Update on riverboat casino sale + more info on HC Parks Department location

We are happy to report that the council felt it necessary to ask for some more info and present it to the public regarding the riverboat casino sale.

At last night's council meeting, Jeremy Yackle of the CVB spoke and there is little to report. It will remain Caesars of Southern Indiana and supposedly nothing will change regarding how the casino interacts with the county.

Skip to 15minutes into this video to watch his presentation:

https://harrisoncountyin.civicclerk.com/Web/Player.aspx?id=667&key=-1&mod=-1&mk=-1&nov=0

Starting at the 55 minute mark, Larry Schickles updated the council on the move of the Parks Department offices and he lays out a plan with two options:

1) The Parks Department temporarily moves to the Ethel Wright Center, the old Presbyterian Church in downtown Corydon short-term while they build an office building at Hayswood Park.

Cost for repairs while waiting for new building: $42,000

New building estimated costs: $187,500 - $215,000

2) Or they can move to the Ethel Wright Center permanently at a cost of $125-150,000

Holli Castetter proposed that they move into the upstairs of the Discovery Center downtown temporarily, which Shickles was not at all interested in doing.

Holli Castetter also asked Shickles who owns this property and he gave the same answer he has in the past, that it is owned by Friends of Corydon Capitol Inc and that there is no rent exchanged for this use. Skip to 1 hour and 15 minutes into this video to see him explain the ownership. The state dissolved this organization in March of 2019 for lack of filing paperwork and the exact ownership is still unknown (see screenshot below).