Texas farmer gifts 87 acres of land to be new public park, locals furious as its sold for $10 million to build 'massive' data center

Texas farmer gifts 87 acres of land to be new public park, locals furious as its sold for $10 million to build 'massive' data center

In 1999, Charles Bland, a farmer in his seventies in Taylor, Texas, realized his community was missing something. In comments later reported by a neighbor, he said, “I see the kids don’t really have nowhere to play.” Bland wanted to fix that and so sold 87 acres of his land to the city for just $10 to create a place for “community recreation”, saying, “I’m thinking about giving this land for parkland because these kids need somewhere to play.” A…