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Casino to bring 200 new jobs By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com
The casino slated to open in Chatham and replace the Slots at Dresden Raceway will bring about 200 new jobs to the area, according to its owners. Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Ltd. personnel said the company will invest about $36 million into the Richmond Street Venture, and will bring every staff member from the Dresden facility over to the new one when it opens sometime in the middle of next year. Tony Santo, president of Gateway Casinos, said what will be erected at the Richmond Street site, at the corner of Keil Drive, is a Cascades Casino, which will feature more than 330 slot machines and will also have 10 table games. The facility will also be home to two restaurants. It’s the first Cascades to be built in the province. “This is the first of many to be rolled out in Ontario. It will feature a sports pub – Match Eatery & Public House – which is designed to appeal to the ladies,” Santo said.
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“We plan on building The Buffet as well. A buffet is really part of the gaming business.” The restaurants will be family accessible, he added. The gaming tables will include blackjack, roulette and possibly a craps table, Santo said. He said, subject to necessary approvals and completion of the land acquisition, Gateway hopes to break ground on the property, which is located beside the Holiday Inn Express and the John D. Bradley Convention Centre, this summer with hopeful completion in mid-2019. Gail Hundt, president at CEO of the Chatham-Kent Chamber of Commerce, welcomed the news. “Economically, this will have the potential for many positive aspects for Chatham-Kent, including increase in employment, increase of tourists and guests to Chatham-Kent, increased exposure of our municipal assets for further opportunity, and increased general revenues for the municipality,” she said in a release.
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The Minions, characters from the Universal Pictures movie Despicable Me, were a big hit at the second First Responders Easter Eggstravaganza at Kingston Park in Chatham on Easter Monday. Chatham-Kent EMS paramedics donned the costumes to charm scores of children who attended the event and were very popular for pictures. The EMS teamed up with Chatham-Kent Police Services, OPP, Chatham-Kent Fire Department and the United Way to host the event for kids up to age 10.
The pile-driving controversy By Mary Beth Corcoran mary@chathamvoice.com
While the province continues to tell well owners they are very concerned about the safety of their water in north Chatham,
a document has come to light showing the government knew deep pile driving construction methods for wind turbines could cause problems. After uncovering the document about Hydro
One’s decision not to use a deep piling method of construction for transmission tower foundations due to possible contamination of adjacent private water wells, Essex MPP Taras Natyshak has once
again called on the province to complete a health hazard investigation of contaminated wells sites surrounding Samsung’s North Kent One wind turbine site in Chatham-Kent.
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