Belle Isle vision: Restaurants, camping ... a hotel?

[Detroitnerd]

Take a deep breath, folks:

"The president of the Belle Isle Conservancy says it has NO plans for a hotel on the island. The group is clarifying a report in Sunday’s Detroit Free Press, which suggested that a hotel is one of several ideas being considered to draw more people to Belle Isle. Conservancy President Michelle Hodges tells WDET’s Pat Batcheller the group doesn’t advocate any development that might ruin the island for visitors."

from:http://wdet.org/posts/2015/05/18/805...s-for-a-hotel/

Hahahaha. Somebody effed up here, whether it was Riley or the nonprofit head or what. You don't start a puff piece with dreams of a hotel unless there are serious dreams of a hotel.

Every 10 years, somebody comes up with a plan to plop down some imposing piece of single-purpose architecture on the island.

http://archive.freep.com/article/200...ter-Belle-Isle

As they say, never believe any plan until it's officially denied. You can bet your sweet ass they can't wait to set up an unaccountable "public-private partnership" and try to set up franchises on the island, including a luxury hotel. The idea is that parks are stupid. They don't create revenue. But a park that's connected to a luxury hotel would create revenue, just enough to where the little people could come on the island during the day and enjoy a little recreation. At least until they're deemed "nuisances." Or if some billionaire needs the park for a day, a week, or a month.

Same old stuff ...