Telephone Hill residents in limbo as timeline for neighborhood redevelopment remains unclear

The Telephone Hill neighborhood in downtown Juneau on Thursday, April 3, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
It’s been more than a year since the Juneau Assembly voted to move forward with a plan to demolish the downtown Telephone Hill neighborhoods’ historic homes and add more than 100 new housing units.
But since then, there hasn’t been much movement on the project. Residents say that has left them in limbo. 
Joe Karson rents an apartment on Telephone Hill. He’s b