Business View Civil and Municipal | Volume 2, Issue 6

74 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 2, ISSUE 6 with design guidelines. We have several businesses that have started to renovate their sites – creating sidewalks, streetlights, benches, and landscaped areas, all along Route 96. That is the Main Street corridor defined in the comprehensive plan. We are trying to focus that effort to create a center of the community.” Finger Lakes Gaming and Racetrack is a popular attraction in Farmington, with 44,000 square feet of gaming and live horse racing on 450 acres. Opening its doors in 1962 as a racetrack, the venue has hosted some of the sport’s greatest jockeys and thoroughbreds. Video gaming machines were added in 2006, creating a full entertainment destination, complete with live music and dining options. Not only is it an entertainment hotspot bringing visitors into the community, the casino and racetrack is also the largest employer in Farmington. With a recently opened one-million-square-