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Programming Calendar & Concessions For 2008
New RiverWalk Café, Wheelhouse Detroit Bike Rentals and Carousel Set to Open on May 2 |
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4.29.08 – The Detroit RiverFront Conservancy released details today on several new initiatives that will be bringing new activity to the Detroit Riverfront in 2008.
New to the riverfront this summer will be the RiverWalk Café, with locations at Rivard Plaza and Pavilion and Gabriel Richard Park Plaza and Pavilion. The Conservancy is partnering with Diamond Hospitality LLC, a Detroit based food service company, to manage the RiverWalk Café, which will offer a variety of menu options including salads, sandwiches and specialty offerings representative of Detroit’s rich food culture....
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Detroit Riverfront Conservancy Announces Commemorative Bench Program
Proceeds to Benefit the Detroit RiverFront Conservancy East Riverfront Project |
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Detroit RiverFront Conservancy Announces New Fall Hours for River Carousel |
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(Photo by JJR) 9.27.07 - The Detroit RiverFront Conservancy (DRFC) announced today new operating hours for the River Carousel, located at Rivard Plaza on the Detroit International Riverfront.
Beginning Friday, September 28th through Sunday, October 28th, the carousel will be open for rides on weekends only, with operating hours running from 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. on Sundays.
As a thank you to the community for their support, the DRFC is offering discounted rides through October 28th at $1 per ride. All proceeds go towards the operation and maintenance of the River Carousel....
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Visit the Detroit International RiverWalk
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(Photo by Ara Howrani) 8.13.07 - The Detroit RiverFront Conservancy (DRFC) opened the Detroit International RiverWalk this summer with beautiful views and great family attractions from Cobo Center to just past the Belle Isle Bridge. While the summer’s still going strong, visit the Detroit International RiverWalk with your family and experience firsthand the new gem of the city.
“The Detroit International RiverWalk is an amazing asset to the city and the region and the best time to take advantage of all it has to offer is during the summer. We want to encourage all families to visit the great attractions and take in the natural beauty of the area while the fantastic weather lasts,” said Faye Alexander Nelson, DRFC president and CEO.
Rivard Plaza, along with approximately two miles of East Riverfront RiverWalk, opened to the public in early June 2007. Rivard Plaza highlights include the custom-designed River Carousel, a standing glass map of the St. Lawrence Seaway and an in-laid granite map of the Detroit River.
The River Carousel features creatures that are native to the Detroit River and costs $2 per ride. The hours are Monday – Thursday, 11 a.m. – 8 p.m., Friday, 11 a.m. – 10 p.m., Saturday,10 a.m. – 10 p.m., and Sunday, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. The carousal is scheduled to be open until mid-fall this year.
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| Detroit RiverFront Conservancy Cuts the Ribbon on the East Riverfront |
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The Detroit RiverFront Conservancy officially opened the East Riverfront on Friday, June 22, 2007 with a Grand Opening Ceremony and Ribbon Cutting at the new Rivard Plaza and Pavilion.
State of Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, City of Detroit Deputy Mayor Anthony Adams, Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano and Kresge Foundation representative Laura Trudeau joined DRFC President & CEO Faye Nelson and DRFC Board co-chairs Matt Cullen and Derrick Miller to cut the ribbon.
The event celebrated the first significant opening of new public space on the Detroit International Riverfront since its inception in early 2003. More than 75 percent of the East Riverfront project, from Joe Louis Arena to Gabriel Richard Park, just east of the MacArthur (Belle Isle) Bridge, is complete and open to the public.
The ceremony also served as a kickoff to the inaugural Detroit International River Days, presented by General Motors, which will begin at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, June 22, and culminate on Wednesday, June 27, with the 49th Annual Target Fireworks.
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| Detroit RiverFront Conservancy Opens New RiverWalk and Plazas and Pavilions |
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The Detroit RiverFront Conservancy opened significant new portions of RiverWalk to the public on Wednesday, June 6. A ceremonial “first ride” on the River Carousel marked the occasion – with 5th graders from St. Scholastica Elementary School getting the honor.
New portions opened included Rivard Plaza, at the foot of Rivard Street and the river, along with a plaza at Gabriel Richard Park, just east of the Belle Isle Bridge. More than one mile of new RiverWalk, stretching east from Stroh’s River Place all the way to Mt. Elliot Park, was also opened.
These segments joined already completed portions of RiverWalk at the Civic Center Promenade at Hart Plaza, GM Plaza and Promenade and the Tri-Centennial State Park Harbor. All in all, more than 75 percent of the East Riverfront is open and walkable.
A formal grand opening ceremony will be held on Friday, June 22 at the beginning of Detroit International River Days – but the public is now welcome to enjoy the new Riverfront.
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| Detroit RiverFront Conservancy Given Donation of Bikes from Riverfront Holdings |
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6.19.07 - The Detroit RiverFront Conservancy was very pleased to be the recipient of three donated mountain bikes from Riverfront Holdings, Inc. The bikes will be used by the Conservancy’s security team to patrol the recently opened RiverWalk.
“We are so pleased to be the recipient of such a generous and thoughtful donation,” said Faye Nelson, President & CEO of the Detroit RiverFront Conservancy. “With more than 2 ½ miles of RiverWalk now open and walkable, the bikes will really prove useful to our security team.”
Nelson gave special thanks to Conrad Schwartz, Riverfront Holdings, Inc., asset manager and Rick Gurley, director of Renaissance Center security. |
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Participate in the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy's Buy a Brick and Membership Programs! |
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| Welcome to the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy's Buy a Brick and Membership Programs. Play your part from the start. Become a member and leave your mark by buying a brick on the RiverWalk! |
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CLICK HERE to Order your brick ONLINE TODAY!
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| Detroit Riverfront Conservancy Welcomes One-of-a-Kind River Carousel to Detroit’s Riverfront... |
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| 5.08.07 - The carousel will be a featured highlight at Rivard Plaza, one of two plazas and pavilions the Conservancy will be opening to the public in early June 2007, along with close to two miles of East Riverfront RiverWalk. The other plaza is located at Gabriel Richard Park, just east of the MacArthur (Belle Isle) Bridge. |
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| This is the DRFC's Vision of the East Riverfront |
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Community Leaders “Walk the Water’s Edge” as
Detroit RiverFront Conservancy Announces Progress, Plans and Membership Campaign... |
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| 7.26.06 - Construction is moving full speed ahead along the Detroit International Riverfront, as the Detroit RiverFront Conservancy (DRFC) provided key stakeholders and community leaders with a full update on efforts to transform the riverfront. The program, complete with boat and hard hat tours, a thank you to recent funders and the announcement of a membership campaign, took place today in a breakfast briefing on the riverfront. |
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The Community Has Spoken!
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| The New Carousel Voting is Complete! |
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The community has spoken and provided great input regarding preferences for ride creatures that will be featured on the new carousel at the Rivard plaza along the Detroit International Riverfront. Nearly 800 votes were received for a variety of river- and Great Lakes-based creatures here on the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy's website, over the last four weeks. |
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>> Click here for final creature voting
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| Riverfront efforts are progressing |
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1.30.06 Significant strides have been made in transforming the Detroit International Riverfront over the past two years, with considerable construction planned for 2006, as one of Detroit’s largest revitalization efforts.
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| Update on Former Bob-Lo Boat Columbia |
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1.17.06 The Detroit RiverFront Conservancy has completed an 18-month study regarding the feasibility of restoring the Steamer Columbia, one of the Bob-lo boats. Regrettably, the Conservancy leadership has concluded, after exhaustive efforts to rationalize the anticipated operating costs of a restored Columbia, that undertaking this significant project would be difficult if not impossible during these difficult economic times.
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| National Foundations Commit $17 Million To Further Detroit's Revitalization |
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12.02.05 Financial support of the transformation of the Detroit International Riverfront substantially increased recently with a commitment of $2 million from the Ford Foundation to the Detroit RiverFront Conservancy, Inc. (DRFC), part of a larger group of commitments linked to Detroit’s innovative riverfront development totaling $17 million from the Ford Foundation and also the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
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| Silo Demolition Makes Way for Revitalized Waterfront |
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10.11.05 The City of Detroit and the State of Michigan have commenced demolition of three cement silos along Detroit’s waterfront, following a ceremonial demolition held Oct. 11 at the LeFarge Silo on E. Atwater. Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick struck the ceremonial first blow in the destruction of these obtrusive facilities that have survived decades of failed ideas and proposed plans.
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| DRFC Receives $32 million For East and West Riverfront Development |
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7.30.05 Following an announcement by U.S. Senators Carl Levin (D-MI) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), the Detroit RiverFront Conservancy (DRFC) is celebrating a major funding announcement of $32 million for the East and West Riverfront Development. The DRFC funding includes $29 million for the West Riverfront greenways and $3 million for the East Riverfront.
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| Groundbreaking Ceremony Held for Bates Street Outfall Project |
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8.1.05 The groundbreaking ceremony for the Bates Street Outfall project - a collaboration between U.S. Senator Carl Levin, the Corps of Army Engineers and the City of Detroit, was held on Monday, August 1, 2005. This groundbreaking marks the beginning of a project that has been in the works for more than 30 years.
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| DRFC Banners Along RiverWalk |
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7.26.05 The DRFC is proud to announce that we have our permanent banners along the RiverWalk as we show the world who we are. The distance measurement markers are already on the RenCen portion of the RiverWalk (including in metric), with all intentions of having a distance measurement feature as part of the overall RiverWalk wayfinding/signage system in the future. |
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| The Detroit RiverFront Conservancy Hosts National Media |
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7.12.05 The Detroit RiverFront Conservancy (DRFC) hosted a luncheon, led by the Conservancy Co-Chairs, at Coach Insignia restaurant to introduce national feature and travel media to the Detroit International Riverfront on July 12 during a Baseball All-Star FAM (familiarization) Trip hosted by the Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau (DMCVB).
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| Detroit Riverfront to Benefit from Governor's New Clean Up Projects |
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3.29.05 In a press conference held at Tri-Centennial State Park on the Detroit Riverfront, Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today identified 47 environmental cleanup projects that will be completed around the state as part of her plan to create tens of thousands of jobs and jumpstart Michigan’s economy this year.
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| Buy a Brick and Membership |
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| New images highlight the beauty of Detroit's new Riverwalk. |
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| Visit our Photo Gallery for some great photos of the Riverwalk, Plaza and Renaissance Center. | | |
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| Demolition work begins as progress continues! |
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| Tri-Centennial State Park enjoys successful first summer! |
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| View photos from this past summer of the Tri-Centennial State Park and Harbor. | | | |
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| Park & Harbor Lighthouse |
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| Follow construction from start to finish of scale replica of historic Tawas Point Lighthouse at Tricentennial State Park & Harbor. | | | |
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