173:57 - 174:42
"When I look at the things that we do have on our reduction list, you know, JDC, Travel Juno, Eagle Crest, and the City Museum being the big ones that we reduced here, my heart breaks."
“When I look at the things that we do have on our reduction list, you know, JDC, Travel Juno, Eagle Crest, and the City Museum being the big ones that we reduced here, my heart breaks.”
- Timestamp
- 173:57 – 174:42
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Juneau
- Captured at
- June 8, 2026
From the transcript
That deficit. We canceled almost $5 million in projects. We are going to be bringing in— I was going to say $2.8 million in new revenue. I'll change that number now to $2.4 million, and then $4 million that staff have taken on in terms of just general belt tightening across the organization. When I look at the things that we do have on our reduction list, you know, JDC, Travel Juno, Eagle Crest, and the City Museum being the big ones that we reduced here, my heart breaks.
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