Detroit Riverfront Invites Community to Vote for Title of #1 in Contest 

After winning the title in 2021, the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy is once again in the running for the Best Riverwalk in the country as part of the 2022 USA TODAY 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards contest. The winner will be determined by public daily online voting, which concludes on April 11. The voting site can be … Continued

Detroit Riverfront Invites Community to Vote for Title of #1 in Contest 

After winning the title in 2021, the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy is once again in the running for the Best Riverwalk in the country as part of the 2022 USA TODAY 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards contest.

The winner will be determined by public daily online voting, which concludes on April 11. The voting site can be found here: https://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-riverwalk-2022/. The Detroit Riverfront Conservancy asks supporters to vote often to help the Detroit Riverwalk keep the top spot again in 2022.  

Individuals can vote once a day through the conclusion of the contest. 

“We are truly humbled to be nominated for this award for the second year in a row,” said Mark Wallace, president, and CEO of the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy. “The community really came together to vote us (the) number one last year and we are hoping for a strong run again this year. It would be quite an honor to be named Best Riverwalk in 2022.”  

Nominees for USA TODAY 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards were selected by10Best editors along with a panel of urban planning experts. There are 20 river walks across the country in the competition including Smale Riverfront Park (Cincinnati), Chicago Riverwalk, Charles River Esplanade (Boston), San Antonio River Walk, Canal Walk (Indianapolis), and others.  

The Detroit Riverfront attracts 3.5 million visitors annually. 

This will be a busy year for the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy as it prepares to break ground this spring on the Southwest Greenway and the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park, the latter of which will open in 2024.  Later this fall, the Conservancy will celebrate the opening of the Southwest Greenway and the opening of the Riverwalk extension along the Uniroyal site, which completes its vision for the East Riverfront. 

The Detroit Riverfront Conservancy has invested more than $200 million in the revitalization of the Detroit Riverfront, which has generated more than $2 billion in public and private investment. 

Visit www.detroitriverfront.org for more information.