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Stone: City Backs Events Center

To Duane Hagadone and his newspaper staff:

We are truly sorry that you are opposed to the effort to bring a new sports and community facility to Cd’A for use in our high school and college athletics programs as well as a gathering and venue space for the community at large. This facility could help so much in providing jobs and economic stimulus for our local businesses (projected at $15 million annually) … and your company could help so much by supporting it. We know that your company believes in this type of facility because of your support for a similar project that you are contributing to located across from your hotel in Moscow. We continue to view the Hagadone Corporation as the creator of the high end tourism in Coeur d’Alene, for which we are grateful, as it not only benefits The Cd’A Resort and the shops downtown, but it also helps to ensure that we have the money coming into the community that we need in order to give those who consider this their home a chance to survive and be successful.

Question: Are you surprised that the Hagadone Corporation doesn't support events center?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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