Riverwalkers: Detroit's free walking program tops 1,500 this year
DETROIT. The Detroit Riverfront Conservancy's Riverwalkers program meets every Tuesday and Thursday morning through the summer at Cullen Plaza on the Riverwalk. More than 1,500 people have registered this season, and the program has run every summer since 2008.
Renee Rodriguez has managed the program for 11 years. Beyond walking past Robert C. Valade Park, Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Centennial Park and the Uniroyal Promenade, participants can join Zumba or drumming classes, get free blood pressure screenings from Wayne State University medical and pharmacy students, and hear from AARP and Henry Ford Health. One participant, age 105, has walked with the group since it started in 2008.
Longtime walkers keep a T-shirt from every season, and wearing them all at once is the closest thing the group has to a uniform.
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