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Springfield Approves Master Plan For Development Near MGM Casino

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Paul Tuthill
Published March 17, 2021 at 9:52 AM EDT
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    The MGM casino that opened in downtown Springfield in 2018 has not been the hoped-for catalyst to redevelop the surrounding area.

     In fact, buildings on the other side of Main Street from the casino are mostly vacant.

          Now the city has come up with a master plan for redeveloping a several block area near the casino.

     WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Tim Sheehan, the city’s chief development officer.
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The record-setting tenure of Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno. The 2011 tornado and its recovery that remade the largest city in Western Massachusetts. The fallout from the deadly COVID outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers Home. Those are just a few of the thousands and thousands of stories WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill has covered for WAMC in his nearly 17 years with the station.
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