The Haines Chamber of Commerce’s primary goal this year: Regular participation in local government.
Regular chamber participation at borough meetings and five other priorities were ideas culled from a list generated by about 35 residents at a brainstorming meeting in March aimed at giving the chamber direction.
“It was a good representation of the community we had at the library, and we haven’t had that” in recent years, said chamber president Karl Heinz. “We’re excited…

