The Lakeside Hills/Parc Charlene Neighborhood Association has given its support to the Save the Confluence Coalition’s efforts to prevent a casino development in north St. Louis County.
Members at the Association’s Annual Meeting voted unanimously last Thursday in support of a motion expressing their support for preventing siting of a casino in Spanish Lake, adjacent to the Columbia Bottom Conservation Area.
“It was a unanimous vote. No one was interested in having a casino in north county,” said Association Treasurer David Learman.
“We are thrilled that Lakeside Hills/Parc Charlene residents have stepped up to oppose this unwise and damaging North County LLC casino proposal,” said Kathleen Logan Smith, Executive Director of the Missouri Coalition for the Environment.
The Save the Confluence Coalition consists of over 80 organizations opposing the floodplain casino plan, a casino development proposed for 377 acres at the Confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. Even though six casinos already exist within a 30 minute drive, the floodplain casino is proposed adjacent to a wildlife conservation area at the Confluence in one of the most ecologically unique places in North America. The Save the Confluence Coalition aims to save the farmland, wetlands, migratory bird flyway and floodplain in this valuable area.