Transformative 7-acre public space connects riverfront trails and reimagines historic industrial land
The Lower Town Riverfront Conservancy celebrated the official opening of Broadway Park West, a 7-acre public park along the Huron River at Broadway Street in Ann Arbor, on September 12, 2025. The park, developed on the site of a former industrial facility, is the city’s first public space to be owned and operated by an independent nonprofit conservancy.
The park transforms a once-contaminated property into a community hub, featuring pathways, event lawns, a planned year-round pavilion for gatherings and a pedestrian bridge connecting to the Argo Cascades. At the heart of the park is The Commons, a 2-acre, tree-lined elliptical lawn adjacent to 1,200 feet of riverfront trails that now link directly to Washtenaw County’s Border to Border Trail system…