Some of the Park Board's top priorities include developing a park plan for all city parks, enhancing marketing for city parks, and remodeling Washington Ballpark Field.
Members of the Detroit Lakes Planning Commission recommended approval of a conditional use permit and rezoning for a proposed Eventide Senior Living Community on East Shore Drive by a 5-3 vote during their most recent meeting on Oct. 27. Dozens of residents from the east side of Detroit Lake showed up to the meeting and voiced their opposition to the facility. Next stop for the proposal will be the Detroit Lakes Community Development Committee on Nov. 7.
Nearly two dozen residents near the Broadway Avenue cul-de-sac on the north side of Detroit Lakes voiced their concerns and defeated a measure that would have linked their neighborhood road to Terry Street as part of a development plan in the area during a city council meeting on Sept. 13.