January 20, 2005

A test for Detroit

A story about this weekend's Winter Blast in Detroit notes that such events help attract crowds to Detroit. It notes that the annual Detroit Festival of the Arts, held on the Wayne State University campus and around the DIA, attracted 350,000 to Midtown last June. Such events play a vital role in getting people from the suburbs to see firsthand the $1.2 billion in commercial and residential investment that has been made in Midtown since 1998, including lofts and condos.

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