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Belle Isle’s transformation under state control: What's changed, what's still coming
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAs Belle Isle moved from city control to a state park in February 2014, the Michigan Department of...
Belle Isle lost attractions as maintenance costs went up during decades of decline
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoPony rides, canoe rentals and a public nine-hole golf course once drew visitors to Detroit’s Belle...
Detroit needed help to save Belle Isle: 5 other gems the city handed over for improvements
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoLike many Detroiters, generations of Donna Givens’ family grew up visiting Belle Isle. It was the...
Belle Isle Nature Center reopens following $2.5 million renovation
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Belle Isle Nature Center reopened Wednesday — with a $2.5 million makeover — after being closed...
For many Detroiters, decades of Belle Isle visits have become part of their existence
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAllie McGhee: ‘Belle Isle has become my muse’ Allie McGhee began his Belle Isle journey all the way...
Detroit to deploy beachcombing robot on Belle Isle to pick up trash
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 month agoIn an effort to connect Detroit's automobile heritage, nonprofits' efforts to fight pollution and...
This trash robot is cleaning up Michigan's shores, keeping plastic out of the Detroit River
CBC via Yahoo News· 1 month agoPicture a Roomba, but for the beach: BeBot is a new roving trash collector that will soon hit the...
15 must-see metro Detroit attractions everyone should visit once
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 month agoSo you're looking to explore Detroit. You've heard about us. Bad things. Good things. You want to...
Fire nearly out at Detroit storage facility near Belle Isle bridge, more than 12 hours later
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDetroit firefighters were extinguishing the final hot spots of a four-alarm fire at a storage...
How Coleman Young transformed Detroit's Riverfront, starting with Chene Park | Opinion
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAs we celebrate the completion of the Riverwalk to include the link along the former Uniroyal site...