Development of State Fairgrounds site

[Gistok]

Although I wouldn't be upset if they moved the Grant House to Fort Wayne [[only if there's room within the precincts)... I do agree that Greenfield Village would give the house more visitors. It would be a perfect fit among the other historic 19th century sites [[Lincoln's Logan County Court House, Noah Webster House, etc.). I've been to the State Fair a dozen times during its' heyday, and never once had I been to the Grant House while there... was it even open during the fair?? If so, it certainly wasn't heavily promoted...

[cman710]

Although I wouldn't be upset if they moved the Grant House to Fort Wayne [[only if there's room within the precincts)... I do agree that Greenfield Village would give the house more visitors. It would be a perfect fit among the other historic 19th century sites [[Lincoln's Logan County Court House, Noah Webster House, etc.). I've been to the State Fair a dozen times during its' heyday, and never once had I been to the Grant House while there... was it even open during the fair?? If so, it certainly wasn't heavily promoted...

Agreed, Gistok.

[Rolfsy]

Odd that we lost the State Fair at a time when people have never been more interested about where their food comes from. Moreover, closing it didn't seem like THAT much of cost savings - like closing the aquarium on Belle Isle. More of a symbolic gesture.

Now that things are starting to turn around, it seems we are just 'over' State Fairs. It's like there hasn't been a peep on the interwebs about saving it, even with the recent news. Relocating to the riverfront would be great, but the present location will be central to the region for decades to come - not to mention the great old buildings.

It seemed the Fair really just need a retooling to stay relevent. Hopefully a municipality [[Detroit? creative ownshership with Woodward 5?) takes this site over with the intent of re-starting the Fair. This is one of the last corners of Detroit where new development is needed. Re-stabilization of Livernois for sure, but the Marshall Plan necessary to rebuild east of Woodward would be better spent downtown/near-downtown. There's barely anyone over there to retain, and anyone who's waiting to move back to detroit is going to skip right over the first 5 miles of it.