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East Ford remains fixture in community, ''great location'': dealership draws customers from Alabama, Louisiana.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 25-OCT-04 		Format: Online - approximately 1012 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: East Ford remains fixture in community, ''great location'': dealership draws customers from Alabama, Louisiana.(Focus: private companies)

Article Excerpt
JACKSON -- A.L. East III has seen many changes in automotive sales since helping at his father's Ford dealership in Zachary, La., as a youngster. He's watched mass automotive assembly production grow, especially in the U.S., and has endured fluctuating gasoline prices and other industry trends. But the greatest challenge has been bettering the area in which his dealership, East Ford, is located.

"I've been here 42 years, and I've always said that if it gets to where I don't like it, I'll get out," said East, who opened the dealership October 8, 1962, at the corner of U.S. 80 and Robinson Road. "I like it here, and I'm always looking to expand or add services."

East was instrumental in organizing the Metrocenter Area Coalition in 1998. Headed by Nina Holbrook, former manager of the Metrocenter Mall, the coalition has successfully lobbied for the area to be designated the Metro...

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