McDowell Group Completes Updated Financial Feasibility Study

The Partnership, Inc., Board of Directors received the 2019 updated version of the Financial Feasibility Study for the New JACC at its monthly meeting on Monday, April 1st. Board members Bud Carpeneti and Annie Calkins presented some of the highlights from the updated Study at a community meeting hosted by the Juneau Economic Development Council…

100th Major Donor for the New JACC

The Juneau Arts & Humanities Council and the New JACC Announce the 100th Donor of More Than $10,000! Juneau’s local arts agency and the New JACC are delighted to announce exciting good news about reaching a major milestone in local support for the effort to build a dedicated arts and culture facility for Alaska’s Capital City. Local design firm Bauer…

NEH Grants $750,000 to New JACC

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Announces $750,000 Grant to Help Build  New Juneau Arts & Culture Center (New JACC) The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) yesterday awarded the Juneau Arts & Humanities Council (JAHC) a $750,000 grant to help pay for building the New Juneau Arts & Culture Center (New JACC).   Construction of the…

Senator Murkowski Backs the New JACC

Alaska’s senior U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski spoke enthusiastically about the beneficial economic impacts of the arts, the importance of arts in education, and her ongoing support for national and state arts initiatives when she appeared at a friendraiser for the New Juneau Arts and Culture Center

Avista Foundation Makes Major Pledge to the New JACC

The Avista Foundation, the community investment arm of the parent company of Juneau’s Alaska Electric Light and Power Company, has pledged $250,000 to construct the New JACC. “Avista has been talking with us about the New JACC since early 2015, so we are very excited about this significant donation, their commitment to Juneau and their…

New JACC selects a contractor

The New JACC announces contractor selection Juneau, February 28, 2017 The Partnership Board, on behalf of the New Juneau Arts and Culture Center (New JACC) project, is pleased to announce the selection of a contractor to begin a Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC) approach to the development of the building. Cornerstone Construction, an Alaskan firm based…

NewJACC Conceptual Design Complete!

The Conceptual Design of the NewJACC has been completed! The Design Team is moving forward to the Schematic Design phase. What, you might ask, is a Schematic Design? Once the owner and the architects have an approved program (a list of elements desired in the project) and a concept for the project, the Schematic Design…

Northwind Architects to Design the New JACC

**On April 20, 2016, the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council Board confirmed the recommendation by the Architect Selection Jury to engage Northwind Architects of Juneau to design the Arts Complex and MRV as the alternate firm. Northwind will partner will Hacker Architects from Oregon and the Shalleck Collaborative from California. Design work will begin right away and will…