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Joining
Mayor
Mike
Duggan
were L-R
Antoine
Bryant,
Planning
&
Development
Director,
Joshua
Sirefman,
CEO,
Michigan
Central,
Raymond
Lozano,
President,
Mexicantown
Community
Development
Corporation,
Brad
Dick,
Group
Executive
for
Services
and
Infrastructure
and
State
Senator
Stephanie
Chang |
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The City
of
Detroit
begins a
$6M
remake
of
Roosevelt
Park in
front of
Michigan
Central
Station
•
Renovated
13-acre
park to
include
new
walkways,
landscaping,
event
lawn,
seating
areas,
and
pedestrian
gateway
entrance
• Vernor
Road to
be
rerouted
around
Roosevelt
Park
instead
of
through
it
•
Renovation
to be
complete
Spring
2023
By
Wendell
Bryant
tellusdetroit.com
DETROIT,
MI - The
City of
Detroit,
on
Tuesday,
July 19,
2022,
broke
ground
on a
$6-million
transformation
of
Roosevelt
Park in
front of
the
Michigan
Central
Station
(The
Train
Station),
including
removing
the
existing
roadway
that
split
the park
in half
for
years.
Joining
Mayor
Mike
Duggan
and
other
City
officials
at the
groundbreaking
for the
new
greenspace
were
dozens
of
community
members,
business
owners,
and
Joshua
Sirefman
of
Michigan
Central
Innovation
District
LLC, a
wholly-owned
subsidiary
of Ford
Motor
Company.
The
newly-unified
park
will
serve as
an
amenity
for
southwest
Detroit
residents
and the
5,000
workers
employed
at
Michigan
Central.
By
spring
2023,
the
currently
9.5-acre
park
will
grow to
13 acres
after
the road
removal
and
reconfiguration.
It also
will
include
a
promenade
connecting
Michigan
Avenue
to The
Station,
a new
pedestrian
gateway
entrance
with key
neighborhood
entryways,
walkways,
benches,
and
tables
for
seating
and
landscaping.
"One of
the
biggest
things
driving
our
city's
revitalization
is what
we've
done to
create
more and
better
parks
and
green
space in
our
neighborhoods,"
said
Mayor
Duggan.
"In this
area of
Southwest
Detroit
alone,
we just
broke
ground
on the
Southwest
Greenway
portion
of the
Joe
Louis
Greenway
and the
incredible
Ralph C.
Wilson
Centennial
Park
along
the West
Riverfront.
This
transformation
of
Roosevelt
Park
will be
another
major
benefit
to
residents
and
visitors
of this
area of
southwest
Detroit."
The park
improvements
will be
funded
through
$5
million
from the
American
Rescue
Plan Act
and $1
million
from the
general
fund. As
part of
the
reunification
of the
park,
West
Vernor,
which
currently
bisects
the
park,
will be
re-routed
to trace
the
western
edge of
Roosevelt
Park
(currently
16th
Street)
to
continue
as a
primary
connector
to the
thriving
Mexicantown
business
district.
While
some
traffic
restrictions
may be
during
the
nine-month
construction
period,
nearby
businesses
will
remain
open.
The park
improvements
will be
funded
through
$5
million
from the
American
Rescue
Plan Act
and $1
million
from the
general
fund. As
part of
the
reunification
of the
park,
West
Vernor,
which
currently
bisects
the
park,
will be
re-routed
to trace
the
western
edge of
Roosevelt
Park
(currently
16th
Street)
to
continue
as a
primary
connector
to the
thriving
Mexicantown
business
district.
While
some
traffic
restrictions
may be
during
the
nine-month
construction
period,
nearby
businesses
will
remain
open.
(Photo
by HB
Meeks/Tell
Us USA
News
Network)
"Whenever
we do
project
like
this, we
always
hold
extensive
community
meetings
to get
feedback
from
residents,
since
this
will be
their
neighborhood
park,"
said
Brad
Dick,
Group
Executive,
Services
&
Infrastructure.
"Roosevelt
Park is
in a
great
location
but has
been
under-utilized.
Thanks
to the
input
and
ideas we
received
from
residents
and
other
stakeholders,
we're
able to
create
something
truly
special
that
everyone
can
enjoy."
Michigan
Central
is
working
to
improve
and
strengthen
connections
among
these
neighborhoods
and
attract
workers
and
visitors
to
Detroit
with its
rehabilitation
of The
Station
and
development
of the
surrounding
areas.
The City
and Ford
are
working
to
ensure
this
district
is a
beacon
of
development,
opportunity,
and,
importantly,
a point
of pride
for all
Detroiters.
"Roosevelt
Park and
Michigan
Central
Station
have
long
been
partners
in civic
grandeur
and will
be once
again
with
this
investment",
said
Joshua
Sirefman,
Michigan
Central
CEO.
"Together,
they
root us
in both
the rich
heritage
and
bright
future
of the
surrounding
neighborhoods
and all
of
Detroit.
The
restored
Roosevelt
Park,
with its
beautiful
boulevard
in the
middle,
and the
grand
public
space in
The
Station
will
create a
seamless
blend of
respite
and
connection."
For more
information,
visit
www.detroitmi.gov/rooseveltpark.
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