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WILL EMPHASIZE ADDING RETAIL AND
RESTAURANTS TO THE TERMINAL.
A REVITALIZED UNION STATION WILL
UNDOUBTEDLY HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT
ON DOWNTOWN SPRINGFIELD. 22NEWS
REPORTER JACKIE BROUSSEAU FOUND
OUT IF LOCAL BUSINESSES THINK
THE NEW UNION STATION WILL
PROVIDE A MUCH-NEEDED BOOST.
DECADES AFTER IT WAS FIRST
PROPOSED, REDEVELOPMENT OF UNION
STATION GOT UNDERWAY TODAY. THE
BUILDING THAT WAS ONCE A
BUSTLING HUB HAS SAT VACANT IN
SPRINGFIELD FOR NEARLY 40 YEARS.
IT'S GOING TO BRING MORE PEOPLE
INTO THE STATION AND PROVIDE
TRAVEL AND BUS AND TRAIN
TRANSPORTATION. HOPEFULLY IT
WILL DRESS UP THAT AREA BETTER I
AM LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
WE'VE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME
FOR IT TO HAPPEN.30 YEARS AND
SEVERAL BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN
ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT
..ANYTHING THAT BRINGS PEOPLE
AND TRANSPORTATION. CITY
OFFICIALS SAY THE PROJECT WILL
MAKE SPRINGFIELD A
TRANSPORTATION HUB, BRINGING
PEOPLE INTO THE CITY AND A MUCH-
NEED ECONOMIC BOOST. BUT SOME
CITY BUSINESS OWNERS SAY OTHER
DEVELOPMENT IS NEEDED AS WELL.
I THINK IF THEY HAD SOME REASONS
FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO THE CITY
THEN IT WOULD HELP. MANY
BUSINESS OWNERS MENTIONED THAT
THE CASINOS WOULD IMPROVE THE
LIKELIHOOD THAT UNION STATION
WOULD BE A SUCCESS. BUT 40 YEARS
LATER...THERE IS ALSO HOPE THE
OVERHAUL WILL MAKE SPRINGFIELD A
DESTINATION AGAIN. IN
SPRINGFIELD, I'M JACKIE
BROUSSEAU FOR 22NEWS.