To the contrary, Homer is an aging community and will struggle to  maintain the status quo of 5,000.  Homer will struggle to limit the loss of population as more jobs are lost, and people are forced to migrate to find jobs.  Every segment of the Homer population is projected to shrink including the number of K -12 age kids.   Historically, while oil prices were high, some were driven out by the high costs of heating their homes with bills of $2,000, $3,000.   Nearly $5.00 a gallon gasoline to fill their cars.  Not enough population to share the costs of the water and sewer project that forced annexation.    We spent over $6 million to bring in the natural gas pipeline and assessed every lot $3500 to help pay for it.  Yet,  Not to worry.  You accomplished your mission.    There will be no growth.  Homer missed that boat.