Belle Isle Island Park Research Paper
Eng.-1520
Proposal Essay 4
Abstract
This essay will provide a brief history of the historical Belle Isle Island Park. It is a beautiful park that has declined over the years due to budget cuts which will continue its decline due to the city being in such a dire situation. Detroit spends an estimated $6 million a year to operate and maintain Belle Isle Park (Helms). The city has filed bankruptcy and could possibly have to sale treasured assets to eliminate its debts. Maintaining ownership of what is the nation’s largest city owned ecological asset, could through implementing the proposed trajectory plan cited in this essay could provide long-term revenue for the city. By …show more content…
in a three-year race deal, after a four-year absence, helped to initiate the return of the Izod Indy Car Series to Detroit on June 1-3, 2012, to race a 2.1-mile circuit on Belle Isle” (Automotive News, 2011). The Penske Corp and Chevrolet funded the building of the race course and some restorations to ready the park for the races. It is apparent that the Adopt-a-Park program has already been initiated around the city and on the island in the past, this validating the possibility of success if the proposed idea of soliciting commercial and private entities to invest in the carrying out of a large scale rehabbing plan for Belle Isle Park. Mayor Bing has already been encouraging residents, block clubs, community organizations and companies to consider adopting a park in a fully developed plan on the city’s government website, where he has posted a city of service plan containing several ‘call to action initiatives’ in which he encourages Detroit citizens to volunteer their time, skills and services in order to assist in the transformation of the city into a city with a renewed sense of
Proposal Essay 4
Abstract
This essay will provide a brief history of the historical Belle Isle Island Park. It is a beautiful park that has declined over the years due to budget cuts which will continue its decline due to the city being in such a dire situation. Detroit spends an estimated $6 million a year to operate and maintain Belle Isle Park (Helms). The city has filed bankruptcy and could possibly have to sale treasured assets to eliminate its debts. Maintaining ownership of what is the nation’s largest city owned ecological asset, could through implementing the proposed trajectory plan cited in this essay could provide long-term revenue for the city. By …show more content…
in a three-year race deal, after a four-year absence, helped to initiate the return of the Izod Indy Car Series to Detroit on June 1-3, 2012, to race a 2.1-mile circuit on Belle Isle” (Automotive News, 2011). The Penske Corp and Chevrolet funded the building of the race course and some restorations to ready the park for the races. It is apparent that the Adopt-a-Park program has already been initiated around the city and on the island in the past, this validating the possibility of success if the proposed idea of soliciting commercial and private entities to invest in the carrying out of a large scale rehabbing plan for Belle Isle Park. Mayor Bing has already been encouraging residents, block clubs, community organizations and companies to consider adopting a park in a fully developed plan on the city’s government website, where he has posted a city of service plan containing several ‘call to action initiatives’ in which he encourages Detroit citizens to volunteer their time, skills and services in order to assist in the transformation of the city into a city with a renewed sense of