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Task Force searches for ‘magic number’ to cap cruise tourism in Sitka

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Dec 7, 2023 | Local News, Syndicated

Among the Sitka Tourism Task Force's five responsibilities is identifying the appropriate level of cruise tourism in the community. A Town Hall meeting scheduled for 4-8 p.m. December 7 in Harrigan Centennial Hall will present data from an earlier town hall meeting (on November 27), and try to identify the 'magic number' for Sitka. Read More

New task force to spend a year discussing Sitka’s tourism challenges

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Apr 27, 2023 | Local News, Syndicated

The first task of the Sitka Tourism Task Force fell to the assembly: Choosing only nine of the 16 applicants to serve on the year-long panel. The assembly easily filled industry seats, but looked for applicants with broad constituencies to serve in the general business and community seats. Read More

Assembly considers dissolving Visitors’ Bureau

by Rachel Waldholz, KCAW | Jan 14, 2015 | Local News, Syndicated

The Sitka Assembly voted Tuesday night to dissolve the city’s Convention and Visitors' Bureau. The bureau plans to reconstitute itself as an independent nonprofit, one that could bid for city contracts to do much of the marketing and convention planning it does now. Read More

Hackett hands in assembly resignation

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Dec 23, 2014 | Local News

The Sitka Assembly last night (12-23-14) formally accepted the resignation of fellow member Phyllis Hackett. Hackett submitted a letter to the municipal clerk on December 19, citing personal matters that left her “unable to devote the attention and dedication my position on the Assembly deserves.” Read More