Jul
17
Detroit’s Viola Liuzzo Park Undergoes $1M Makeover
ByThe park will benefit from green infrastructure meant to prevent storm water runoff in the surrounding residential area.
Viola Liuzzo Park Plan
Detroit—Ground was broken on the $1 million upgrade of the Viola Liuzzo Park, located on the northwest side of Detroit. The green area will feature a playground with new equipment, a picnic shelter, two pickle ball courts, fitness equipment, new walkways and an attractive, environmentally sustainable landscape design.
The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD), together with the Detroit Parks and Recreation Department and the Viola Liuzzo Park Association decided to include innovative green infrastructure into the park in order to make it more inviting and improve Motor City’s water quality. Specifically, the plan includes building bioretention gardens that use the natural processes of soils and plants to take in rainwater from roads and sidewalks, before it reaches and overwhelms the city’s sewer system…
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