In an industrialized area like Metro Detroit, connecting communities to nature can be challenging. Friends of the Rouge are working on strategies to engage people with their local watershed and keep the river healthy for future generations.
Life with kids can feel overwhelming and costly. LittleGuide Detroit provides event guides, lists with free activities, birthday party ideas, local parks, recreation, and more for families. We spoke with founder Kerry Doman on how this newsletter, website and social media presence provides to families seeking out fun in the area.
Metro Detroit SHINES in the summer, and we know how to do it well. Here are eight ways to get out and embrace the season before it comes to an end.
Parents around Metro Detroit are grappling with how to talk to their children about the fatal shooting at Oxford High School on Tuesday. Sadly, they aren't alone, but there are resources to help. We've compiled a list of guides that can assist with navigating tough conversations.
The Ecorse Creek Committee Vision Plan identifies four priority projects to begin transforming the creek into a recreation destination: improving riparian habitat and adding recreational amenities at Pepper Park, creating a multi-use trail running along the creek, repurposing the former Rowing Club building along the Detroit Riverfront for recreational use, and improving Dingell Park along the Detroit River.
Farmington Hills-based Friedman Real Estate and Southfield-based General Development Company (GDC) are under contract for the development of the 66-acre Mill Street site.
"We have a very progressive group of board members," says City Administrator Richard Marsh. "They're ready now. I saw it in their eyes during a couple of questions that were asked. I think we've got the right people to transform the downtown area of the city of Ecorse."
Officials at the city of Ecorse have a bold vision for transforming their community into a commercial, recreational, and residential hub – and they've got a broad range of economic development strategies to make it reality.
A walkable business district along West Jefferson Avenue, a riverfront residential mixed-use district, and kayaks paddling down the Detroit River. That’s the vision being Ecorse and River Rouge leaders have for their cities. And they recently took a massive first step towards establishing a joint framework to make it a reality.
Ecorse expects that information gleaned in the study will have immediate and practical use as the city pursues redevelopment projects across the city.
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