Wrangell Borough putting together pieces of major economic development plan

WRANGELL - With just four weeks left before the deadline, Wrangell borough is pressing ahead to complete its application for a $50 million federal grant to help pay for several projects to boost the town's economic future.

"We all know we've been economically depressed" since the timber industry collapsed more than a generation ago, Kate Thomas, the borough's economic development director, told the assembly at a work session on Jan. 27.

The federal grant, through the Economic Development Administration, would help pay for redevelopment of borough-owned at the former 6-Mile Mill site, additiona...

 
 

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