Best park

After yesterday's troubling designation as one of the world's most dangerous cities, a bit of positive news today. Campus Martius was named the nation's top urban park by the Urban Land Institute: http://freep.com/article/20100416/BUSINESS06/100416019/1318/Detroits-Campus-Martius-named-top-U.S.-urban-park

Campus Martius is small, just two acres, but a lot of activities happen there at various points of the year - if anything is happening downtown, it likely takes place (in part at least) at Campus Martius. Of course, the problem is, I don't believe it is terribly well utilized unless something is happening downtown.

It is too bad Belle Isle isn't just a little closer to downtown.

Now we just need to get Detroit's other parks in order...and maybe clear up some more nice park space downtown and midtown while we are at it.