Dream Cruise expands reach into Detroit
The Dream Cruise will be crossing Eight Mile this year: it will hit the
Ren Cen, State Fair Grounds, Campus Martius and Belle Isle.
The Dream Cruise will be crossing Eight Mile this year: it will hit the Ren Cen, State Fair Grounds, Campus Martius and Belle Isle.
Excerpt:
“This is the biggest presence Detroit has had during Cruise week,
absolutely,” said Greg Rassel, former president of Woodward Dream
Cruise Inc. and now Royal Oak’s representative on its board.
The
efforts are being spearheaded by MotorCities National Heritage Area, a
federally funded organization affiliated with the National Park Service
that has been relatively unknown until recently. The office, in the
Renaissance Center, approached Dream Cruise organizers last year with
an offer to expand the Cruise and better market it as a tourist
attraction. So far, it appears set to do just that.
“We have struck a positive chord,” said Gary Familian, executive director of MotorCities.
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