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• 02/08/10 - BIA virgin shark birth paper (pdf file)
• 02/07/10 - Detroit News Aquarium article
• 02/06/10 - Shiver on the River at the Aquarium
• 01/09/10 - Heat outage
• 12/13/09 - Aquarium open during the Conservatory Poinsettia Soiree
• Grant resolution being sought for $40.000 grant to fix Aquarium roof
• Koi transfer
  pictures!
• Freep - Tales of love and adventure on Belle Isle
• A benefit for the Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory
• Detroit News -Kenyatta: Create Detroit lottery or city-owned casino to open Aquarium
• News 4, "Night at the Aquarium"
• Free Press: Group seeks to breathe life into old Belle Isle Aquarium
• "A Night at the Aquarium" Held Saturday, July 25th
• Detroit Historical Society"Soul of the City"
• Annual FOBIA meeting was June 25th at Detroit Yacht Club, June 25th 7:00pm
• $40,000 grant to go toward aquarium roof
• BIBS (Next door) Plant sale 04/23/09
• Koi transfer by volunteers - pictures
• Aquarium - open to the public for special event
• Photograps of the Aquarium exhibits by Ron Dawes
• Back on site: Aquarium Virtual Tour
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Michigan's ONLY, and America's OLDEST Aquarium
Belle Isle Aquarium is presently CLOSED - but we are trying to open it.

Shiver on the River focuses on shuttered Belle Isle Aquarium
 The Detroit News article by Santiago Esparza

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What Michigan is missing...

 

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Detroit Citizens Voted:
Re-opening the Belle Isle Aquarium?
YES!!!
Election results: Detroit
August 3, 2005

PROPOSAL
Reopen Belle Isle Aquarium?
100% of precincts reporting
Yes	110,615	88.0%
No	15,093	12.0%

Voters are advised that this is an Advisory Ballot Question and does not guarantee the reopening of the Aquarium.  It did, however, give Voters the opportunity to express their opinions which strongly indicate the need for exploring other sources for the funding and operation of the Belle Isle Aquarium.
 

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What Can YOU do to reopen the Aquarium?

• Stay involved and informed by visiting our web site and attending future meetings.

• Use your connections to help find corporate sponsors, specific building related contractor donations and more volunteers and donations. 

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead, American anthropologist, 1901-1978

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