Belle Isle Close to Becoming State Park

Art at Recycle Here

Belle Isle may be getting a much needed injection of funding soon, and the city may have another $8 million dollars of expenses it cannot afford off the books.

Here is the Free Press article describing the negotiation progress being made and the likely Detroit City Council vote that will take place by January 29th.

Buddy's Pizza Donates to Belle Isle

Old Wayne County Building Downtown

In 2012, local pizza chain Buddy's Pizza, released several Great Lake themed pizza varieties.  A portion of each pizza sold would go to help environmental improvement efforts.  Buddy's just made the donation.  Here is the article from the Free Press.

Detroit Bike City?

Hamtramck, Detroit's dense 2.2 square mile island community, will be greatly expanding the amount of bike lines available with hopes of additional funding to provide greater connectivity to Eastern Market and other Detroit neighborhoods.

The Model D article is here.

Some Things to Do in Detroit

Here are 10 things to do in Detroit from Time Magazine.

Slows BBQ is Expanding

Here are some pictures of the progress.

Hockey is Back!

Fans are happy-ish, but Downtown businesses are the real winners.

Bring on the Tourists!

The Free Press thinks Detroit can become a vacation destination.