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2006 Economic Impact Study (96KB PDF)
2004 Economic Benefits of the Cow Creek Tribe to Douglas County (200K PDF)
2004 A Summary of the Economic Benefit Report (50K PDF)
Economic Benefits Introduction
The Oregon Gaming Alliance consists of the nine Oregon Tribes who own and operate casinos in Oregon. The OGA retained ECONorthwest, the Northwest’s largest and most respected economic consulting firm, to conduct an economic analysis of the impact of the casino gambling industry on Oregon and the Tribes themselves.
ECONorthwest’s report titled The Contributions of Indian Casino Gaming to Oregon’s Economy, An Economic Impact and Benefit Analysis is based on data from the year 2003, the most recent year for which data was available, and in which eight of the nine members of OGA were operating casinos. The report was written by Robert Whelan and Alec Josephson. Robert Whelan has more that 20 years of experience in economic forecasting. Alec Josephson, an economist, has been at ECONorthwest for over 10 years and specializes in economic impact analysis.
Derivative from the Oregon report is another report from ECONorthwest by Whelan and Josephson focusing on the impact of the Cow Creek on the Douglas County economy titled: A Net Economic Benefit Analysis: The Economic Benefits of the Cow Creek Tribe to Douglas County Oregon.
The Douglas County report is narrower than the Oregon Report at least in the sense that it just focuses on Douglas County. On the other hand, the Douglas County report is broader than the Oregon report in the sense that it takes into account all of the Cow Creek Tribal businesses, not just gaming at the Seven Feathers Hotel and Casino Resort.
For your convenience, also included here in PDF format is a summary and review of the Douglas County report written by Dr. John Stelzer for the Cow Creek Tribe.
Tribal economic expansion plans by the Cow Creek have generated some controversy within the local community. For completeness we have gathered together some recent news reports from the local media, the News-Review newspaper, in particular, that address some of those issues that are more political in nature. For a more complete listing of recent and past media articles relating to the Cow Creek Tribe see the Media section of www.cowcreek.com.
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County opposes granting trust status to downtown tribal property
The Roseburg News-Review - August 18, 2005
Two Douglas County Commissioners write to the Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs opposing the placement of tribal land in tribal trust. ...
Cow Creek Tribe strikes back
The Roseburg News-Review - August 25, 2005
At the County Commissioners meeting, the Cow Creek attorney explains tribal plans to spend millions of dollars to build a convention center on tribal lands in downtown Roseburg...<<< Economic Benefits >>>