Major park project to start in six months

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The San Antonio River Foundation is planning to break ground in six months on an outdoor environmental learning center after receiving a $2.4 million donation from a global resources and petroleum company that is a major player in the Eagle Ford Shale.

Confluence Park, which has been in the planning stage for three years, got a critical boost with the donation announced Thursday at a luncheon of the foundation, the private partner of the San Antonio River Authority.

Rod Skaufel, president of North American shale for BHP Billiton, said the project presented a “great, great opportunity” for the company to help the community.

“This project’s going to happen,” he told about 200 people at the downtown luncheon, as foundation officials discussed the project just northwest of Mission Concepción and Concepción Park.

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