Dearborn looks to attract film industry investment

Thursday, April 30, 2009 | Source: metromode
Most people can imagine themselves in the movies. Dearborn is encouraging its residents to help make the city a star too. How? By getting them to be de facto location scouts.

"There are so many different looks that would look good as a movie set," says Randy Coble, a spokesman for the city of Dearborn.

They could range from the deep woods in the University of Michigan-Dearborn campus to the heavy industrial area of the Rouge Complex. City officials want residents to send in pictures and descriptions of these special places that are unique to Dearborn.

The city wants to compile them onto a website so filmmakers can browse these images and see if anything in Dearborn fits their shooting needs. The idea is to attract more movie shoots to Dearborn, thereby bringing in more economic development and activity.

For information on the initiative or to send in photos, send an email to dearbornmovies@ci.dearborn.mi.us.

Source: Randy Coble, spokesman for the city of Dearborn
Writer: Jon Zemke
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