• Create thousands of new jobs when fully developed.
• Create numerous construction jobs. Our intent is to hire local unions and local contractors.
• Use local artisans and vendors.
• Attract new visitors to southwest Washington.
• Keep local casino patrons in southwest Washington.
• Contribute two percent of net revenues to an education and arts fund, an amount that could add up to millions of dollars per year for the support of education and arts in Clark County.
• Promote other local attractions to casino and resort visitors.
• Support cultural education programs and materials in the Ridgefield School District that describe the history of the Cowlitz Tribe and other local indigenous tribes.

For the Cowlitz Tribe in particular, the development will:

• Improve Tribal economy and self sufficiency.
• Create jobs and career opportunities.
• Generate funds to endow scholarships for the young and provide health care and prescription drug benefits for our growing number of elders.
• Generate funds to help us preserve our culture and language while protecting ancestral lands and the environment.