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HISTORY LESSON: Fire, blood and baseball on the hottest, most chaotic day in Detroit history
July 24, 1934, was a day filled with extremes; lumber fires, traffic deaths, police crackdowns, baseball hysteria, and City Hall hijinks.
Joe Louis Greenway to open 2 new miles of trail and new trailhead this year
The city of Detroit is charging ahead with its vision for the 29-mile Joe Louis Greenway. With about two miles of additional trail segments opening this year, 8.4 miles of the planned greenway are now complete.
Where there’s smoke, there may be environmental renewal: How parks use fire to support nature
A burning field, forest, or prairie in your local park may be an alarming sight, but sometimes it's actually a sign of an intentional, controlled process with significant benefits for the environment.
Metroparks offer year-round hands-on science classes in 2 Detroit schools
Through the Supplemental Science program, Huron-Clinton Metroparks staff work with school staff to offer science lessons in schools, usually multiple times a week throughout the school year.
Metroparks highlight new and expanded climate initiatives for Earth Day
The Huron-Clinton Metroparks are celebrating this Earth Day by rolling out several new pilot initiatives that are the first steps in an ambitious plan to combat the impacts of climate change.
Park equity initiatives have big impacts for Detroiters, from students to elders
From school science programming to park revitalization efforts, we talked to local residents about how equity-related efforts in parks have impacted their lives and communities.
Metro Detroit parks’ equity practices bring park improvements, more culturally competent programs
Parks systems are making internal changes to bake equity into how they operate as organizations.
Parks bring free and low-cost nature education to underserved schools in Southeast Michigan
Southeast Michigan's parks are working to connect students in underserved communities to nature and science programming.
Climate change hits Detroit harder than other cities. Here’s how parks are working to change that.
Southeast Michigan's parks are working to address climate equity by mitigating climate change's disproportionate effects on already underserved populations.
HISTORY LESSON: Fire, blood and baseball on the hottest, most chaotic day in Detroit history
July 24, 1934, was a day filled with extremes; lumber fires, traffic deaths, police crackdowns, baseball hysteria, and City Hall hijinks.
Joe Louis Greenway to open 2 new miles of trail and new trailhead this year
The city of Detroit is charging ahead with its vision for the 29-mile Joe Louis Greenway. With about two miles of additional trail segments opening this year, 8.4 miles of the planned greenway are now complete.
Where there’s smoke, there may be environmental renewal: How parks use fire to support nature
A burning field, forest, or prairie in your local park may be an alarming sight, but sometimes it's actually a sign of an intentional, controlled process with significant benefits for the environment.
Metroparks offer year-round hands-on science classes in 2 Detroit schools
Through the Supplemental Science program, Huron-Clinton Metroparks staff work with school staff to offer science lessons in schools, usually multiple times a week throughout the school year.
Metroparks highlight new and expanded climate initiatives for Earth Day
The Huron-Clinton Metroparks are celebrating this Earth Day by rolling out several new pilot initiatives that are the first steps in an ambitious plan to combat the impacts of climate change.
Park equity initiatives have big impacts for Detroiters, from students to elders
From school science programming to park revitalization efforts, we talked to local residents about how equity-related efforts in parks have impacted their lives and communities.
Metro Detroit parks’ equity practices bring park improvements, more culturally competent programs
Parks systems are making internal changes to bake equity into how they operate as organizations.
Parks bring free and low-cost nature education to underserved schools in Southeast Michigan
Southeast Michigan's parks are working to connect students in underserved communities to nature and science programming.
Climate change hits Detroit harder than other cities. Here’s how parks are working to change that.
Southeast Michigan's parks are working to address climate equity by mitigating climate change's disproportionate effects on already underserved populations.
