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    "deck": "Juneau's Assembly delayed the planned demolition of the Telephone Hill neighborhood until developers weigh in on alternatives.",
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    "body_md": "The Juneau Assembly voted to delay the planned summer demolition of Telephone Hill, a city-owned residential neighborhood in a prime downtown location, until it hears back from developers who might want to build on the site. The Assembly plans to issue a request for qualifications to prospective developers before any demolition moves forward.\n\nDrafting the request for qualifications alone will take about two months, and the process then requires at least 90 days for developer responses. That timeline pushes any real decision on the Telephone Hill site to October at the earliest, delaying a project that was set to begin this summer.\n\nThe city originally bought the Telephone Hill property from the state and had settled on a plan to demolish the existing homes and rebuild. Not every Assembly member agreed that clearing the site was the right call, and some wanted to see what developers would actually propose before the city spent millions tearing everything down.\n\nTenants have fought eviction from the property, and a lawsuit over the plan is still pending. The delay means the future of one of downtown Juneau's most sought-after locations remains unsettled for at least several more months.",
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        "a": "It voted to delay the planned summer demolition of the downtown neighborhood until developers respond to a request for qualifications.",
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        "a": "October at the earliest, after about two months to draft the developer request and 90 days for developers to respond.",
        "q": "When will a decision on Telephone Hill happen?"
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        "q": "Who owns Telephone Hill?"
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