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Belle Isle State Park is a 982-acre (397 ha) island state park in the Detroit River, home to the Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory, the Detroit Yacht Club, the Detroit Boat Club, the Dossin Great Lakes Museum, a Coast Guard post, and a golf course. Until its November 2013 conversion to a state park, it was largest island city park in the ...
The William G. Milliken State Park and Harbor (formerly named Tri-Centennial State Park and Harbor) is a public recreation area located on the Detroit River just east of downtown Detroit, Michigan, on a portion of the city's International Riverfront. The state park's 31 acres (13 ha) include wetlands, paved trails, and a 52-slip harbor of ...
Detroit Summer is a multi-racial and intergenerational collective based at The Boggs Center in Detroit, Michigan, with the goal to empower local youth to improve their communities. The program was founded in 1992 by James Boggs, Grace Lee Boggs, Shea Howell, and others. [1] [2] This also coincided with the founding of the Boggs Center. [3]
The Huron–Clinton Metroparks system is a regional park system in Metro Detroit in the U.S. state of Michigan.The park system includes 13 parks totaling more than 24,000 acres (97 km 2) arranged along the Huron River and Clinton River forming a partial ring around the metro area.
The Chicago Park District oversees more than 600 parks with over 8,800 acres (3,600 ha) of municipal parkland including their field houses, as well as 27 beaches, 78 pools, 11 museums, two world-class botanical conservatories, 16 historic lagoons and 10 bird and wildlife gardens that are found within the city limits. [3]
Detroit Parks & Recreation maintains 308 public parks, totaling 4,950 (2,003 ha) acres or about 5.6% of the city's land area. Belle Isle Park, Detroit's largest and most visited park is the largest city-owned island park in the U.S., covering 982 acres (397 ha). Grand Circus, the city's first municipal park, opened in 1847. In the early 20th ...
The city is expected to set a public hearing on the latest proposal from pastor Marvin Winans' Perfecting Church to rezone a portion of the property at 19150 Woodward Ave. to make way for several ...
Bay City State Park: Bay: 2,389 acres 967 ha: 1923: Lake Huron: On Saginaw Bay: Belle Isle Park: Wayne: 982 acres 397 ha: 2014 [a] Detroit River: Historic island park in Detroit: Bewabic State Park: Iron: 315 acres 127 ha: 1966 [b] Fortune Lake: Brimley State Park: Chippewa: 100 acres 40 ha: 1922: Lake Superior: On Whitefish Bay: Burt Lake ...