In 2012, NWAK offered Community Leadership Workshops to 30 residents for volunteer training. NWAK also participated in the Community Leadership Institute and created a “Step Up Alaska” project for young adults in Spenard.
In 2013, NWAK conducted its first Community Impact Measurement Survey in the Russian Jack neighborhood. This project partnered with University of Alaska Anchorage students to conduct physical block and parcel observations and data collection, as well as conducted door-to-door surveys. This effort was repeated in 2017 and 2020, offering community data over time.