Dustin Blitchok Planet Detroit, Author at Bridge Michigan https://bridgemi.com/author/dustin-blitchok-planet-detroit/ Michigan’s nonpartisan, nonprofit news source Tue, 23 Sep 2025 17:15:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://bridgemi.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/cropped-android-chrome-192x192-1-32x32.png Dustin Blitchok Planet Detroit, Author at Bridge Michigan https://bridgemi.com/author/dustin-blitchok-planet-detroit/ 32 32 247008660 Belle Isle among state parks that could shut down without Michigan budget deal https://bridgemi.com/urban-affairs/belle-isle-among-state-parks-that-could-shut-down-without-michigan-budget-deal/ https://bridgemi.com/urban-affairs/belle-isle-among-state-parks-that-could-shut-down-without-michigan-budget-deal/#respond Tue, 23 Sep 2025 17:14:47 +0000 https://bridgemi.com/?p=66962 Michigan must pass a budget by Oct. 1 to avoid a government shutdown and resulting closures or access limitations at state parks like Belle Isle.]]>

Michigan must pass a budget by Oct. 1 to avoid a government shutdown and resulting closures or access limitations at state parks like Belle Isle.

]]> https://bridgemi.com/urban-affairs/belle-isle-among-state-parks-that-could-shut-down-without-michigan-budget-deal/feed/ 0 66962 10 years after Michigan took over Belle Isle, Detroit takes stock https://bridgemi.com/urban-affairs/10-years-after-michigan-took-over-belle-isle-detroit-takes-stock/ https://bridgemi.com/urban-affairs/10-years-after-michigan-took-over-belle-isle-detroit-takes-stock/#respond Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:23:02 +0000 https://bridgemi.com/?p=65662 A decade after the state takeover and $144 million in improvements, Detroiters are weighing what’s been gained, and what’s been lost, on the city’s river island.]]>

A decade after the state takeover and $144 million in improvements, Detroiters are weighing what’s been gained, and what’s been lost, on the city’s river island.

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