“We have this opportunity to create this wild-type environment from the aquarium through Millenium Park to the zoo immediately adjacent to downtown Grand Rapids. How many communities across the country can say that?”
John Ball Zoo CEO Peter D’Arienzo says they’re doing due diligence on property along the Grand River to see if it meets their needs to build one of the largest aquariums in the U.S. requiring 20 acres and 2000 parking spaces plus an interpretive education center and community spaces.
It would be connected to Kent and Ottawa county trail systems in what he calls a “conservation corridor.”…