HEDC proposes job creation program, asks feds for more money

The Haines Economic Development Corporation is taking steps to address the economic fallout of COVID-19. At a meeting last week, board members approved several recommendations for assembly consideration, including a summer job creation program.

Every year, the borough hires seasonal employees in the public works department to do projects like park maintenance and trail development in exchange for roughly $20 an hour, HEDC executive director Margaret Friedenauer said. The recommendation HEDC forwarded is that the…