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Detroitman
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Post Number: 942
Registered: 06-2004
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Posted on Sunday, March 26, 2006 - 8:04 am:

Car dealers pitch plan for Cobo expansion

DADA wants to go after federal funds for a research and exhibition center
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pb cs.dll/article?AID=/20060326/O PINION03/603260335

Merchantgander
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Post Number: 1681
Registered: 01-2005
Posted From: 68.42.172.120

Posted on Sunday, March 26, 2006 - 12:32 pm:

This idea is brilliant if we can leverage the federal dollars. The only problem I see is that it is so creative and out of the box that the city will never let it happens great ideas die fast in this region.

"deciding who will control Cobo." This statement is why it will never happen.

Dougw
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Post Number: 1044
Registered: 11-2003
Posted From: 68.248.42.84

Posted on Sunday, March 26, 2006 - 10:00 pm:

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A new idea is emerging for expanding CoboCenter, and it’s an intriguing one.

The Detroit Auto Dealers Association, reconciled to the reality that political and economic barriers make a publicly financed expansion unlikely, now wants to explore turning Cobo into a research and exhibition center for new technologies related to the automobile and alternative energy industries.

And they hope that much of the $600 million tab will be picked up by the federal government and other sources, removing the debate over Cobo’s future from the hopeless swamp of regional squabbling. ...

Seems like an idea worth exploring, at least, since nothing else is happening with Cobo lately.