How did this happen in our community?
They did not inform our community, yet it was proclaimed "never before has a Licensee come before the AMMC with the level of support from the local community that has been garnered by the Licensee"!
Our community was not informed of the location prior to approval. We are a quiet rural community of Farmers, Ranchers and Homesteaders living in a county with only 5,000 residents. There is no zoning because it was never needed......until things like this happen. The location is on the edge of Prairie county where it can draw upon the populations of the adjacent counties.
This location will sit off of Highway 38 at the entrance of a neighborhood where families with a least 30 children reside and where a bus stop is located. For those who know this location, when told of the plans, the overwhelming question is "Why there?" Why would they not locate this in a city or town that is zoned commercial for retail sales? Why in a neighborhood with no other businesses around?