Public input meetings to offer early opportunity for community members to provide the Commission feedback on nearby resort-casino proposals

WHO: Members of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC), representatives from resort-casino applicant Mass Gaming & Entertainment, LLC; members of the public

WHAT: The Massachusetts Gaming Commission will host a public input meeting as a means to facilitate public discussion in regards to the recently submitted Category 1 or resort-casino application for Region C. The purpose of the meeting is to provide community members, in the host community and potential surrounding communities, an opportunity to provide feedback to the Commission in the early stages of the ‘Evaluation Process’.

From its inception, MGC has committed to ensuring an open, transparent and participatory process. To that end, there will be three primary opportunities for interested parties to offer comment to the Commission about the pending gaming application.

• Written Comments: First, on an ongoing basis, people may submit written comments to the MGC via email at mgccomments@state.ma.us.
• Public Input Meeting: Second, the MGC will convene a public input meeting in a community (Holbrook) adjacent to the proposed host community of the resort-casino proposal. The MGC respectfully requests that speakers either reside in or have a direct affiliation with the host community or one of the potential surrounding communities to the particular applicant.
• Host Community Meeting: Third, MGC will convene a public hearing on the application in the proposed host community – Brockton. That meeting date and location is to be determined.

For a complete list of agenda items, please visit the Meeting Notifications & Agenda page at MassGaming.com. The Public Input Meeting will not be live streamed. A transcript of the meeting will be posted to our website as soon as possible. The Host Community Hearing will be live streamed and available on the MGC homepage. In addition, community members are invited to follow along with live meeting updates by connecting with the Commission on Twitter, @MassGamingComm.

WHEN: Thursday, January 28 at 4:00pm

WHERE: Holbrook Junior-Senior High School – Auditorium
245 S. Franklin Street
Holbrook, MA

GUIDELINES: Those who wish to submit written comments relative to the upcoming public input meetings may do so by sending an email to mgccomments@state.ma.us with “Holbrook Meeting” in the subject line.

All comments received via email will be distributed to the Commission for their review. Public officials, representatives of interested parties and members of the communities who wish to address the Commission at the scheduled public input meeting should send an email to the above address with ‘Request to address the Commission/January 28’ in the subject line. In the body of the email, the Commission respectfully requests that you include your town of residence.

In order to use the available time most efficiently, the MGC will limit speakers to 3 minutes for their comments and also request that speakers comments be limited to the this specific resort-casino application.