肯塔基州列克星敦市比尔·加顿基金会宣布向肯塔基大学植物园捐赠3000万美元：新建教学楼、改造游客中心
肯塔基州费耶特县列克星敦市消息，比尔·加顿基金会10月30日宣布，向肯塔基大学列克星敦-费耶特县植物园捐赠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10月29日在植物园举行的庆祝活动上宣布了这笔捐赠，基金会理事、大学与市政府领导、捐赠人、志愿者与社区成员共同出席。植物园是占地100英亩的公共花园，由肯塔基大学马丁-加顿农业、食品与环境学院管理，也是肯塔基州的州立植物园。
按计划，捐赠将用于新建一座教学楼、改造多萝西娅·史密斯·奥茨游客中心，并提升「穿越肯塔基」活体博物馆与本土植物收藏。这次宣布恰逢肯塔基大学与列克星敦-费耶特县城市政府1986年签署协议、建立植物园合作关系40周年。目前项目设计工作已经启动，预计2028年第三季度完工。校方表示，这笔捐赠将让植物园在教学、科研与公众教育方面发挥更大作用。
来源：GSM·美国
Bill Gatton Foundation Announces $30 Million Gift to the University of Kentucky Arboretum in Lexington on October 30: New Education Building and Visitor Center Renovation
In Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, the Bill Gatton Foundation announced on October 30 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 on October 29, joined by foundation trustees, university and city leaders, donors, volunteers, and community members. The Arboretum is a 100-acre public garden managed by the university's Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment.
The gift will fund a new education building, renovations to the Dorotha Smith Oatts Visitor Center, and enhancements to the Walk Across Kentucky living museum and native plant collection. The announcement marks 40 years since the university and the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government signed their 1986 agreement establishing the Arboretum partnership. Design work is underway, with completion anticipated in the third quarter of 2028.
Source: GSM America
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图片来源：图：肯塔基大学老主楼。w_lemay摄，CC BY-SA 2.0，经Wikimedia Commons。 / Old Main at the University of Kentucky. Photo by w_lemay, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
