Center City Town Meeting Regarding the Proposed Foxwoods Casino in Philadelphia

Business owners and residents in Chinatown and the surrounding areas of Center City are concerned about the new proposed Foxwoods Casino development in Center City Philadelphia. I received an email from a good friend who owns a business in the area alerting me to a Town Hall meeting to dicsuss those concerns. The information is as follows:

There will be a town meeting next Thursday, Oct 9th, 7pm at the Holy Redeemer Church regarding the proposed Foxwoods casino at the Gallery. City and State Representatives will be on hand to discuss and answer questions and concerns regarding the proposed casino. I urge you to please come and attend the meeting next Thursday, as a casino will most certainly have a negative impact on the Chinatown community. Many of the concerns include: traffic, parking, crime, and especially the quality of life and the negative social and moral impact in our community.

Holy Redeemer Church is located on 10th and Vine Streets and you are allowed to park in their parking lot for this meeting.

Personally, I think there has to many other better locations for this proposed casino than right on top of the Gallery Shopping Mall in an already congested area of the city. Perhaps the city of Philadelphia already has too many other planned casino developments and is running out of locations?

Anyone seeking more information or wishes to voice their concerns should plan on attending the meeting.