The Wrangell Convention and Visitor Bureau met last Thursday afternoon to discuss a variety of items. A new website for the CVB, to show all the attractions of Wrangell for tourists and locals, was a big discussion item. Economic Development Director Carol Rushmore took the lead on the discussion, explaining that there was a lot of work to do to make the site ready for online traffic. The work left included finding photographs to show off the city and events around town, adding pages, working out some minor glitches, and fixing links that were redirecting to the wrong pages. Bureau members present proposed dividing up the work, each person agreeing to write a certain page of the website. The new website is a work in progress, they said, but should likely be ready for use by the New Year.
The Stikine River Birding Festival, or Birdfest, was also discussed in the meeting. The festival highlights birding opportunities around the Southeast Alaska region, and also provides other opportunities for tourists to enjoy life in Wrangell. According to a draft schedule of events, provided by Corree Delabrue, next year’s festival is scheduled for April 25 to 28. However, she said during the meeting, projected low tides during that weekend could prove to be problematic. With tides being too low, she said, people might not be able to get out on the water or up the river to go bird watching. After some discussion, the bureau agreed that maybe this next year should be the year the festival is “spread out” and not confined to a single weekend. This was something the bureau said it had been talking about for several years, but this year seemed like a good opportunity to do so. After some discussion it was proposed that the birding festival be recognized from mid-April to mid-May. A majority of events would be kept in the original weekend of the festival, but others would be scattered through the other days. A finalized schedule of events will be released in the near future.
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