Complex sentence: Dargey, a former Tibetan Buddhist monk who immigrated to Seattle in 1997, planned to finance the project with EB-5 visas through his company, Path America; the project was promoted by Lieutenant Governor Brad Owen during a trip to Shanghai in 2014.
Split into simpler sentences: Dargey, a former Tibetan Buddhist monk who immigrated to Seattle in 1997, planned to finance the project with EB-5 visas through his company, Path America. The project's approach to EB-5 financing was also promoted by Lieutenant Governor Brad Owen during a state trip to Shanghai in 2014.