Detroit parks: nearly $20 million in new upgrades
DETROIT. The city is putting almost $20 million into park upgrades this year, shaped by suggestions from residents and neighborhood block clubs. Eliza Howell Park is getting an inclusive play area, Dorais Park is getting the city's first BMX track, and Jane-Lasky Park is getting a multi-sport court.
The news landed the same week LGBT Detroit opened its Hotter Than July festival, the city's longest running Black LGBT Pride event. A candlelight vigil at Palmer Park's Blue Spruce Tree opened the festival on July 23 at 5:30 p.m., followed by a bar crawl mixer on the Avenue of Fashion at 9 p.m. Friday brings an Art and Film Festival honoring Duane Belin, Saturday a picnic back at Palmer Park, and Sunday a strolling brunch, alongside a competition to find Detroit's next drag star.
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