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A Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park. The City Is Building a Massive Data Center Instead (www.404media.co)
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[–] ArchAengelus@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

IANAL. The general approach to this isn’t to sell it, from what I’ve seen. It’s to lease it for purpose.

We have a number of scouting camps near me that have permissive leases. Technically, the family that “donated” the land has a conditional lease with BSA, with terms like “BSA may use the land so long as one Boy Scout sleeps on the property at least one night per year.” With stipulations that if this requirement is not met, the land returns full and unconditional ownership to the nearest living descendant.

In the mean time, BSA is responsible for all taxes, costs, upkeep and improvements.

Basically, until BSA dissolves, they will be free to use the land. Failure to meet the condition would immediately revert ownership and void the lease.

[–] Syrc@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Not a lawyer either, but the article explicitly says “sold”, so I assume it’s not just leasing

In 2003, the Texas Parks and Recreation Foundation granted the land to another non-profit called the Williamson County Park Foundation. A month later, that non-profit gave the land to the City of Taylor. Five years later, in 2008, the city of Taylor sold the land to the Taylor Economic Development Corporation (TEDC) for $15,000. In 2025, TEDC sold the land to Blueprint, the data center developers, for $10 million.

[–] SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 1 points 4 weeks ago

I can just see it- 'Okay kids it's that time of the year again, whoever wants to get their computer merit badge and their camping merit badge, bring your tent at meet at 6:00 p.m. in the parking lot of the data center on our old campground...' 🤣

(I'm sure that's not the only restriction heh)

But yeah I agree that's the way to go, basically guarantees the donation recipient stays in line and the instant they don't the donation evaporates.