The city of Coweta is gearing up for a massive economic boom, but the people who live there aren’t sold on the Muscogee Creek Nation’s casino moving in.
Residents like Debra Fury tell 2 News the reason they love living in Coweta is because of the small town feel. She and her neighbors fear the casino could change all of that.
“I like small towns, you know, and where you know everybody,” she said. “That’s how Coweta used to be, but it’s got to where more people have been coming in, leaving Broken Arrow, coming to this area and we don’t know them.”
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The $100 million investment is set to bring a hotel and restaurant in tow, providing at least 250 jobs for the community. That growth, though, is pushing people like Fury away…