Transforming the Detroit Riverfront

(5:15)

with Mark Wallace, President & CEO of the Detroit RiverFront Conservancy

Posted

Jul 09, 2019

The Detroit River flows for 24 nautical miles from Lake St. Clair west and south to Lake Erie as a strait in the Great Lakes system and forms part of the border between Canada and the United States. Mark Wallace, President and CEO of the Detroit RiverFront Conservancy joins host Laurel Hess to outline the projects that are attracting citizens to the Detroit riverfront.

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