Detroit River Stories

River Walks, River Talks

August 09, 2022 The Detroit River Story Lab Season 1 Episode 4
Detroit River Stories
River Walks, River Talks
Show Notes

The final episode of season one features conversations from three chance encounters at the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge. On August 21st, 2021, Planet Detroit and Friends of the Rouge hosted a Storybooth Blitz, welcoming all who happened across the booth on the riverfront that day to share their stories and memories of the water--and they did, telling tales of a small band of activists protecting the watershed one creek and wetland at a time; a downstream small town recreating itself in the face of industrial abandonment; and a girlhood and womanhood spent on the water that traces the decline and revitalization of the Detroit Riverfront.