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Article: Sacramento, Calif., City Officials to Hear Proposal for Car Mall.
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- December 22, 2002
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By Tony Bizjak, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Dec. 22--Long envious of other cities' lucrative auto malls, Sacramento city officials now say they are ready to build their own car sales center in North Natomas to compete with Roseville, Folsom and Elk Grove.
The site would be on vacant land just north of Interstate 80 and east of Truxel Road on what is called Fong Ranch.
City economic development officials, supported by Mayor Heather Fargo, say they will show the City Council their concept for a 50-acre auto mall in mid-January, looking for an informal thumbs up from council members.
"There is ...