肯塔基州费耶特县列克星敦市盖顿基金会10月29日向肯塔基大学植物园捐赠3000万美元：新建教学楼并扩建游客中心与停车场
比尔·盖顿基金会10月29日宣布，向肯塔基大学—列克星敦-费耶特县植物园暨肯塔基州植物园捐赠3000万美元，用于新建与改造设施及景观提升。肯塔基大学校长伊莱·卡皮卢托当天在植物园举行的庆祝活动上宣布了这笔捐赠，基金会受托人、大学与市政府领导、捐赠人、志愿者与社区成员一同出席。捐赠将资助以下改造：扩建多萝西娅·史密斯·奥茨游客中心以扩大活动用途；新建一座设有专用教室与沉浸式展览体验的教学楼；游客中心与教学楼之间的整体景观；重新设计的入口与改善的停车和无障碍设施；“肯塔基徒步”展区沿线提升；以及把运营设施迁至场外。新的教学楼将以马丁-盖顿农业食品与环境学院前院长斯科特·史密斯命名。基金会受托人丹尼·邓恩表示，盖顿热爱家乡肯塔基，公园是让儿童与成年人亲近自然的场所，植物园的教育功能是这笔捐赠的重要受益方向。
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky: Gatton Foundation Donates $30 Million to University of Kentucky Arboretum on Oct. 29: New Education Building, Expanded Visitor Center and Parking
The Bill Gatton Foundation announced on October 29 a $30 million commitment to the University of Kentucky – Lexington-Fayette County Arboretum, the State Botanical Garden of Kentucky, for new and renovated facilities and landscape improvements. University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto announced the gift at a celebration at the Arboretum that day, joined by foundation trustees, university and city leaders, donors, volunteers and community members. The gift will fund the following improvements: expanding the Dorotha Smith Oatts Visitor Center for expanded event use; a new education building with dedicated classrooms and an immersive exhibit experience; an integrated landscape between the visitor center and the education building; a reconfigured entrance with improved parking and accessibility; enhancements along the Walk Across Kentucky; and relocating operational facilities off-site. The new education building will be named in honor of Scott Smith, former dean of the Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment. Foundation trustee Danny Dunn said Gatton loved his home state of Kentucky, that parks are places where children and adults alike can enjoy nature, and that the Arboretum's educational mission is a major beneficiary of the gift.
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