Newsboy Shelter at Belle Isle demolished

[Dumpling]

https://www.michiganradio.org/post/b...cil-skips-vote

It had been on the table to convert Belle Isle into a state park
but Detroit's city council would not vote to approve that. In the
subtext of their non-vote, however, any and all funds from the
state designated for the improvement and up keep of the island's
amenities would have been gratefully accepted. If the State of
Michigan were to have designated specific grants for specific projects
on Belle Isle, then brought these grants to City Council for
final approval, of course I can't say this for sure, because I'm
not a council person, but I think the Detroit City Council would
have given their approval at the time.

One thing to consider is, who is being extractive and who is
being inclusive. Some might have a sense that Belle Isle was
about to be converted to extractive uses if it were to become a
state park. Fees for entrance, parking tickets, parking fees,
assiduous towing away of cars parked anywhere but in
designated places would all be extractive uses.
Recently there was a news item about a pizza parlor owner
being sickened by the City of Detroit's ticketing practices and
taking action to prevent them.
If a municipality is being deceptive about issuing three
dollar handicapped parking tickets for spots that are not
clearly marked as such, then it is being extractive. Although
it was a form of graffiti, the pizza parlor blue street paint
should have been allowed to remain.

https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/new...ting-road-blue

Well on the bright side, the City of Rochester Hills is coming
close to raising $50,000 for an innovative park that MEDC will
match once $50,000 has been raised.

https://www.patronicity.com/project/..._playground#!/

For the Old Newsboy picnic shelter on Belle Isle, the amount
raised on the fundraising site was $2,500, and there was no
mention of MEDC picking up the rest of the tab, be it $50,000
or $650,000.

The honorable Belle Isle major donors are as follows:

https://www.belleisleconservancy.org/givingsociety