A look at economic development councils in region

As the Haines Borough Assembly wades through its budget for the coming year, it will consider a request for $95,000 in funding for a new Haines Economic Development Corporation.

Economic development organizations exist across Southeast Alaskan communities, but they’re structured, funded and utilized in differing ways.

The Haines Borough has intermittently employed economic development directors since the 1 percent tourism tax was expanded in 2004 to include economic development. Money from that fund in recent…