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Kenai Chamber highlights visitor-center growth, cultural center exhibits and push for museum accreditation
Summary
The Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center reported growth in visitor services and events in 2024, described staffing and museum-accreditation work for the new cultural center and said staff will pursue grants to expand the cultural coordinator position.
Sam Springer, executive director of the Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center, reviewed the chamber's 2024 activity and plans for 2025 during the Feb. 5 Kenai City Council meeting, saying the visitor center and new cultural center increased programming and attendance and that staff are pursuing accreditation and grant funding to expand operations.
Springer said 2024 was her first full year as executive director and that the chamber maintained long-running community events such as Fourth of July and Christmas Comes to Kenai while expanding the Silver Salmon Derby's electronic entry system, which she said produced about 200…
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