Summary:

This report, by the Economic and Public Policy research group at the UMass Donahue Institute, presents an economic profile of Plainville, drawn from a compilation of the three identified Massachusetts casino host communities to provide information on baseline economic conditions within Plainville before the introduction of casinos.A specific set of data measures have been selected to create a portrait of each place as well as select economic and fiscal data indictors for the identified surrounding communities. The information illustrates recent trends and conditions within the city or town’s industrial structure, business community, labor force and residential population. These profile data will be updated after casinos are introduced in order to track economic changes over time.