DETROIT – A majority of Michigan voters and more than two-thirds of Detroit voters support a proposal to turn Belle Isle into a “special economic zone” featuring high-income, mixed-use housing, entertainment and a retail district, according to a poll released this week.
The plan, backed by Belle Isle Freedom City Chairman Rodney Lockwood, envisions transforming the 982-acre island park into a high-density development with a population of up to 50,000 people.
“Belle Isle would become the country’s first special economic zone with a great degree of autonomy with regard to taxation and regulation,” Lockwood said…