Excitement taking off for Discovery exhibit
By GLENDA CAUDLE
Special Features Editor
Excitement will be “sky high” Tuesday at Everett-Stewart Regional Airport just east of Union City. That’s when the public can “discover” the architect’s final plans for Discovery Park of America’s centerpiece building, Discovery Center, and get an up-close and truly personal look at one of the chief exhibits — a Stearman plane like the ones in use at the airport when it was known locally as Embry-Riddle Field and was a World War II pilot training school. Read More ...
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Discovery Park of America founders turn to homegrown talent to fulfill dream
By GLENDA H. CAUDLE
Special Features Editor
Homegrown.
That’s been important to Robert and Jenny Kirkland from the beginning.
When their dream of an educational and entertainment complex that would attract attention across the nation — and even beyond its borders — was formally announced almost two years ago as Discovery Park of America, they stressed their desire for local involvement in making their vision a reality.
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Glenda H. Caudle Special Features Editor |
Discovery Park of America hire architect for grounds
DIGGING IN AT DPA — Robert Kirkland (left) and Greg Hnedak look over preliminary drawings on display at Monday’s local planning session with Discovery Park of America volunteers who will be working with the project’s botanical garden and Yesteryear Village components of the project. Read More ...
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