Article: United States: Village of Tyonek seeks to build energy, industrial town.

Byline: kavita03

Tyonek village, on Cook Inlet's west side, is working to facilitate several major industrial projects in the area that could give the state's economy a big boost and possibly lead to new communities being formed near Beluga, 50 miles west of Anchorage.Tyonek's interest is to help shape the development so that it doesn't adversely affect the traditional Tyonek village or fish and wildlife habitat in the area, says Tom Harris, CEO of Tyonek Native Corp.

The village corporation is in a key position to influence projects being planned because the corporation owns 45,000 acres in a strategic block, and has a local industrial road and a dock ...

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