Keene business and property owner Dorrie Masten has applied with the city to convert one of her properties at Central Square into a charitable gaming facility.
But a zoning change making its way through City Hall would put a stop to those plans, if city councilors approve it in the new year.
The proposed ordinance, backed by outgoing Mayor George Hansel, would keep casinos out of the city’s downtown core and restrict them to specific zoning districts.
Masten, of Swanzey, owns a block of properties on Central Square, which include her business, The Pour House, as well as the building that houses Concord MedSpa. According to Masten’s application, which the Keene Sentinel obtained from the city’s Community Development Department via a right-to-know request, she is requesting a permit to allow casino machines and gaming tables in the same space as Concord MedSpa, at 41 Central Square.
