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Foundation Awards $4M to Riverfront Project

DETROIT-The Detroit Riverfront Conservancy is nearing its fundraising goal to revitalize the shore along the Detroit River thanks to a $4-million contribution from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

By Dan Heaton | Updated on October 25, 2004

DETROIT-The W.K. Kellogg Foundation is kicking in $4 million toward what may be the largest civic redevelopment effort in Detroit’s 300-year history. The foundation has approved two grants for the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, which is working to redevelop the shore along the Detroit River, creating a walkway along the river, developing a park and residential and commercial uses.

Battle Creek-based Kellogg is awarding the conservancy $3 million toward its drive to raise $25 million in endowment funds for the Detroit RiverWalk, a three-mile pathway to be built from east of the Renaissance Center to the MacArthur Bridge at Belle Isle, with construction to start early next year. Half of the Riverwalk is anticipated to be completed by end of 2005 and the entire walkway open by end of 2006. Details of plans for the west riverfront, from the Renaissance Center to the Ambassador bridge, have not yet been made public.

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