PHOTOS: See inside Detroit’s new Wilson Park before it opens this weekend
We got an early tour of the new 22-acre Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park, which will open to the public on Oct. 25.
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Immigrating from Bangladesh to Hamtramck, Nazma Begum had no friends, no English language skills, and no experience with outdoor activities. But all of that changed when she went on her first camping trip.
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Oak Park’s pool has one last dip as it closes and prepares for a new expansion. Residents share their memories and concerns about the pool’s past and future.
Detroit set to open 3 new rec centers, thanks to “unprecedented” funding influx
The city of Detroit recently opened a new recreation center, will open another soon, and is about to break ground on a third.
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The city of Detroit is charging ahead with its vision for the 29-mile Joe Louis Greenway. With about two miles of additional trail segments opening this year, 8.4 miles of the planned greenway are now complete.
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