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A Message from Leadership Issue 11 • Quarter 3 • 2020 A MESSAGE FROM LEADERSHIP hroughout a very challenging Our team has implemented safety homes of 2020, the Detroit Riverfront measures to help prevent the spread supporters, and has served as a place of of COVID, and the community has some fantastic peace and encouragement embraced the return of many popular online musical Tfor our community. annual programs along the riverfront this performances. summer, including Yoga, Tai, Chi, Reading You can read In a time when silver linings are in short & Rhythm on the Riverfront and Moon- more about supply, it has been incredible to watch light Yoga. New programs like Kids this important our public spaces play an important Yoga and Senior Hustle Fitness have fundraiser in role in the lives of so many people. been well received. And through a this newsletter. Please join in the fun Some have started a new tradition of partnership with the Detroit Symphony and support our efforts! morning walks along the Riverwalk. Orchestra, we hosted three inspiring Others have reacquainted themselves The health and safety of all riverfront musical performances along the river- with the simple joys of reading a good visitors remains the highest priority front in August. We are grateful to all book on a secluded bench. The beauty for the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy. our program partners for joining us in of our riverfront is that our community Please know that we will maintain our providing a vibrant and diverse summer embraces it in many different ways. social distancing protocols, and our season for thousands of Detroiters. This cleaning team will continue to keep all We are proud that the Riverwalk and the summer has also seen the opening of surfaces as clean as possible. Dequindre Cut have remained open and Smokey G’s Barbecue and Geisha Girls have welcomed more guests than ever Sushi at Robert C. Valade Park. Thank you all for your continued before this year. We are also proud that support. I hope to see you along the the riverfront has been the site of several We’re excited about our upcoming Detroit Riverfront soon. peaceful protests where people have #BeingApartTogether fundraiser that Matthew P. Cullen gathered to have their voices be heard. will feature a unique box of local and Detroit-themed items sent to the Chairman Events and Programming ON THE RIVERFRONT The Detroit Riverfront Conservancy team has embraced the challenges of 2020 and have welcomed thousands of visitors with a wide variety of programming. ommunity favorites such Check out these free offerings and Bring your best moves and prepare as weekly Yoga and Tai Chi come on down to the riverfront. to work up a sweat while listening to classes, Reading & Rhythm Pre-registration is required. Please some energetic music with the scenic on the Riverfront, Herbal visit detroitriverfront/things-to-do MacArthur Bridge to Belle Isle as the CWalk and Talks, Moonlight Yoga and to register. back drop. the Campbell Terrace Music Series Senior Hustle Fitness Kids Yoga and Story Time were back. Exciting new programs When: Every Tuesday through When: Saturday, September 19 & like Kids Yoga and Story Time, Senior September 29 from 10 to 11 a.m. 26 from 10 to 11 a.m. Hustle Fitness and Community Barre Where: Robert C. Valade Park Where: Robert C. Valade Park classes made their debut this summer as well. Get that blood pumping and heart Let your little ones relax and unwind at rate up during a rousing session of beautiful Robert C. Valade Park There’s still plenty of warm and sunny exercises designed for seniors. with engaging stretches and stories weather left to soak in, so the Program- Community Zumba for children. ming team at the Detroit Riverfront When: Saturday, September 26 Herbal Walk & Talk Conservancy is extending some of its from 11 a.m. to Noon When: Monday, September 28 most popular programs for the whole Where: Gabriel Richard Park from 6 to 9 p.m. family to enjoy this month. Where: Cullen Plaza 2 Events and Programming ON THE RIVERFRONT Volunteer Cookbook STORIES Interested in surprising someone FROM THE special with a new dish or dessert KITCHEN you made with your own two hands? Check out “Stories from the Kitchen,” the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy’s Learn about native herbs and new cookbook. It’s more than just plant life during a leisurely stroll a cookbook, it is evidence of how DETROIT RIVERFRONT VOLUNTEER COOKBOOK through Milliken State Park with Conservancy volunteers and staff Detroit Riverfront Conservancy used food to reflect, relax and create volunteer Regina Lawson. community during the pandemic. Detroit Month of Design The cookbook features delicious recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and desserts. When: Every day the month of And, each recipe includes a brief narrative from the person September from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. submitting it as to why the dish is special to them. Where: Dequindre Cut Greenway and Detroit Riverfront, various Some of the recipes in the cookbook are new and some have locations been passed down through generations of family members. The one thing they all have in common is that they are all delicious. Celebrate design in Detroit while checking out some creative and Check it out and please consider making a donation to colorful designs and installations support the Conservancy’s riverfront revitalization efforts at detroitriverfront.org/cookbook. by local and visiting artists along the beautiful Detroit Riverwalk and Dequindre Cut Greenway. 3 COMPLETING THE VISION Throughout 2020, the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy has continued to make progress with construction. iverfront Towers this piece of Riverwalk is signif- completion expected in fall At the end of June, icant because it represents the of 2021. crews returned to first stretch of the two-mile long Uniroyal Promenade West Riverfront Project. complete the board- Construction began in August walk in front of the DDA Parcel on the first phase of the Uniroyal RRiverfront Towers property. With To the west of Riverfront Towers Promenade. This project is the return of construction, the lies a parcel of land owned by the important because it will finishing touches of security Downtown Development Authority connect Gabriel Richard Park cameras, call boxes and the security (DDA). The Conservancy is working with Mt. Elliott Park, officially gateway are now in place. How- with the DDA to develop a crucial completing the Conservancy’s ever, while this boardwalk may section of Riverwalk across vision of a connected 3.5 miles be complete, it won’t be open for their property which will connect of Riverwalk along the East foot traffic until it can be connected the Riverfront Towers boardwalk Riverfront. This first phase will to the rest of the Riverwalk via with what will become Ralph C. focus on the installation of the both the Platform and DDA Parcels. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park. Trades sediment cap in the water, after The Platform Parcel are working on design and build which the Michigan Department Work is complete on the Platform concepts for seawall repair. Once of Transportation (MDOT) will Parcel, the section of Riverwalk complete, trades will pull permits begin construction on the new that runs between the former site and begin work in spring of 2021. section of Riverwalk. When of Joe Louis Arena and Riverfront The Conservancy is looking complete in late 2021, this Towers. By the end of June, crews forward to breaking ground and section will serve as another were able to finish installing the developing this new section of beautiful amenity along the marine railing, light posts, security Riverwalk. With the help of Smith riverfront, featuring creative cameras and benches. Owned by Group in Ann Arbor, the design design elements and landscaping, businessman Peter Cummings, for this project is ready to go, with as well as new benches, lighting, 4 COMPLETING THE VISION security cameras and designated When complete this fall, the sediment along the shoreline of pathways for bicycles and Joseph Campau Greenway will the Detroit River. This important pedestrians. provide Detroit residents on the work will create a safer environment May Creek east side with safer and more for visitors, as well as provide convenient access to the beautiful renewed habitat for fish and The design stage is nearing parks and green spaces along other aquatic life. completion for the May Creek the Riverwalk. greenway. This project will provide When complete in 2023, this Riverwalk visitors with safe and Ralph C. Wilson Jr. 22-acre park will feature a large convenient access to the West Centennial Park water feature, a Sport House for Riverfront from Corktown. The The Conservancy is looking athletics, the Delta Dental Conservancy is working with forward to breaking ground Children’s Play Garden, as well landowners to secure easements on construction for Ralph C. as an expansive lawn for hosting and officially break ground late Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park. special events. This extensive this year with an expected opening The first phase of this project property is sure to be a focal of fall 2021. will be coordinated with the point of activity and a favorite destination for visitors to the Joseph Campau Greenway U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to remediate West Riverfront. Leading the way with construction efforts on the Joseph Campau Greenway, contractors with the City of Detroit have returned to the site, putting the finishing touches on the section between Jefferson Avenue and Robert Bradby Drive. Now on the second phase of construction, crews are working to bring updates such as benches, lighting, security cameras, outdoor power stations, and a 10-foot wide pedestrian and bicycle path the rest of the way up the 1.2 mile greenway to Vernor Highway.
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