Haines Economic Development Corporation

“Expenses advertising and promotion 2,167 office 3,606 travel 5,397 insurance 1,374 staff & board development 3,955 direct program expenses 2,424 total 18,923”

“Prior year adjustment -4,153”

“Accounts receivable 0 42 total 0 42”

“Accounts payable and accrued expenses 0 1,555”

“Haines economic development corp. Is organized and operated exclusively for the purpose of lessening the burdens on government. Haines economic development corp. Is a nonprofit corporation with a mission to realize economic development in haines borough through research, community engagement, and strategic planning.”

“Lessened the burden of governement by completing an economic baseline report of haines in conjunction with mcdowell group. The baseline report serves as the foundational document for the five-year economic plan for haines and is a standard against which to measure progress toward economic development goals. (published aug. 3, 2018) completed a five-year economic development plan. The plan is for the community and serves as a blueprint for how hedc will facilitate economic development over the next five years.”

“Lessened the burden of governement by drafting a scoping document for a socio-economic analysis of the university of alaska haines timber sale. Scoping document was forwarded to university lands department and board of regents. Questions posed in scoping document will be addressed once more information about the sale and operations plan becomes available.”

“Lessened the burden of governement by partnering with the alaska small business development center and was chosen as one of five rural communities across the state to receive increased training, including business plan development and financial projections for your business workshops and resources, including computer work station for clients receiving business advising services, from sbdc in 2019. Provided advertising and outreach support for workshops and advising opportunities. Two workshop series were held in fall 2018 and two series in spring 2019. More planned for fall 2019. Hedc wrote letter of support to usda for continued support of rural outreach programs.”

“Provided research about amazon collecting sales tax on local purchases beginning jan. 1, 2019. Contacted other communities to gather information, met with borough to pass along research, posted statement from borough on hedc facebook page about amazon sales tax collection. Hedc also provided information about sales tax collection from online sales when the supreme court case was initially announced. The borough then partnered with aml to move forward with this issue.”