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Slots Developer to Meet with Selectmen on Wednesday

Members of the Danvers Board of Selectmen plan to meet with a representatives of the Cordish Co. on Wednesday about the companies plans to possibly build a slots parlor at Liberty Tree Mall.

 

Representatives from the Cordish Co. plan to meet with members of the Board of Selectmen at Town Hall on Wednesday to go over plans to possibly build a slots parlor at Liberty Tree Mall.

On Tuesday night, selectmen told about 60 people that filled the Toomey Meeting Room that they did not have any further details beyond what has been reported in the press.

“We have no details and no further information,” said Selectman Gardner Trask.

Selectmen plan to meet with a Cordish representative in groups of one or two on Wednesday to hear more details and ask questions. The meetings will not be public and are limited in number to avoid violations of the Open Meeting law.

A public meeting to hear from the company has been scheduled for March 5.

May of those in attendance live at River Run condominiums on neighboring Abington Road.

Town Manager said that Cordish has not submitted and written proposals or

“They certainly have not made a decision on Danvers,” Marquis said, noting that nowhere on the company’s paperwork submitted to the Gaming Commission did it mention Danvers.

Marquis said he was first contacted by Joseph Weinberg of Cordish on Jan. 10.

“We are one of at least two communities they have identified for a slots-only proposal with the Massachusetts Gaming Commission,” Marquis said.

The company did not identify the other community any more than to say it is not on the North Shore.

“They certainty have to make a decision on Danvers,” Marquis said.’

Elaine Driscoll, spokeswoman for the Gaming Commission, said on Tuesday that PPE Gaming had not notified the commission about whether it is seeking a resort casino or slots-only license or indicated its preferred location but it will have to tell the commission soon.

If PPE chooses Danvers, Marquis said the town would be eligible for a $50,000 grant to help the town conduct studies to help it understand any needed infrastructure improvements and conduct a “technical review and analysis.”

Related Topics: Cordish Companies, Cordish Company, Danvers Board of Selectmen, Liberty Tree Mall, Liberty Tree Mall slots, Liberty Tree Mall slots parlor, PPE Casino Resorts, and PPE Casino Resorts MA

J

12:56 pm on Wednesday, February 6, 2013

The last thing we need in Danvers is a slot parlor. This type of "development" fuels my desire to move elsewhere. It seems to me that the majority of the crime that takes place in our town is transients rather than Danvers residents. I don't think this is the the best choice for our community.

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J

12:56 pm on Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Think about the various ills that are associated with gambling, crime and prostitution, not to mention the additional traffic congestion in an area that is already very congested. I would rethink my trip to Marshalls, chosing to shop with my children in a place we wouldn't have to encounter the ususal depressed casino patrons hanging around. I can see it now, Brooksby Village van pulls up and seniors go in smiling and come out looking very sad.

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MR MOTTO

6:53 pm on Wednesday, February 6, 2013

We need to build a wall "the great wall of Danvers" Anyone not born here, OUT by 5 pm.

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