Fairbanks, named in turn for Charles Fairbanks (1852–1918), U.S. Senator from Indiana and vice president under Theodore Roosevelt, and for Polaris, the North Star: 12.93 94,840: 7,335 sq mi (18,998 km 2) Haines Borough: 100 (Consolidated city-borough ...
In 1911, the Fairbanks Commercial Club, a group of businesses, created the slogan "Fairbanks, Alaska's Golden Heart." [ 68 ] The slogan remains the city's motto today. [ 69 ] In that year, Fairbanks boasted a population of more than 3,500 people, making it the largest city in Alaska.