A US$45 million donation from the billionaires, in addition to funding from Diller’s Expedia Group, will transform parks and public spaces
Melinda French Gates, Mackenzie Scott, Barry Diller and Diane von Furstenberg, and the Seattle-based Expedia Group —where Diller is chairman and senior executive—are donating an estimated US$45 million to the city of Seattle to improve parks and public spaces along the waterfront.
In addition to funding Elliott Bay Connections, Scott is providing an unrestricted US$10 million grant to the Friends of Waterfront Seattle, which is raising US$200 million to construct a new Waterfront Park by 2025. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is providing a US$10 million challenge grant to the effort as an incentive to encourage additional giving.
Elliott Bay Connections includes a greenway that will be three-quarters of a mile long on the waterfront with 2.5 acres of new public space, the news release said. Native trees, shrubs, and ground coverings will be planted, and existing infrastructure, such as sidewalks, crossings, and signage, will be improved. An old trolley track and sidewalk on the city’s Alaskan Way will be reconfigured into a two-way multi-use path for cyclists, pedestrians, and people in wheelchairs.
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