Denise Crosby writes: 'There’s a lot to unpack with the news that Hollywood Casino Aurora and city officials are looking to relocate the gambling venue from downtown on the Fox River to Farnsworth Avenue.'
Hollywood Casino may move from its current site in downtown Aurora to a spot on Farnsworth Avenue near Interstate 88.
That question has been a bit of a sore spot for a while now, ever since Chicago Premium Outlets was built within the Batavia School District boundaries in Aurora.Unfortunately, there is nothing the city can do about the fact kids in this pocket of Aurora feed into the neighboring community’s classrooms.
Why? Because as a charter district - the oldest in the state - East Aurora School District 131 was allowed certain autonomy from state laws as long as it kept its original boundaries. And that included transportation. It’s how East lost out when Fox Valley Mall was developed, added Beacon-News colleague Steve Lord, who has covered Aurora for 45 years.
East Aurora District 131, in the meantime, had just started this year to receive tax benefits from Hollywood Casino’s downtown location with the expiration of the overall downtown Aurora TIF agreement.“Which is unfortunate,” said Johnson, who estimates East schools will miss out on about $200,000 annually with the casino move, but expressed relief the district has worked aggressively to maintain fiscal responsibility over the past decade.
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