...landowners. "Are they from Anchorage? Are they from Seward or Kenai? Or are they out of state, out of country?" asked Jim Skogstad, who's on the borough's Hope-Sunrise Advisory Planning Commission. "There were people interested from France...

...1.77 acres to 3.26 acres. Long-time community member and a Hope-Sunrise Advisory Planning Commission member Jim Skogstad now realizes the original goal likely won't be achieved. "The thought that if the land were made available to families...

...and Sterling. Hope used to be part of a South Anchorage district, while Cooper Landing was lumped in with Seward. Jim Skogstad, a longtime Hope resident and former Kenai Peninsula Borough assemblyman, said there was value to including Hope in...