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Victor Shen

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"I think our next step is to— we should direct our administration, if they haven't already, is creating a rolling list of projects, potential projects for this grant"

“I think our next step is to— we should direct our administration, if they haven't already, is creating a rolling list of projects, potential projects for this grant”
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Alaska News
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October 20, 2026

From the transcript

Yeah, no, you're absolutely right. Okay, and so if we, you know, We're after a shovel-ready project right now. I think our next step is to— we should direct our administration, if they haven't already, is creating a rolling list of projects, potential projects for this grant, and then starting a public process so that we start filling the— how would you say— preloading the torpedo tube? I don't know a better term. So that way we can prepare for it ahead of time and we can plan for it and pursue some of these projects that might take longer, potentially longer, and not tie up a grant opportunity such as this because we don't have a project ready for it.

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