WILLOW AREA COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION, INC.
WACO meetings are the first Wednesday of every month at 7:00 PM at the Willow Community Center.
WACO Meetings
Carnival Planning Committee
September 17th, 2018 – 6:00 PM
Willow Community Center
WACO Board Meeting
September 25th, 2018 – 6:00 PM
Willow Community Center
WACO Community Meeting
October 3rd, 2018 – 7:00 PM
Willow Community Center
Latest News
We have taken time and precaution to ensure these services are restored safely. This kind of attack will continue to plague all organizations. In fact, more sophisticated attacks have been released since the beginning of this event. So security is a high priority for the Borough IT staff.
Essentials services that are, or will be, restored by September 30th include: Phones, email, elections, credit card use at Solid Waste, Pools, and Ice Rink, Library Internet access, Borough web site, records requests, solid waste scale house, animal care, map services such as find my school, flood maps, wet lands viewer, and more.
Our ecommerce system should be back on line by the end of the month or shortly thereafter, which means we can get back to registering for swimming lessons on-line.
Internally we have our primary financial system and our parcel/property system back online. Our parcel viewer mapping system may still be on the temporary solution, but the full solution will be up soon. The myProperty data system still has 3-month old data and will also be back to near real-time data within a few weeks.
See press release link for updated information on status of impacted Mat-Su Borough services.
Updated 9/20/2018 by Erin Leaders, PIO
Thank you Dana Hills for contributing this article to the September issue of the People's Paper:
www.makeasceneak.com/midseptember-2018/2018/9/18/fall-fun-in-the-park?rq=willow%20park
makeasceneak.com
Contributed by Dana Hills - Fall is in the air! The leaves are changing color and the temperatures are cooler.Due to severe weather across much of the East Coast and ongoing response efforts, the national emergency alert test has been postponed to the backup date of Oct. 3, 2018 at 2:18 PM EDT.
Things to know:
🔹It’s a nationwide test of the same system (Wireless Emergency Alerts, or WEA) that pushes public emergency messages like AMBER alerts.
🔹The WEA system is overseen by FEMA & the Federal Communications Commission. This is different from a text message and your phone number is not shared with anyone.
🔹Presidential Alerts are one out of the three categories of alerts set by law. These are only for national emergencies and there is a process in place to draft and send the messages.
If you have more questions about the test, visit the FAQ at fema.gov/emergency-alert-test.
Willow CERT will be among the 50 + exhibitors at the FREE Mat Su Emergency Preparedness Expo On Sept. 29 th
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Matanuska-Susitna Borough Mayor Vern Halter and Borough Manager John Moosey gave an overview to the Greater Wasilla Chamber of Commerce Tuesday afternoon on the three ballot propositions in the Borough's Oct. 2 election.
• A proposition on road bond projects for $23.8 million is on the ballot.
• A citizen initiative to change the date of the Borough election to the day of the State election will be considered by voters.
• A proposition for an advisory vote only on police powers for the Borough is also on the ballot.
Read the presentation on road bond projects, look at the pros and cons on the election date change, read the language on the police powers advisory only vote, and see the road bond project map in this news release:
www.matsugov.us/news/wasilla-chamber-presentation-on-propositions
We'd like to express our appreciation to the Willow Area Community Organization (WACO) and the Alaska Farmers Market Association for awarding the Willow Farmers Market $1000 and $1150 in grant funds. These funds have been used to increase farmers market awareness, marketing promotion and bring more events and activities to the market each Friday. With this extra boost in funding our attendance numbers have increased significantly this year as well as the number of vendors joining us each Friday. Look for our end of the season report soon after the last market for more details. Thank you WACO and AKFMA!
