Gifting 528-acre mission completed in Georgetown | Gifting 528-acre mission completed in Georgetown | https://www.recenter.tamu.edu/news/newstalk-texas/?Item=5351 | 2014-01-06T13:53:00Z | 2014-01-06T08:00:00Z |
GEORGETOWN - Austin millionaire, businessman and philanthropist Jack Garey has competed his mission: to donate his 528-acre property to Georgetown to be turned into a sprawling park with an amphitheater and events center.
The property, along the South San Gabriel River in Williamson County, includes his 6,000-sf villa, which will be converted into the events center after Garey passes away.
He’s also throwing in a $5 million donation to help.
The city has big plans for the homestead that will become a park after Garey dies. It will include an amphitheater, an equestrian center, a playground and cabins as well as the villa, which will be used as an events center.
Garey is also giving $15 million to Southwestern University and $6 million to $8 million to the Chisholm Trail Community Foundation, which Cammy Garey, his wife, helped start.
Read more at the Austin American-Statesman.
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