Slated to begin construction in 2011, test operations are scheduled to begin in 2013. Full service is expected to begin by the end of 2014.DesertXpress has completed and funded the work necessary to support the Environmental Impact Statement EIS conducted under the lead of the Federal Railroad Administration FRA. The EIS process was initiated with Public Scoping Meetings in … [Read more...] about DesertXpress Progress
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Barstow casino takes step forward
Barstow Casino Project official website.BARSTOW • Nearly a full decade after it was first proposed, an Indian gaming casino that would be located near the Barstow outlets has received a new breath of life after a draft environmental impact statement was released Friday. via Barstow casino takes step forward | barstow, step, takes - Desert Dispatch. … [Read more...] about Barstow casino takes step forward
Politicians Overlook Role of Housing in Economic Recovery
Hmmm.... maybe time for a wholesale principle reduction financed by the banks themselves? Yeah!...that's it!... they can use all the money the taxpayers gave them to keep them in business while the country fell into the biggest recession and housing crash it has ever seen. What is surprising though is the ongoing lack of serious attention given to housing finance reform, … [Read more...] about Politicians Overlook Role of Housing in Economic Recovery
Tribe still divided on Hesperia Casino, after all these years
Originally published March 20, 2009 And while Mason's faction searches for a developer to get the planned casino project on Main Street, next to the High Desert Gateway Shopping Center, going again, Gholson's faction has a developer, but the project can't go forward until there's legal certainty over who really leads the Timbisha Shoshone tribe."We just stay in limbo," … [Read more...] about Tribe still divided on Hesperia Casino, after all these years
Whatever happened to the Hesperia casino?
This article originally published March 13, 2009.On March 2, 2004, more than 14,000 Hesperians turned out to vote on Measure X, which had been promoted as a referendum on a proposed casino to be built at Main Street and Interstate 15 by the Timbisha Shoshone tribe of Death Valley. Fifty-eight percent of voters approved the measure -- which would have had the city accepting … [Read more...] about Whatever happened to the Hesperia casino?