Summer has been busy and is flying by. We are now looking at the start of school already. School in Anchorage starts the 15 th of the month and here on the Peninsula on the 21st.
Your chamber board will be meeting next month and sending out those membership invoices. Please watch for them to submit your payment. We will also be looking for board members and would appreciate your consideration of joining the board of directors. Please contact one of the board members if you are interested. We will be contacting you. If you are going to be here this winter, serving on a board will help with those winter blues.
We are in the process of updating our website to better enhance your online exposure for people planning their trips. The Upper Kenai River Guide will not be produced again as it is the feeling that reaching out with technology will be a better use of membership funds. We will be looking at other options for advertising our chamber. Your ideas are always welcome and we would love to hear from you about what you would like from the board.
Enjoy August and lets hope for some more sunshine!
Thank you,
Cheryle James President
Cooper Landing Chamber of Commerce PO Box 809
Cooper Landing, Alaska 99572
info@cooperlandingchamber.com
Cooper Landing Library News
Your library card provides you access to your account through our online catalog, to manage reserves, renewals, checkout history, and more. Your library card also provides you access to the Alaska Digital Library. If you would like help navigating any of these features, please email us at cooperlandinglibrary@gmail.com
We look forward to seeing you in the library soon!
Virginia Morgan Volunteer Director
Library Fundraising Efforts
Greetings from the volunteers who have kept the Cooper Landing Community Library alive and well since 1983. 41 years and going strong! There have been many changes through the years. The card catalog is long gone, and the introduction of the internet has taken us from one secondhand computer and a fax machine to four public access computers, color printing, and an Integrated Library System. The building has doubled in size and undergone numerous upgrades to make operations more cost-efficient. Through all these changes, the library continues to provide public computers and printers, reliable internet, new-release and up-to-date fiction, non-fiction, DVDs, magazines, and a delightful children’s section. We also offer access to the Alaska Digital Library through Overdrive for audiobooks and eBooks.
Providing this service to the community comes at a cost. Annually, we apply for and receive a grant of up to $7,000 from the State Library. Our community is required to match this amount. This year we are once again asking for your help. Checks can be mailed to Cooper Landing Community Library, PO Box 517, Cooper Landing, AK 99572. You can also donate directly at the library or online through our website, cooperlandinglibrary.com, by clicking the donate button at the bottom of the page.
We are over halfway to our goal for 2024! Thank you so much to those who have contributed. If you have not yet contributed, please consider helping out.
Monday 1-3 pm
Tuesday 1-3 pm and 5-7pm
Wednesday 1-3 pm
Thursday 1-3 pm
Friday 1-3 pm
Saturday 11 am-2 pm
Cooper Landing Trails
CLT officers, David and Janette, have been meeting with Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance (RTCA) to develop a plan for how they may best assist our walkable community project. We have one year of their time and talents as a result of the award of a grant from them. The next step will be a site visit by RTCA staff members to help them better-understand the project and its specifics.
• Work on the new Cooper Landing Trails website is underway and a first draft of the new website is being reviewed. You may still access our current website at walkcooperlanding.org for News updates and other information.
• The KPB Safe Streets for All (SS4A) grant work is moving forward. We continue to wait for our next involvement in that grant. We have yet to learn how much support we can expect from this program to plan the next phase of the Safety Path extension that we call the Cooper Landing Town Road Pathway Project (CLTRPP).
• For other details please see the minutes of meetings posted on our website “News” page.
Contact Us:
walkcooperlanding@gmail.com
walkcooperlanding.org PO Box 863 Cooper Landing, AK 99572
Book Club
The following book club meetings will be in-person:
• August 20Tom Lake by Ann Patchett at 7pm, 17118 Bean Creek Rd
The following book club meetings will be via zoom. Please email cooperlandinglibrary@gmail. com for the link.
• September 17 – 1984 by George Orwell
• October 15 – Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance
• November 19 – A Calamity of Souls by David Baldacci
• January 21 – Quiet by Susan Cain
• February 18 – The Wealth of Shadows by Graham Moore
• March 18 – James by Percival Everett
• April 15 – Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora
• May 13 – Horse by Geraldine Brooks
T h e B u i l d e r s a n d t h e B u t c h e r s
T h e J a n g l e B e e s
H o p e S o c i a l C l u b
B l a c k w a t e r R a i l r o a d
T i c k e t s a v a i l a b l e a t t h e d o o r O R
p u r c h a s e o n l i n e 3 0 d a y s b e f o r e e v e n t a t : W W W . E v e n t B r i t e . c o m
Live Music Live Music
Hunny pot
Kenai the Band
08/03. 5-7, 8-10pm
BBEER EER GGARDEN ARDEN
08/01. 8pm Hope Cassity 08/02. 7-9pm
Natalie Gelman 08/04. 7:30-10pm
The Mika Day Show 08/11. 6-9pm
Live Music Live Music
Mario Carboni
08/15. 7:30-9pm
Steve Norwood 08/24,25. 5-8pm
BBEER EER GGARDEN ARDEN
Luna&Ursus 08/16. 7-9pm
Acoustic Oosik 08/31. 7-9pm
Ayden See & Good Companies 08/23. 7-9pm
Cooper Landing Gem News
Do you have business or organization updates you would like to share with the community? All Chamber Members are invited to submit updates and information to the monthly newsletter. Contact us for more information.
