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Should The Grand Prix Be On Belle Isle? This Group Says No

Author
Michael Betzold, Angela Lugo-Thomas, Sandra Novacek, Sven Gustafson, Jer Staes
Published
Thu 23 May 2019
Episode Link
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/dailydetroitnewsbyte/daily-detroit-may-23-2019.mp3

The Detroit Grand Prix is an annual event that brings nearly a hundred thousand people to the island, national television coverage and some charity dollars through their Grand Prixmere fundraiser.

But there's a group of concerned citizens and park goers who say that the price paid in damage to the park and restricted access is too high.

Today on the show, we talk about this with three members of Belle Isle Concern - Angela Lugo-Thomas, Sandra Novacek and Michael Betzold.

What do you think? Get in touch at dailydetroit -at- gmail.com.

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