A little more than a year after a series of Chilkat Valley News articles put a spotlight on downtown decay, two shuttered buildings have re-opened, a new, 50-room hotel is operating and the Haines Brewing Company is constructing a new building on Main Street.
But advocates of revitalizing the core this week said there’s still much work to be done in improving downtown’s look and preserving the town’s retail sector. They pointed to the loss…