The Borough is also discussing a variety of cooperative efforts with other partners who own land in the Port District and adjacent areas to actively market and develop the marine port and industrial complex. The primary partners include Cook Inlet Region Incorporated (CIRI) and the University of Alaska. These two organizations understand the economic benefits that will accrue to their organizations from Port MacKenzie. Other nearby private landowners will also benefit from the port's development.
Without the availability of federal funds obtained through the offices of Congressman Young, which allowed Phase I to be built, and Senator Stevens who has provided the funds to move beyond Phase I, primarily through the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), the Port MacKenzie project would still remain a dream. Senator Lyda Green has also been instrumental in obtaining a $10 million grant from the State of Alaska for the construction of the deep-draft dock. The Borough voters approved Proposition 9, in October 2003, which enabled this project to be substantially completed in 2004. The Borough has moved forward with Phase II of the project, which has been funded by FTA funds obtained by Senator Stevens and State funds obtained by Senator Green. Phase II consists of bringing electrical power, telephone service, vibro-compacting the dock's fill, reducing the grade of the access road, completing the environmental assessment and preliminary engineering and design of the ferry landings and ferry, and extending the dock to deep water. Completing these projects, through the use of FTA funds, is critical to the viability of the Port MacKenzie marine port and industrial complex and to the existing firms located at the port as well as the opportunities being pursued by the Borough. The Borough is making steady progress with these FTA on the use of the funds.

Senator Stevens has most recently provided the Borough with an additional allocation of $4.4 million in FTA and $6 million in FHWA funds. These funds are critical to the port's continued development. More specifically, these funds will be used to improve the transportation links between the port site and the existing labor and commercial areas that are more than an hour's travel from the port site. For example, the last 14 miles of the Point MacKenzie Road is still a gravel surface, creating higher road and vehicle maintenance costs and longer travel times. While the road is scheduled for paving it will not occur for a few years. The $4.4 million in FTA funds allocated by Senator Stevens will be used to establish transit support for the businesses located at Port MacKenzie. It is envisioned that multi-modal facilities, to specifically include public transit, will be constructed at the port, appropriate transit vehicles purchased, and other transit investments made to ensure that the cost of doing business at Port MacKenzie is price competitive. The FHWA funds will be used to improve the Point MacKenzie Road and construct a public boat launch at the Port.