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Detroit needed help to save Belle Isle: 5 other gems the city handed over for improvements
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoLike many Detroiters, generations of Donna Givens’ family grew up visiting Belle Isle. It was the...
Detroit Boat Club building on Belle Isle faces demolition — and it’s a big mistake | Opinion
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 6 months agoI honestly thought we were over this. But here's the Michigan Department of Natural Resources,...
Belle Isle lost attractions as maintenance costs went up during decades of decline
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoPony rides, canoe rentals and a public nine-hole golf course once drew visitors to Detroit’s Belle...
Belle Isle’s transformation under state control: What's changed, what's still coming
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAs Belle Isle moved from city control to a state park in February 2014, the Michigan Department of...
Detroit to deploy beachcombing robot on Belle Isle to pick up trash
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIn an effort to connect Detroit's automobile heritage, nonprofits' efforts to fight pollution and...
Belle Isle Boat Club can be saved. Saying otherwise is a cop-out | Letters to the Editor
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoWhen the State of Michigan leased Belle Isle Park from the City of Detroit in 2013, this obligation...
Belle Isle traffic revamp: 2-way roads, bike lanes, ferry access among proposed ideas
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe main road around Belle Isle could be converted to two-way traffic, among other changes meant to...
Belle Isle has 2 eventful days: Sea creatures, scary slides and more
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBelle Isle, island jewel of Detroit, is bursting with life as new attractions speckle the park. This...
Kites on Belle Isle and a lakefront psychic fest: 5 things to do in metro Detroit
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoIt's the perfect time of year to embrace the sunshine and engage in kite flying adventures on Belle...
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy news prompts anger, sadness | Letters to the Editor
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoI have been a contributor to the Riverfront Conservancy for many years. My donation is not a large...