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Clearwater's Coachman Park re-opened with a grand re-opening ceremony, featuring a stage, folding white chairs, and notable attendees such as Clearwater Mayor Brian Aungst Sr. and Senator Ed Hooper. The event concluded with a ribbon cutting in the Upper Plaza.
Amazon has opened the first phase of its new headquarters, known as HQ2, in Virginia with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The tech giant plans to bring 25,000 highly paid tech workers to the site, which has been called Metropolitan Park or Met Park for short. More than 8,000 employees have already been hired, and the company has tripled street-level retail in the neighborhood, added a 2.5-acre public park, and introduced a new name for the area: National Landing. The move has been controversial, with concerns about housing costs, remote work, and the contraction of the tech industry.
Caesars Virginia has opened its temporary casino in Danville, Virginia, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The casino, which will operate for up to three years while a permanent facility is built, features 500 slot machines, 16 table games, and a sportsbook. The temporary casino is expected to create around 300 jobs and generate millions of dollars in tax revenue for the city.
The Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City has opened its new Kathryn F. Kirk Center, a significant expansion that includes 48 inpatient beds, four more cancer-specific operating rooms, 20 exam rooms, and space for more mammographies and endoscopies. The building also features beautiful recovery rooms for patients who have had a bone marrow transplant, an area for breast cancer screenings designed to provide privacy, and a room where patients and staff can attend cooking and exercise health courses. The Huntsman Cancer Institute is consistently ranked as one of the top cancer hospitals in the country.