"USA Today" Article on Detroit's Hotel Industry

[emu steve]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel...otels/2586237/

Once again, another article which emphasizes the 'two Detroits' - the downtown and 'everything else'.

One thing that I liked are the last sentences [[direct quote):

Detroit Regional Chamber President and CEO Sandy Baruah says he hopes all the development downtown will eventually spread outward.

"You start with the core, you start with the assets you have, you build them out to make them sustainable and you build out from there," he says.

I have always felt that Detroit's recovery will come along Woodward. Build the downtown, build every piece of land fronting Woodward in midtown, and just keep going.

When I think of Detroit I think of its assets. Its assets, to me, are mostly downtown, midtown [[including WSU, the hospitals, DIA, etc.) and then a little further out things like Henry Ford Hospital.

Detroit needs a solid tax base and downtown is the best hope of building a foundation for that tax base.

Then as new, stable neighborhoods develop they will produce the real estate taxes Detroit needs.

Renovate Dan [[Gilbert) renovate. Build Dan build.