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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 ...
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 ...
The Conservancy is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, governed by a 19-member board of directors, with five members representing the City of Detroit: a seat appointed by the Mayor, one by the City Council, representatives from the Recreation Department and General Services Department, and the manager of Belle Isle in the Recreation Department.
Meanwhile, Kilpatrick closed the century-old Belle Isle Zoo and Belle Isle Aquarium because of the city's budget problems. The City Council overrode his funding veto for the zoo and gave it a budget of $700,000. In 2005, Time magazine named Kilpatrick as one of the worst mayors in America. [25] [28] [29]
Detroit leaders bitterly opposed the state’s takeover of Belle Isle, but even city leaders admitted they no longer had the money to operate the 982-acre park.
Detroit Community Sailing Center members are teaching young students how to sail as part of their Challenge the Wind program on Thursday, July 20, 2023 from the banks of the Belle Isle Boathouse.
[2] [5] A notable backer of the project was John C. Lodge, a former mayor of Detroit and a member of the Detroit Common Council. [2] The Nancy Brown Peace Carillon is octagonal in cross-sectional shape, 98 feet (30 m) in height, and located near the band shell on Belle Isle.
During a virtual meeting last week with Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield and the developer of the newly proposed housing, several Brush Park residents said they are fine with new ...