With the Detroit Children’s Choir on
stage, guest await Detroit residents
Magaly Urista and Jessica Care Moore
who spoke during the Ford
celebration Tuesday June 19, 2018 at
Michigan Central Station in
Corktown. (Photo by HB Meeks/Tell Us
USA News Network)
“Detroit
is open
for
business
for
good,"
Ford
Chairman
Bill
Ford
said as
a few
thousand
Ford
employees
gathered
for the
celebration.
He
added,
“That is
the
point of
technology,
making
lives
better.”
(Photo
by HB
Meeks/Tell
Us USA
News
Network)
Ford
Motor
Company,
Bill
Ford Jr.
share
plans
for the
future
of
Michigan
Central
Station
By
Raymond
Rolak
Automotive
Editor
Tell Us
USA News
Network
DETROIT
- The
iconic
and
discarded
Michigan
Central
Railroad
Station
has got
new
life.
Not only
has it
got new
life,
but an
exciting
plan and
vision
to
extend
the
leadership
of
transportation
mobility
through
the 21st
Century.
That was
according
to Bill
Ford and
the Ford
Motor
Company.
They
rededicated
the
newly
attained
and
massive
building
as the
center
of the
Ford
Mobility
Corridor.
Ford
acquired
the
building
from the
controversial
Matty
Moroun
and Co.
Opened
at the
end of
1913, in
recent
years,
the
station
has been
an
eyesore
to many.
The
progress
will
spur
development
and
increase
property
values
in the
area.
The
expansion
and
improvement
will
anchor
the
Corktown,
Southwest
Detroit,
and
Mexican-town
neighborhoods.
The
estimated
Ford
Corktown
campus
will be
1.2
million
square
feet,
600,000
will be
composed
of the
Michigan
Central
Station.
There
will be
a mix of
community
retail
space,
residential
housing
and the
Ford
Mobility
Corridor.
It is
expected
to bring
5,000
jobs to
the
area.
Initial
plans
include
locating
approximately
2,500
Ford
employees,
mostly
from the
mobility
team.
There
will
also be
space to
accommodate
2,500
additional
employees
of
partners
and
other
businesses.
“Detroit
is open
for
business
for
good,"
Ford
Chairman
Bill
Ford
said as
a few
thousand
Ford
employees
gathered
for the
celebration.
He
added,
“That is
the
point of
technology,
making
lives
better.”
Ford had
praise
for the
vision
of his
great
grandfather,
grandfather,
Uncle
Henry II
and Dad
William
Clay. He
also
praised
Jim
Hacket,
Ford
president
and CEO.
According
to
Hackett,
this
will be
“the
linchpin
of a new
mobility
corridor”
that
stretches
from
Detroit
to
Dearborn
to
Willow
Run to
Ann
Arbor.
Entertainment
for the
upbeat
event
included
the
Detroit
Children’s
Choir
and
Detroit
native
son and
hip-hopper,
‘Big
Sean’.
In
recent
years,
the
railroad
station
was used
as the
backdrop
for
movies,
including
“Batman
v
Superman:
Dawn of
Justice”
in 2016,
“8 Mile”
in 2002
and
“Transformers”
in 2007.
(Photo
by HB
Meeks/Tell
Us USA
News
Network)
Ford
Motor
Company
is a
global
company
based in
Dearborn,
Michigan.
The
company
designs,
manufactures,
markets
and
services
a full
line of
Ford
cars,
trucks
and
SUVs. It
is at
the
forefront
of
electrified
vehicles
and
hybrids.
It also
provides
financial
services
through
Ford
Motor
Credit
Company
and is
at the
lead in
electrification,
autonomous
vehicles
and
mobility
solutions.
It also
has a
vast
real-estate
portfolio.
Ford
employs
approximately
202,000
people
worldwide.
The
Michigan
Central
Station
project
is
slated
for
completion
sometime
in 2022.
This
weekend,
the Ford
Motor
Company
celebration
continues
as the
Michigan
Central
Station
is open
to the
public.
It is a
rare
chance
to view
living
history.
The
project
is not
expected
to be
open
again
for
observation
until
completed.