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The Detroit Zoological Society is a non-profit organization that operates the Zoo and the Belle Isle Nature Center. The $44.5 million annual operating budget of the organization is supported by earned revenue, philanthropic support, and tri-county ( Macomb , Oakland , and Wayne ) millage.
Owned by the city of Detroit, Belle Isle is managed as a state park by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources through a 30-year lease initiated in 2013; it was previously a city park. [1] Belle Isle Park is the largest city-owned island park in the United States, and Belle Isle is the third largest island in the Detroit River, after ...
Belle Isle Park is a 982 acres (397 ha; 1.534 sq mi) island state park in the Detroit River managed by the State of Michigan. Until November 12, 2013, it was a city-operated park operated by the City of Detroit Recreation Department.
As Belle Isle moved from city control to a state park in February 2014, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources had its hands full. The City of Detroit had filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy the ...
As early as 2000, the city’s new Master Plan for Belle Isle opened with a warning: “Belle Isle is in crisis. A major effort is needed to restore Belle Isle to its prominent place as one of ...
A newly established non-profit organization, Belle Isle Boathouse Management, Inc. (BIB Management), will manage the boathouse long term, guaranteeing public access while also seeking ...
The island is within the city limits of Detroit but is administered by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, as the island was designated as a state park named Belle Isle Park in 2014. [2] The island is connected to the mainland by the MacArthur Bridge, which carries East Grand Boulevard and connects to East Jefferson Avenue. Belle Isle ...
Belle Isle hosted the Detroit Zoo from 1910 until it relocated to its current location in Royal Oak in 1956. The island facilities then converted to a children's zoo, later named Safariland with ...