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Residents and officials seek fixes as Skagway laundromat inventory dwindles
Summary
Residents and the Civic Affairs Committee described the town's worsening lack of year-round laundry options; witnesses urged use of existing municipal subsidy programs, mobile winterized laundromat units, and short-term upgrades at Garden City RV Park to avoid forcing residents to ferry laundry to Haines.
Residents and contractors told the Civic Affairs Committee that Skagway faces a growing shortage of year-round laundry services, with the Garden City RV Park laundromat operating on only three washers and two dryers after recent equipment failures and a rag fire. "It's down to 3 washing machines, 2 dryers... We lost most of the dryers last year in a rag fire," said John Hillis, who runs the facility.
Hillis provided usage and revenue estimates and described churn and maintenance issues: summer weekly revenue was "roughly 1,200 to $1,500" but falls to about $400–$500 in September, he said, and laundromat coin mechanisms have jammed several…
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