Wilson Foundation investment is changing the face of Buffalo’s waterfront (Video)
Parks and trails have always been a big part of the Western New York experience, but their prominence and accessibility have grown significantly in recent years thanks to the support of the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation.
Read the full article at »KABOOM! and Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Announce Play Everywhere Design Challenge to Bring Play to Everyday Spaces
Application now open for $1 million to bring creative playspaces to communities in Western New York and Southeast Michigan. The Challenge, now in its third iteration, invites communities to submit creative design ideas that make it easier for families to incorporate play into everyday moments.
Download Press ReleaseAmbitious plan would (literally) reshape LaSalle Park
Artpark & Co. receives $250,000 from Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation in support of master plan to revitalize grounds, improve connectivity, facilities & programs
Architects Ask for Continued Input for Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park
Wilson Foundation to grant $200 million for waterfront parks, trail connections in Detroit, Buffalo
Wilson Foundation helping remake parks in Detroit, Buffalo
Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Announces $200 Million Investment in Parks & Trails Initiative
Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation Announces $200 Million Investment in Parks & Trails Initiative
The gift honors the Foundation’s namesake, Ralph C. Wilson, Jr, on the 100th anniversary of his birth and celebrates his legacy in the communities he was most devoted to. The funds will be split evenly, dedicating $100 million to each region to help develop signature legacy parks, advance the vision of completed regional trail systems, and support the sustainability of these public spaces. (more…)
Download Press ReleaseHow Detroiters Are Shaping a Post-Industrial Riverfront Park
Sure, sometimes, the 22-acre space comes alive for the occasional outdoor concert, but for the most part, Detroit’s West Riverfront Park is pretty desolate compared to the city’s RiverWalk, just a few miles east and home to lush wetlands vegetation, family-friendly playgrounds and volleyball courts and spacious walkways that welcome three million visitors a year of all races and incomes.
Read the full article at Next City »$2M Wilson Foundation grant will connect neighborhoods “everywhere” and to “everything”
Greenways will soon take Detroiters from 8 Mile to the Riverfront and everywhere in between. That’s the “gist” of the anticipated impact of a $2 million Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation grant announced by Mayor Mike Duggan today. Neighborhood residents, who remain largely disconnected by roadways that split neighborhoods and partial pathways that lead “nowhere,” will soon be fully connected by the Inner Circle Greenway (ICG), a 26-mile recreational path that will provide non-motorized access to city parks, commercial corridors, job sites, the riverfront and downtown.
The $2 million will be used to develop comprehensive design and construction documents for the Conrail property and all remaining unconstructed segments of the ICG, as well as an overarching ICG Framwork that incorporates the half-mile corridor to either side of the greenway itself.
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