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Clean River Education

Posted in pollution, river on January 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The Journal Gazette reported today that the City of Fort Wayne will soon provide environmental cleanup videos to WFFT, the local FOX affiliate.
The Fort Wayne Board of Public Works on Wednesday approved a $27,000 contract with WFFT, Channel 55, to air numerous segments throughout the year focused on the environment.
Gina Kostoff, board chairwoman, said the [...]

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Pyramids for Headwaters…

Posted in Phase II, Phase III, cell phone towers, harrison square, north river, old fort, pedestrian linkages on January 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »

From The News-Sentinel today we learn about a proposal for two pyramids in Headwaters Park 
Geoff Paddock, the downtown park’s executive director, today was expected to unveil plans for two 100-foot stainless steel towers that were part of architect Eric Kuhne’s original plans but never built because of a lack of funds.
Paddock still doesn’t have the money he [...]

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Riverboat casino is not in the cards

Posted in destination attraction, riverboat casino, tagged , , on January 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The Journal Gazette announced today that moving a riverboat casino to Northeast Indiana won’t happen in the near future…
INDIANAPOLIS – Riverboat gambling won’t be coming to northeast Indiana anytime soon.
The Senate Appropriations Committee amended Senate Bill 135 Thursday morning to remove language moving a riverboat from Gary to Steuben County.
Instead, the amended bill would have [...]

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Look South…

Posted in riverboat casino, tagged on January 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The News-Sentinel will be printing a letter I submitted entitled Look South for Riverboat Casino.  For the record, I want to clarify a few points. 
I wrote the piece to generate thoughtful discussion about development on the south side of Fort Wayne and Allen County, not to express my support for riverboat gambling here.  Notwithstanding recent improvements to Southtown, the area doesn’t appear to be [...]

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History of Casino Boats

Posted in river, riverboat casino on January 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Here’s an interesting video clip on the history of riverboat casinos.

Although it’s a commercial video from a company that sells them, it does provide a nice explanation of the transition from riverboats to barges to land-based casinos.  They even build parking garage riverboats.

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Location, location, location

Posted in Fort Wayne International, Fort to Port, I469, US 27, development, river, river greenway, riverboat casino, water park on January 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »

If Fort Wayne were to gain approval for a riverboat casino, where would be the best location?
Some have suggested the North River area near the Old Fort. I’ve heard whispers that the Dimension Ford property adjacent to Swinney Park has possibilities. Fort Wayne Observed posted a reader’s suggestion that New Haven would be a good fit.
While [...]

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Riverboat Casinos

Posted in riverboat casino on January 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »

The topic of the week appears to be Riverboat Casinos.

We had a letter to the editor. Tom Henry commented via Indiana’s NewsCenter and Charly Butcher’s show. WANE-TV covered the Steuben County story.  Pat White discussed it on yesterday’s program. Not to be outdone, the blogging community joined in here, here, here and here.
Good people [...]

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