A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A PROPOSED MINI-CASINO TO BE BUILT IN BEAVER COUNTY WILL BE HELD THIS AFTERNOON. MOUNT AIRY CASINO – BASED IN MONROE COUNTY – PLANS TO OPEN A MINI-CASINO AT THE INTERSECTION OF FAIRLANE BOULEVARD AND SHENANGO ROAD IN BIG BEAVER AS SOON AS LATE 2019. MOUNT AIRY OFFICIALS WILL PRESENT THEIR PLANS AT THE BIG BEAVER FIRE STATION ALONG FRIENDSHIP ROAD AT 1:00 THIS AFTERNOON. THE PUBLIC IS ENCOURAGED TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK, BUT MUST DO SO IN ADVANCE THROUGH THE GAMING CONTROL BOARD’S WEBSITE. AMONG THE INDIVIDUAL’S SIGNED UP TO SPEAK – COUNTY COMMISSIONER DAN CAMP, WHO SAYS HE WILL BE SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF THE CASINO, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BRING AS MANY AS 800 PERMANENT FULL-TIME JOBS AND AT LEAST 300 CONSTRUCITON JOBS. FOLLOWING TODAY’S PUBLIC HEARING AND THE COMPLETION OF THE BOARD’S INVESTIGATION, A FINAL PUBLIC MEETING WILL BE HELD IN HARRISBURG FOR THE BOARD TO MAKE A FINAL DECISION. THAT MEETING WILL OCCUR SOMETIME IN 2019. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO’S MATT DRZIK WILL BE THERE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL HAVE A COMPLETE REPORT FOR US ON AM BEAVER COUNTY TOMORROW MORNING BEGINNING AT 6:30 AM.