The Haines Borough’s Parks and Recreation Committee is trying to pick up where the inactive Downtown Revitalization Committee left off by resurrecting plans to create a “town square” space at the corner of Third Avenue and Main Street.

Nearly two years ago, the downtown revitalization committee identified that corner lot as a “downtown green space” and approved a borough-conceived plan to spend $5,000 on a consulting firm to design a concept. Former executive assistant to…