2007 Events --> Jan. 23, 2007
County Executive helps open Southeast Detroit recreation project

Detroit – Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, the Wayne County Parks Division, and the Clark Park Coalition (on Tuesday) celebrated the grand opening of the new Clark Park outdoor ice skating arena, located at the Clark Park recreation center in the city’s southwest corner.

The hockey program is the centerpiece of Clark Park Coalition winter programs, providing ice skating and hockey opportunities for youth and community residents during late fall, winter and early spring. Through capital funding of $1-million, Wayne County has ensured the continuation of this program.

The Clark Park Ice Rink is a state of the art regulation ice rink featuring new infrastructure, refrigeration equipment, dasher boards, site lighting, score board, bleachers, basketball rims and paving of the existing parking lot. 

The project also includes two non-regulated basketball courts for use in the spring, summer and fall when temperatures are too warm to make ice, improving the Clark Park Coalition’s capacity to provide year-round recreation to the community of Southwest Detroit.

The event also marked the 15 th anniversary of the Clark Park Coalition, an energetic grassroots community organization that provides year-round athletic programs and learning opportunities to youth in southwest Detroit. This outstanding public-private partnership combines the efforts of the Detroit Recreation Department, which operates Clark Park, and Wayne County Parks, which has provided master planning and capital project assistance.

The Clark Park Ice Rink project was funded through the Wayne County parks millage in the amount of $1 million.  Tucker, Young, Jackson, Tull, Inc. of Detroit, Michigan, designed the ice rink and J.L. Judge Construction Services, LLC of Detroit, Michigan, constructed it.

Clark Park Recreation Center is located at 1130 Clark Street in Detroit.

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