Kimberly Rash
3:32 - 3:53
“As it relates to Willow Commons, we use $1.2 million of the opioid funds which assisted in the build of the units and preparation of Willow Commons. In addition to that, we provided $500,000 to the Anchorage Recovery Center for startup funds for their services.”
- Speaker
- Kimberly Rash
- Timestamp
- 3:32 – 3:53
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- October 21, 2026
From the transcript
Another piece of notation is that when we do receive our settlement funds, they come in different spurts throughout the year. So sometimes we get $4,000, sometimes we get a couple hundred dollars. In other cases, we get large sums of funds. As it relates to Willow Commons, we use $1.2 million of the opioid funds which assisted in the build of the units and preparation of Willow Commons. In addition to that, we provided $500,000 to the Anchorage Recovery Center for startup funds for their services.
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