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Schmitt, VanValkenburg upset by lack of response from Churchill Downs about proposed Henrico gambling facility
One month after all eight members of Henrico’s Virginia General Assembly delegation sent a letter to Churchill Downs, Inc. CEO William Carstanjen, urging the company to withdraw plans for a gambling facility in the county, there’s been no response. The July 16 letter, issued by Henrico’s three state senators and five delegates, outlined the delegation’s opposition to the manner in which Churchill Downs submitted plans for the proposed Rosie’s Gaming Emporium site in the Staples Mill Shopping Center at Staples Mill Road and Glenside Drive. The officials asked the company to withdraw those plans – which it submitted June 18,...