but first up, a major milestone for the detroit riverfront conservancy with the three point five mile east riverfront is no complete with the opening of the highly anticipated detroit riverfront euna royal prominent.

>> we are not just opening another section of the river walk, but we are witnessing the completion of a bold vision.

this started with us in two thousand, two, two thousand, three, but we're standing on the shoulders of a lot of folks that came before us that had visions for the riverfront original vision, three and a half miles of of perpetual public access lake park's the entire way.

so that would transform our community.

so that would transform economic development in the entire area.

and we're really excited that we've been will pull together.

the entire city is going to connect to the riverfront and develop, which is incredible.

>> my generation, my father's generation growing up in detroit.

we didn't have a riverfront.

detroit's riverfront belong to factories and warehouses and cement silos.

and with the ribbon cutting today, it's an historic day because now therefore the front truly belongs to the people of this city.

thank you for everybody.

[MUSIC] >> the conservancy raise more than two hundred million dollars over the past twenty years to transform the detroit riverfront into an award-winning site.