{"id":2602,"date":"2012-07-16T12:17:32","date_gmt":"2012-07-16T20:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bertstedman.com\/new\/?p=2602"},"modified":"2012-07-26T14:18:57","modified_gmt":"2012-07-26T22:18:57","slug":"visits-to-wrangell-and-thorne-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bertstedman.com\/new\/?p=2602","title":{"rendered":"Visits to Wrangell and Thorne Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently I visited Wrangell<\/a> and Thorne Bay<\/a> to talk with residents about issues facing Southeast Alaska.\u00a0 Both communities have struggled with the lingering impacts of the collapse of the timber industry in our region.\u00a0 Despite these challenges, I\u2019ve worked with community leaders and colleagues in the Legislature to help Southeast\u2019s economy transition to new industries that will create jobs.<\/p>\n

In Wrangell we\u2019ve made substantial investments in Energy, Health Care, and the Marine Construction industry.\u00a0 This includes completion of the Swan-Tyee Intertie and securing over $10 million to finish the build-out of the Wrangell Boat Yard.\u00a0 When completed, the boat yard will be a top-notch maritime center capable of attracting fishing boats, tenders, and pleasure craft from throughout the Pacific Northwest.\u00a0 The new facility will also provide dozens of new jobs for the community.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

During my time in Thorne Bay, I met with City Hall officials and the U.S. Forest Service to discuss how we can expand energy and transportation infrastructure on Prince of Wales Island.\u00a0 There\u2019s great potential for new development on the island, ranging from biomass energy for small scale power production or new roads to access mineral\u00a0resources at the Niblak and Bokan Mountain deposits.\u00a0 Thorne Bay is a natural harbor, and the Legislature has appropriated over $600,000 to improve the community\u2019s marine infrastructure.\u00a0 Prince of Wales Island is experiencing a small renaissance in tourism with small-ship cruises visiting several communities to experience the island\u2019s culture and first-class recreational opportunities.<\/p>\n

The trip also gave me an opportunity to bring my boat through the district and get a first-hand look at the improvements the communities have made to Heritage Harbor and Davidson Landing.\u00a0 I enjoyed my time in both communities and look forward to continue working with local leaders to improve the economy and quality of life in our region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Recently I visited Wrangell and Thorne Bay to talk with residents about issues facing Southeast Alaska.\u00a0 Both communities have struggled with the lingering impacts of the collapse of the timber industry in our region.\u00a0 Despite these challenges, I\u2019ve worked with community leaders and colleagues in the Legislature to help Southeast\u2019s economy transition to new industries […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[144,26],"class_list":["post-2602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-thorne-bay","tag-wrangell"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bertstedman.com\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bertstedman.com\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bertstedman.com\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bertstedman.com\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bertstedman.com\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2602"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/bertstedman.com\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2622,"href":"http:\/\/bertstedman.com\/new\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602\/revisions\/2622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bertstedman.com\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bertstedman.com\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bertstedman.com\/new\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}