The Delta Region

Just seven years ago it looked as if the Delta region were about to lose most of its economic base with the planned closure of Fort Greely. In 1995 it was estimated that nearly half of the economic base in the Delta region was associated with the fort. It was thought that business tied to the Alaska and Richardson highways, the Trans- Alaska Pipeline, transfer payments and farming could sustain a limited amount of economic activity but it certainly would not fill the shoes the Army was about to leave.