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Botanical Garden Would Bring Tourists To Louisville

Posted by: Brenda Meyer
Thanks to: Brenda Meyer
15 June 2005 - 12:00pm

The Louisville Botanica gardening group is betting that if they build a botanical garden, tourists will come.

"If Louisville would build a $20 million botanical garden on a closed landfill across from Waterfront Park, it could attract 100,000 people a year and inject $2.7 million into the economy, according to consultants hired to evaluate the idea."

Full Story: Private study backs botanical garden; funding an issue
Source: The Courier-Journal, June 13, 2005
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