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Jonathan Mallard

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Marketplace: Old Golf Courses Become New Kind of Wilderness
« on: January 12, 2015, 12:50:13 PM »
At the risk of upsetting the apple cart, I'm going to post this link for discussion. Why? I still think the overall state of the economy is relevant to the discussion of architecture.

Wetland mitigation banks are becoming quite popular in certain areas of development.


http://www.marketplace.org/topics/sustainability/old-golf-courses-become-new-kind-wilderness
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Carl Johnson

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Re: Marketplace: Old Golf Courses Become New Kind of Wilderness
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2015, 05:02:12 PM »
Likely the best use of any old golf course land.  Around here most such closed courses are turned into subdivisions or the like (e.g., a "retirement home" community).  I can think of one where part of it has become an Interstate highway and the rest returning to nature, for now.  This would be particularly helpful in my community, Charlotte, NC, USA, which is very poor in park and public natural land.  An early Doak course has closed and in the beginning stages of redevelopment, likely into housing and some light commercial.  http://charmeck.org/city/charlotte/planning/Rezoning/StakeholderGroups/TextAmendmentStakeholderGroup/Pages/Golf-Links-Development-Response.aspx
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Dave Doxey

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Re: Marketplace: Old Golf Courses Become New Kind of Wilderness
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2015, 06:23:07 PM »
Virginia National Golf Course is one such example.  It was built on the site of a civil war battlefield, and was closed and sold 2 years ago.

The course is discussed elsewhere on GCA.

It was purchased from bankruptcy by a historical group, given to a local university, and is now a nature preserve.

http://valleypreservationist.com/2014/03/17/cool-spring-battlefield-and-historic-landscape-preservation/

Fascinating, yet sad in a way, to see it grow over.  (all those ball marks that I carefully repaired...)

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David_Tepper

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Re: Marketplace: Old Golf Courses Become New Kind of Wilderness
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2015, 06:44:22 PM »
This sort of outcome is what certain parties have in mind for Sharp Park.
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Andy Stamm

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Re: Marketplace: Old Golf Courses Become New Kind of Wilderness
« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2015, 05:42:33 PM »
Three of the former courses at New Orleans' City Park have been out to pasture since the storm. As such they're very much part of a public park, and I've walked them a few times. Unfortunately they're not kept for anything really, so no one walks them or uses the space at all. Some of the land will be used for the new course and related facilities, but I don't think all of it. I hope that at least any unused land sees more activity than it does currently.
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Philip Hensley

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Re: Marketplace: Old Golf Courses Become New Kind of Wilderness
« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2015, 06:08:10 PM »
Local course in the area is being reduced from 18 to 9 holes so that houses can be put up on the land.

A buddy of mine owns a course on the coast and they are looking at taking 27 holes down to 18 for the same reason. Way more money in developing the land than keeping 3 9's open for cartballing.
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