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原文传递 Golding Family To Donate Riverside Land For New Vicksburg Park

题名：	Golding Family To Donate Riverside Land For New Vicksburg Park
正文语种：	eng
作者：	FRANK MCCORMACK
摘要：	Vicksburg, Miss., will soon have a new community park on the Mississippi River, thanks to a donation from Vicksburg s own Golding family. Golding Barge Line (GBL) has operated out of its headquarters on the east bank of the river, located about a mile and a half above the historic Vicksburg Bridge, for 15 years. That property includes a grassy 5.5-acre tract on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River that's never been developed. Now, brothers Austin and John Reid Golding, the sons of GBL founder Steve Golding, have announced they are working with the city of Vicksburg and Warren County to donate that plot so it can become a public park for the community. Austin Golding is president and CEO of Golding Barge Line, while John Reid Golding is president of Golding Land Company LLC. The brothers are each 50 percent owners of the 5.5-acre lot. The move meets an immediate community need. Vicksburg already has a riverside park, which is located just downriver from GBL's office. That park, however, sits at a lower elevation by the batture and has been closed since April 2020 due to damage from heavy rains and bank instability. "The river is just slowly eating away the bank, and it was eventually going to take the park," John Reid Golding said. "They had to close it. It was just too dangerous for people to be down there." Golding said Golding Land Company has tried to sell the undeveloped property overlooking the river and the GBL office over the past 15 years, yet to no avail. When Vicksburg Mayor George Flaggs Jr. approached the brothers last year to propose donating the property to create a new riverfront park, they knew it was the perfect fit. "In my opinion, it's the prettiest view between New Orleans and Memphis," Golding said.
出版年：	2022
期刊名称：	The Waterways Jouranl
卷：	135
期：	46
页码：	3,7