Amazon founder Jeff Bezos backs $100 million plan to turn a former US motorway ramp into a 20-acre park in Little Rock
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- ✓Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is investing $100 million to turn a former motorway ramp into a 20-acre park in Little Rock.
- ✓The project, called 30 Crossing Park, will connect green spaces along the riverfront.
- ✓The Bezos Earth Fund said the plan aims to "improve access to nature while giving overlooked land a new purpose."
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Jeff Bezos is investing $100 million to convert neglected urban land into parks across eight American cities. Projects will include restoring vacant properties and creating public parks and wildlife habitats. In Little Rock, a former motorway ramp will become a 20-acre park called 30 Crossing Park. This project aims to connect existing green spaces and cultural attractions along the riverfront.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is investing $100 million into neglected urban land across eight American cities. The massive funds will be used to convert vacant plots, former industrial sites and unused spaces into public parks and wildlife habitats. According to Bezos Earth Fund, the investment will support projects ranging from the restoration of 600 vacant properties in Cleveland to a new park on a former motorway ramp in Little Rock.
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