Ronnie and Terry Urbanczyk’s were paid 25 million to turn their land into a state park, instead of 125 million to turn it into a bunch of residential properties.
So they rejected big millions off still quite big millions. Also the surrounding community opposed the original deal.
[Yahoo! News] Texas family rejects millions for their property and does something remarkable with it instead: ‘I’m just very grateful’ ( news.yahoo.com )