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8 45 9 ELECTRIC AVENUE BASSETT STREET g ALLEN h MARION INDUSRTIAL HW 10 VISGER ROAD GREAT LAKES AVE. PARK RAILROAD

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12TH R MONTIE 35 SALLIOTTE ST. 14 15TH E 36 15 16 JEFFERSON AVE. ECORSE 17 l ELECTRIC AVENUE o m OUTER DRIVE n V I 37 39 18 p R Ecorse Riverwalk 40 7.29.08 John D. Dingell Park PEPPER ROAD Ecorse r q SOUTHFIE RAILROAD 20 19 T “Closing the Gap LD RO DRAFT s AD On the North-South t I Connector” LINCOLN PARK O 38 The North-South Connector is a MILL STREET MUD ISLAND primary spine of the Downriver Link 31 21 R u Greenways Initiative that connects Lake v Erie Metropark to the City of Detroit along 22 T the . 29 23

33 E The southeast ‘Downriver Delta’ communities of Detroit zip code 48217, Ecorse, Planned Fort Street Greenway River Rouge and Lincoln Park fall within the Detroit

w x D northeast corner of the Downriver Linked Greenways where the North-South Connector y and Rouge Gateway connect. As each 28 43 community developed its own greenway plan, it GRASSY 24 became apparent that not all plans joined ISLAND together at the city limits. To attain a cohesive 27 RSE CREEK regional greenway network, the communities DIX AVENUE/DIX HIGHWAY AVENUE/DIX DIX ECO z 41 42 25 collaborated to identify various gaps. This GODDARD document illustrates the outcome of their 26 collaboration – ‘Closing the Gap On the BREST AVENUE North-South Connector’.

JEFFERSON AVENUE www.downrivergreenways.org Kemeny Recreation Center Detroit LEGEND

ELECTRIC AVENUE ELECTRIC River Rouge Greenway - Primary Route (Conceptual) River Rouge Greenway - Future Connections (Conceptual) FORD AVENUE NORTHLINE ROAD River Rouge Greenway - Marion Industrial Loop (Conceptual) Detroit Greenway (Planned) Detroit-Potential Greenway (Conceptual) Lincoln Park - Greenway SOUTHGATE WYANDOTTE Lincoln Park - Phase II (Conceptual) Lincoln Park - Potential Greenway (Conceptual) Ecorse Greenway - Phase I (Planned and Partially Funded) Ecorse Greenway - Phase II (Conceptual) Council Point Park Lincoln Park

FORT STREET FORT Ecorse - Potential Greenway (Conceptual) Wyandotte - Greenway (Conceptual) Melvindale - Greenway (Conceptual)

Primary Greenway Spine (North-South Connector & Rouge Gateway) SCHOOLS PARKS AND FIELDS

a. Allendale Elementary School / o. Raupp Elementary School 1. Forman Playfi eld 16. Kennedy/ Ecorse High 30. Edmund Fitzgerald Park 43. Lion’s Park Melvindale High School & Middle p. Board of Education Building 2. Bridgeview Park Community Park 31. Memorial Park and Kennedy 44. Barolo Park School Campus q. Lincoln Park Junior High/ 3. Kemeny Park 17. Papalas Park Memorial Building 45. Piwok Park b. Jefferies Elementary School Senior High Schools 18. Eli Cuingan Park 32. Quandt Park c. River Rouge High School 4. Cicotte Field 19. Bernard Popp Memorial Park r. Paun Elementary School 5. DTE Energy Field 33. Youth Center Park and Council Point Park d. Sabbath Elementary School Community Center Lincoln Park s. Grand Port Elementary School 6. DTE Energy Field 20. Zukonik Pump Station Park e. Boynton Middle School t. Keppen Elementary School 7. Dr. Henry Belanger Park 21. John D. Dingell Park 34. Ford Motor Company Park f. Pierre Tous St. Academy 35. VFW Park u. Foote Elementary School 8. Marion Industrial Loop 22. Senior Citizen Park g. Ann Visger Elementary School 36. Willow Park 9. John Bilak Park 23. Council Point Park h. Walter White Elementary School v. Mixter Elementary School 24. Fop Park 37. Marion Park i. Mark Twain Elementary School w. Hoover Elementary School 10. Memorial Park 25. Beaver Park 38. Braverman Park j. Ralph Bunche Elementary School x. Christ the Good Shepherd 11. Ralph Bunche School Park 26. Wilson Field 39. Exchange Park k. Lafayette Elementary School Catholic School 12. Ecorse Housing Park 27. Propspinner Park 40. Paun Park l. Kennedy School y. Carr Elementary School 13. Bell & Visger Park 28. Kiwanis Park 41. Maple Park m. Ecorse High School z. Taft Elementary School 14. Salliotte & Twelfth St. Park 29. Ford Park 42. Jaycee Park n. Dr. Charles Drew Academy 15. Outer Drive & Fifteenth Park

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‘Closing the Gap On the North-South Connector’ 0’ 600’ 1200’ Fort-Visger Community Development Corporation In Cooperation With The Downriver Linked Greenways Initiative