The Alaska Division of Community and Regional Affairs is hosting a Public Hearing to share information about the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery process and take public testimony on the Public Review Draft Typhoon Merbok Action Recovery Plan (ARP) on Wednesday, September 10, 2025 between 5:00 – 7:00 P.M. Interested parties may participate or provide comment by connecting via Zoom, https://agnewbeck.zoom.us/s/86555719843, or dialing 1-833-548-0282, enter ID, 865 5571 9843#. The ARP will guide the State in deciding how to allocate Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery award funding to unmet needs of Typhoon Merbok impacts. The Public Review Draft of the ARP is available online at: https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/Portals/4/pub/CDBG-Merbok/4672-2022-TM_ARP_PubRev-draft_2025.pdf. Public comments may be submitted by email to cdbgdr@alaska.gov by 11:59 PM on September 24, 2025. Written comments on the Action Recovery Plan may be sent to the following address: Brandon McNaughton State of Alaska, Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, Division of Community and Regional Affairs, 550 W. 7th Ave. Suite 1650, Anchorage, AK 99501-3510, and must be postmarked by September 24, 2025. For more information, please visit the project website: https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/dcra/GrantsSection/CDBG-DR-Merbok.aspx. Pub: Sept. 3, 7, 10/2025