The Haines Borough Assembly’s Commerce Committee will meet 6 p.m. on Monday, March 6 to consider a request for $95,000 from a newly formed Haines Economic Development Corporation.

Creation of the private nonprofit was spearheaded by Haines Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Debra Schnabel, a former assembly member.

In a recent interview, Schnabel said she saw the purpose of the corporation as reaching out and developing new business opportunities in the borough, with the…