HEDC resigns from mining committee

The Haines Economic Development Corporation resigned its membership on the Chilkat Valley Mining Forum committee last month, with HEDC president Heather Shade saying in a letter to the mining committee that its membership endangers community perception of HEDCs “neutral, non-advocacy position.”

Shade told the CVN that the mining committee’s voting structure—decisions require 70 percent support—might give the perception of HEDC’s wholesale endorsement of speakers and topics. “It’s not a structure that allows us to maintain…