Belle Isle

How About A Marijuana Lounge On The Grounds Of Belle Isle?

Detroit City Council is getting lots of suggestions for creating revenue-generating businesses on Belle Isle now that a state proposal to lease the island was rejected.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/02/04

Councilman Brown Tweets Lease Deal Can Still Get Done

Detroit City Councilman Gary Brown said Saturday morning on Twitter that he’s still hopeful that conversations with the state can be revived.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/02/02

Detroiters rally to keep Belle Isle on August 1, 2012. (WWJ Photo/Marie Osborne)

Detroit Councilman Threatened Over Belle Isle Proposal

Detroit City Councilman James Tate says some have threatened to run him out of office.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/01/31

Detroit City Council in session (WWJ Photo/Marie Osborne, File)

City Councilman Hopeful Belle Isle Lease Talks With The State Will Continue

Councilman Tate says he felt the lease option with the state was in the best interest of the citizens of the city.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/01/29

State Withdraws Offer To Lease Belle Isle

Gov. Rick Snyder has withdrawn an offer by the state to lease Belle Isle from Detroit.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/01/29

Detroiters line up for a public hearing about Belle Isle. (credit: WWJ/Beth Fisher)

Belle Isle Lease Debate Gets Wild, Raucous

One resident called the council members “Judas,” for considering the lease, adding, “It has one jewel in it and you’re going to take it. Are we ignorant?”

CBS Detroit–2013/01/28

Public Hearing, Council Vote Could Come This Week On Leasing Belle Isle To State

There could be another vocal public hearing Monday about the proposed lease of Belle Isle to the state .

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/01/27

Belle Isle Aquarium (belleisleconservancy.org)

Michigan Glass Project Injects 12k Into Belle Isle Aquarium

Glass blowers from around the country auctioned off all their creations to benefit the Belle Isle Aquarium.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/01/26

Council Skips Belle Isle Vote, Councilman Says It Would ‘Break’ Detroiters’ Spirit

The state has committed to upgrading the 985-acre park, which has blight and maintenance issues and is not a destination for many outside the city.

CBS Detroit–2013/01/24

A Billion For Belle Isle? Developer Wants To Turn The Island Into U.S. Commonwealth

Rod Lockwood would like to see the island sold to private investors for one billion dollars so it can be turned in to a U.S. commonwealth, with its own laws and currency.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/01/21

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