The Haines Economic Development Corporation unanimously approved a $49,500 contract with the McDowell Group last week for a baseline economic data report and a five-year economic development plan.
The McDowell Group will compile published and unpublished economic data from federal, state and local sources. The organization will also interview local business owners and other for-profit and nonprofit agency managers, according to the group’s proposal. The researchers will survey 200 adult Haines residents to “establish a…