Gaming in the Natural State: Indian Tribe's public works department ensures casino landscaping is a winner

摘要

In New London County in Connecticut, the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe operates Foxwoods Resort Casino and MGM Grand at Foxwoods, considered one of the world's largest resort casino in gaming space and the number of slot machines and one of the most economically successful. Sporting attractive landscaping is critical when a facility has that kind of a reputation. Todd Clement, exterior landscape manager for the casino and resort, is the man who makes sure it all looks good. The landscape department is adivision of the public works department. Clement, fresh out of Maine's Unity College where he studied park management, started with the tribe in 1993. He started when it first opened as the resort and casino. He manages a staff of 10, cut back from 30 during the 2008 Recession.