Yep Detroit • With more than 40 theaters the Detroit region is second only to New York City for theater seats east of the Mississippi River. Region • Belle Isle Park is the country’s largest and oldest city island and is home to the Belle Isle The Detroit Metropolitan Region is Grand Prix. one of the nation’s most prosperous • The region is home to more than 30 art regions offering endless recreational museums, most notably the Detroit Institute opportunities including trails, golf of Arts, the sixth-largest fine arts museum in courses, canoeing, tennis courts, athletic the U.S. fields and more. The most populated • There are hundreds of parks in the region, in region of Michigan, the region offers addition to 13 metro parks, 10 state parks, 14 Good times everything from urban living to walkable state recreation areas and 17 state game areas. communities to rural settings. The region is also home to four water parks and • Sports anyone? Enjoy Detroit Lions football, over 225 golf courses! Detroit Tigers or United Shore Professional Hey Veteran! League baseball, Detroit Red Wings hockey, • The communities of Clinton Township, Culture Detroit Piston’s basketball, Detroit City soccer, Mt. Clemens, and Warren have been Detroit Derby Girls or the Detroit Rugby named “Purple Heart Cities.” • Charles H. Wright Museum of African American Football Club, to name a few. • The Michigan Military Technical and History houses the largest collection of African- • The Ford Arts Beats & Eats features musicians, Historical Society is dedicated to American art and artifacts in the world. artists and culinary exhibits with over 200 preserving the stories of Michigan • The region is home of the first free-standing performances on 10 stages. citizens who served and sacrificed Holocaust Memorial Center, which has vividly • More than 40,000 stunning cars cruise from WWI to the present. portrayed the Holocaust for more than 25 years. • Got tanks? Warren sure does. The Woodward Avenue during the Woodward • Home to over 1,200 animals from 400 different city is the home of U.S. Army TACOM, Dream Cruise: a celebration of classic car species, the Detroit Zoo was the first U.S. zoo the Army’s pre-eminent ground and culture. with cageless exhibits. support system provider. • Fish with teeth! Pike, walleye and muskie • The Henry Ford offers five distinct attractions that • The John A. Dingell VA Medical abound in Lake St. Clair, Lake Erie, and the celebrate yesterday’s traditions as well as today’s Center cares for Michigan’s largest Detroit River—all of which have become world innovations including the 90-acre Greenfield concentration of veterans living in famous for amazing angling. Wayne, Oakland, Macomb and St. Clair Village and the Henry Ford Museum. • Take a time travel adventure into the 16th counties. • Music your thing? The region offers something century at the Michigan Renaissance Festival. • The USS Detroit, (LCS 7) is the sixth for every musical taste, from the Detroit Opera Navy ship named for the city of House to Royal Oak Music Theatre, to outdoor Detroit, commissioning in the Detroit venues at the Meadow Brook Music Festival, the River in mid-2016. DTE Energy Music Theater and the Freedom • The region is home to Selfridge Hill Amphitheatre. Air National Guard Base.
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• With 29 higher education institutions, southeast Michigan offers degrees in almost every discipline. • Detroit-resident students can have a tuition- free path to an associate degree or technical certificate through the Detroit Promise. • The region is home to globally known Cranbrook Academy—alumni include U.S. Top employers presidential nominees, CEOs and Nobel Peace • Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Prize winners. • Ford Motor Company • The College for Creative Studies was ranked • General Motors the No. 3 design school in the country. • Henry Ford Health Systems • U.S. government
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