CRAIG — —Craig residents on Thursday night echoed the sentiments of some Hayden residents who have said that they need to diversify their economy and that a casino could help them do that.
“Whether this is right or wrong, we have the opportunity,” Craig City Council member Don Jones said. “We always ask for diversification, but we rely on oil and gas; we rely on farming. Whether this is right or wrong, we have the opportunity.”
Jones was one of about 50 people who attended a community meeting hosted by the Sleeping Giant Group on Thursday night at the Moffat County Fairgrounds. The group has proposed building an off-reservation, Indian-owned casino near the Yampa Valley Regional Airport in Hayden.
The meeting in Craig was the third and final summer community meeting being hosted by the Sleeping Giant Group. The other two meetings were held in Steamboat and Hayden after the group revealed in March that it wanted to build a casino.
The Sleeping Giant Group partners at the Craig meeting were Steamboat Springs residents Steve Hofman and Johnny Spillane, Hayden developer Stefanus Nijsten and Hayden resident Dave Marin.
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