![]() called Project First Light “a game changer” for future Southeastern Massachusetts economic development. My view is it will be another business in the city,” Hanna said.Īt Tuesday’s ground-breaking ceremony for First Light, during a packed-house gathering in a tent with tribal members and various officials, Taunton Mayor Thomas Hoye Jr. “I don’t think the casino will change the quality of life in Taunton. It will come from an emphasis on STEM (science technology engineering math) in local public schools to prepare people for high-skilled jobs,” Hanna said. ![]() It will come from healthy vibrant community colleges. Saving the city of Taunton will come regionally. Then it will be beneficial to the city, but I don’t think it will save the city. “I’m optimistic about the casino if it is able to deliver what it promises. Hanna said the truth is probably somewhere in the middle - between the goose that lays the golden eggs and the dire predictions. It’s a signal that something great is about to happen,” said an exultant Cedric Cromwell, the Mashpee Wampanoag tribal chairman, at the groundbreaking ceremony.īut detractors worry a gambling facility can only plunge Taunton into a downward slide. “This is a historic day in the tribe’s history. The casino’s supporters say it will mean a renaissance for Taunton and all those gaming chips will go a long way toward replacing all that lost silver. ![]() Now Taunton is about to make history again, on the cusp of a major change with the groundbreaking Tuesday by the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe on the First Light casino in East Taunton.īut what kind of change will the casino bring? And the Christmas City, home of an annual tree-lighting that drew families from around the region to the Taunton Green - once a bustling heart of commerce.īut Reed & Barton has closed its doors and the Silver City’s manufacturing heyday is long gone - and with it all those low-skill, high paying jobs that provided stability, a comfortable wage and middle-class lifestyle to so many Tauntonians throughout the years, Taunton historian and author Bill Hanna said. It was dubbed the Silver City, home of famed silversmith Reed & Barton. A century ago Taunton was known far and wide as a manufacturing hub, a place that supplied the world with textiles, bricks, stoves - and silver. ![]()
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