Apr 18, 2018 · Some county residents will have to decide if they want their taxes used to fix a privately owned golf course access road. The Legends Drive special tax district is …
Real estate developers built course after course as golf's popularity soared in the 1990s-2000s. It was a successful tactic that added thousands of courses across the …
Option 2: Privatize It. As of 2010, the National Golf Foundation reported that the private sector owns about 80% of the U.S. golf courses that are open to the public (not counting private country clubs, etc.) Government-owned golf courses are a minor and unnecessary part of the market and often lose money.
Apr 17, 2018 · Please keep the golf course viable during the decision process! — Linda Albion, Woodacre County avoided public comment on golf course Niz Brown’s Marin Voice (Nov. 27) is exactly on point. From day one there was an attempt to avoid any meaningful public input about the future of the golf course.
Cities privatize golf courses for many reasons, most of which would apply to privatizing Bobby Jones: 1 Cost savings. Government rules and practices can drive up costs. For example, golf-management firms typically enjoy discounts on everything from fertilizer to insurance, a concentrated buying power advantage that local governments do not usually possess. 2 Increased revenues. From better advertising to programs that speed up play and allow more golfers to use the course, private operators often institute management practices that increase revenues. 3 Increased quality. Private contractors have the capital to invest in the course to improve its quality. 4 Risk minimization. Selling a golf course means no more deficits eating into city budgets.
As of 2010, the National Golf Foundation reported that the private sector owns about 80% of the U.S. golf courses that are open to the public (not counting private country clubs, etc.) Government-owned golf courses are a minor and unnecessary part of the market and often lose money. So it’s no surprise that privatizing golf courses is a popular option.
In the mid-1960s, developers dumped a million cubic yards of fill dirt on top of a thriving coastal wetland in central California to create the nine-hole Ocean Meadows Golf Course. Fifty years later, scientists know a lot more about wetlands’ crucial role in healthy habitat and climate resilience—and Californians are keen to connect to the coast. So in 2013, we helped purchase the flagging Ocean Meadows Golf Course and transfer the land to the University of California, Santa Barbara, which is leading a community effort to restore the buried wetland. Now called the North Campus Open Space, it forms a key link in a 600-acre stretch of connected coastal trails and open space.
Rancho Canada – Carmel Valley, California. Palo Corona Regional Park is a forested, mountainous wonderland on the northern edge of the world-famous Big Sur Coast. But until just this month, only a dozen groups per day could get permits to explore it—because there was no safe place to park.
According to the National Golf Foundation, Bergen County is smack in the middle of the most golf-crazy region in America. Just about nobody wanted to see the Emerson Golf Club close for good, and the Bergen County Parks Department—which operates five other public courses—knows a thing or two about the game. So when Emerson’s owners decided to sell, we worked with the county to acquire the land for the public. As the deal came to a close last year, one county administrator summed it up: "I think this is a win-win for Bergen County.”