Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks were in contract to buy the course at 6300 Bent Grass Blvd. for $1.8 million earlier this year and planned to turn it into a park That didn’t sit well with neighbors — including the Wallakes — in the nearby Villages of Westchester, a development of about 900 homes whose owners had paid premium prices to live near the course. In fact, the Wallakes had just built a home near the 16th green. “I was ready to walk away from my house,” Bryan Wallake said. “A lot of people were concerned about their property values. We were hearing they could drop by 20 percent.” His wife learned of Metro Parks’ plans while browsing through comments on the Canal Winchester Connection Facebook page. “I said, ‘Oh, my gosh! They’re turning the golf course into a public park!’ ” she said. Concerned residents created online petitions and informational websites to inform the community as to what was happening.
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Where do they get their information? Property values go up when you’re next to a park. I bet the data shows parks are better for property value than golf courses.
yeah but then the poors could just be in a field next to their homes. Could you imagine? dreadful.
Exactly! Courses have to be constantly maintained, and that’s hella expensive to do properly. Otherwise they look like shit. Ever driven by a run-down golf course? It looks pretty ugly.
