Save the Confluence

Members of the Save the Confluence Coalition opposing a proposed casino development adjacent to the Columbia Bottom Conservation Area at Spanish Lake will reach out to the 10,000 visitors attending the Earth Day Festival at Forest Park Sunday, April 25, 11am-6pm.

“We invite people to visit our booth at Earth Day and learn more about why saving the Confluence is so important to the region,” said Dora Gianoulakis with the Spanish Lake Community Association.

“We are focused on mobilizing supporters with a message to the Missouri Gaming Commission that the proposed casino at Spanish Lake is the wrong development in the wrong place,” said Kathleen Logan Smith, Executive Director of the Missouri Coalition for the Environment. “We all lose if a casino complex is built in the last remaining undeveloped area on the Mississippi River floodplain in the metro.”

“We want to make it clear that the confluence floodplain is no place for yet another casino,” said Harold Hendrick of the Bott Radio Network, one of the organizations representing more than 100,000 people united in the Save the Confluence Coalition. “People can help by speaking up.”

The Missouri Gaming Commission is accepting proposals through May 1 for the remaining Missouri casino license and will determine where it will go.

The Save the Confluence Coalition consists of over eighty organizations opposing the floodplain casino plan which is proposed adjacent to a wildlife conservation area at the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers in one of the most ecologically unique places in North America. North County Development LLC is proposing the casino development on 377 acres even though six casinos already exist within a 30 minute drive. The Save the Confluence campaign aims to save the farmland, wetlands, migratory bird flyway and floodplain adjacent to the Columbia Bottom Conservation area along the Mississippi River in north St. Louis County.

Can you help out at the Save the Confluence booth?

Earth Day, Sunday, April 25th
on the MUNY Grounds in Forest Park
Event runs from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Helpers needed from 10 am – 6 pm in 2 – 3 hour shifts.

We’ll be handing out literature and building support to reach the Gaming Commission.

Please email drgmoriver_at_aol_dot_com if you can help and we’ll get you all the details you’ll need about the event.
Let us know the times you can be available, too.

Thanks for your support.

Hello Concerned Citizen,

The Common Sense Coalition, now more than 15,000 people strong, needs your help to fight the proposed Confluence floodplain casino in Spanish Lake adjacent to the Columbia Bottom Conservation Area – the wrong development in the wrong place. We are not backing down.

News for You
Go to the “News” tab to track this issue in the media.

Eagle Days Grows Effort to Save the Confluence
Our outreach at Eagle Days was a terrific success. We reached more than 2,000 people and identified more than 100 new volunteers. Together, we can Save the Confluence.

Common Sense Coalition Names Campaign: “Save the Confluence”
In order to better describe the heart of our effort, the Common Sense Coalition has named the effort “Save the Confluence”.

Resources for You
There are hundreds of reasons to oppose this casino development at this location. We have included many of them under the “Learn More” tab. We also have “casiNO!” buttons available now. Please get involved and get yours today.

Add Your Input
Please share any other insights you have into the harm this development will inflict upon the local community, economy, or environment. The Common Sense Coalition is for the community, by the community and we are looking for fresh ideas and creative strategies like yours for this fight.

Get Involved
Find out how any time you can give from ten minutes to ten hours can be put to good use. Go HERE to sign up for updates and volunteer opportunities with the Common Sense Coalition to help Save the Confluence.

Take Action

Write!
Letters to the editor about your concerns will help win this. Here are easy ways to send yours:
· St. Louis Business Journal: http://stlouis.bizjournals.com/stlouis/contactus/contact_editor.html
· St. Louis Post Dispatch: letters@post-dispatch.com

Speak!
Your local elected officials should also join our effort to Save the Confluence. Check with your county council members, school board members and your city officials. Your call to your elected officials will help demonstrate that you are seriously concerned about the impacts of this proposed casino – and we are not giving up.

Tracking Our Progress
When you take action on this issue please let us know at http://tinyurl.com/TrackingOurProgress
You can also E-mail us at : moenviron@moenviron.org or call us at (314)727-0600 so that we can keep track of our progress.

Coming Soon
Materials, information, events, and actions YOU and YOUR Organization can take to Save the Confluence.