While buying gelato-making equipment, Keith Mahler worried that Haines residents wouldn’t be interested in what his new business, Chilkat Valley Desserts, had to offer.
Ice cream is easy to find at stores throughout town. And with Haines prices already high, Mahler wasn’t sure residents would be willing to pay for fresh, high-quality ingredients.
“I kind of feel like Starbucks,” he said. “I’m going to open up this place, and it’s coffee that you can make…
