| Disptach Politics Editorial: Cooperation works |
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Wed, Jan 20, 2010 | |
From Dispatch Politics:
"The selection of the shuttered Delphi auto-parts plant on the Far West Side as the site for a casino provides a welcome fresh start on this development for Columbus and Penn National Gaming Inc.
Over the past three weeks, hundreds of central Ohioans have participated in an open and vigorous discussion of how best to incorporate a casino into the community.
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Working together, Penn National, the city, the county, Franklin Township, state legislators and neighborhood representatives just might fashion a best-practices approach for how a casino development and a community can optimize economic-development potential and minimize negative consequences.
With more than six times the acreage offered by the Arena District site, the Delphi site could enable Penn National to build much more than a casino. Community and labor representatives have expressed hope that the development might include a hotel, restaurants and other job-producing amenities."
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