HEDC receives $260,000 to assist local businesses with marketing

he Haines Economic Development Corporation secured a $260,000 federal grant to enhance digital marketing for local businesses and promote Haines as a place for location neutral workers.

Former HEDC director Margaret Friedenauer applied for the federal Economic Development Administration grant before she left last year.

Interim director Sally Andersen said the money will be used to hire a marketing company that will work with 10 to 20 local businesses to help “to move their operations…