I just returned from Juneau! And are they busy! I observed the following under construction: new motel, boat condos, commercial buildings, expansion of cruise ship facilities, downtown parking garage and talk of reopening A.J. Mine, and other mining doing very well. Apparently they see the “handwriting on the wall” and are racing to expand and diversify their economy. Our Haines economy? Snowbirds are leaving, businesses closing for winter, assembly’s heads deeply buried in “sand”over restricting heli-skiing!
Haines has…