A Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park. The City Is Building a Massive Data Center Instead
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In 1999, a farmer gave away 87 acres of land to a small Texas city to use as a park. The city sold to a data center developer for $10 million.
  • OwOarchist@pawb.socialEnglish
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    2 days ago

    That’s why you don’t donate land to the city to build a park.

    You just build your own park there, while it’s still your own private land. (Or, if you want to be fancy about it, you set up a charitable trust to own, maintain, and administer the land.)

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      71·
      2 days ago

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