Theme Park Project's Success Worries Residents

The creator of the Bonfonte Gardens theme park in Gilroy, CA, claims it celebrates nature. If it is sucessful, residents worry the park may change the very lifestyle it celebrates.

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August 19, 2001, 11:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"[For] Michael Bonfante, this unusual botanical garden and amusement park that he opened two months ago are an evocation of a Santa Clara Valley before land developers moved in and rural towns, like Gilroy, were transformed into bedroom communities for Silicon Valley, 30 miles away. [The] 75-acre park is just in its first phase of development. Mr. Bonfante said he expects to begin building a hotel, convention center and shops by 2003. That is what troubles some residents. Already, neighbors are complaining about the noise."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: California Park With Theme From Past Raises Modern Concerns

Sunday, August 19, 2001 in The New York Times

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