Wasilla is a city located on the northern point of Cook Inlet in Alaska’s Matanuska-Susitna Borough. It’s less than an hour north of Anchorage and is part of the Anchorage Metropolitan Area.
According to the city’s official website, Wasilla has a population of around 9,284 as of 2015. In 1917, the city was established as a supply base for gold and coal mining and its early residents were mostly miners and farmers.
It remained unchanged until the 1970s when the completion of the George Parks Highway transformed Wasilla into an important halfway point for travelers going to and from Anchorage and Fairbanks as well as Denali National Park.
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Wasilla is a bedroom community which remains popular for its small-town appeal in spite of its recent growth. This makes the city a perfect retreat for those wishing to take advantage of the area’s economic strides as well.
If you’re looking to establish a business or carve your niche within Wasilla’s environs, Wasilla is the perfect place to put down roots. You can purchase single-family and multi-family homes. If it’s agricultural land you want to develop, you can build a custom homestead on site.
For those with families, Wasilla is just as ideal. It’s a wonderful community with local shops and restaurants, good schools, parks, medical facilities, and more.
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Wasilla’s location puts it at the center of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, better known as the Mat-Su Valley, one of Alaska’s biggest agricultural regions.
The most abundant type of commercial real estate here are agricultural properties and vacant land used for farming and pasture, followed by multi-family buildings and industrial warehouses.
The city is also considered the commercial and retail center of the region. Driving north along Main Street in Downtown Wasilla, you’ll see numerous commercial establishments including restaurants, shopping centers, and entertainment venues.
Wasilla’s potential for future growth is huge. Unlike Anchorage which is constrained between the Cook Inlet and the Chugach Mountain Ranges, Wasilla offers boundless opportunities for expansion – featuring acres of affordable land ready for development.
The area also features numerous current and upcoming commercial developments such as planned high-demand retail buildings along Parks Highway, a future town center near the Palmer-Wasilla Highway extension, a multi-use sports complex, and more.
Economy
Wasilla started out as an as a trade and transportation logistics center for gold mining settlements and fur trappers that thrived in the area in the late 1800s and early 1900s. A government program in 1935 moved more than 200 families to the area to start farming communities.
The completion of the George Parks Highway in the 1970s, one of the area’s most important transportation corridors, cut trips to and from Anchorage and Wasilla to under an hour.
Today, about 35% of the city’s workforce commutes to Anchorage. The city’s economy is powered by a diverse mix of industries, including steel fabrication, wood and concrete products manufacturing, agriculture, and construction material distribution.
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