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Re. Kelowna Springs Golf Course
Open letter to Kelowna’s mayor and city councillors
It is common knowledge health is better if you go out and exercise. Getting together with friends is also healthier for every demographic.
Although I do not play pickleball, bocchi, ride my bike around my city, use the Okanagan Rail Trail, hike other trails in the area or play softball, I support their ongoing upkeep and development to sustain and develop them through the city’s tax structure. Even though I see those venues vacant of people (players), we support them.
I do play golf and I see Kelowna Springs Golf Course as a niche course that supports affordable quality golf, compared to others in the area that offer a greater challenge at a much more expensive rate.
There is only one other golf course in the city that provides that style of affordable play. The City of Kelowna has purchased Michaelbrook Golf Course and publicly stated it wants to turn it into ball fields. Shadow Ridge Golf Course has already been designated to be turned into part of the airport.
What I can’t get over is the lack of Kelowna city council getting seriously proactive in taking on the Kelowna Springs Golf Course. (The course) was specifically designed to be walked, catering to every demographic, with a major golf course designer, Les Furber, designing the green complexes and bunkering. That gives Kelowna Springs a design that brings the golf course to be above average playability, while still playable for all demographics.
As a previous writer pointed out, city run municipal golf courses in other cities are successful and profitable. The city needs to look seriously at how much it is spending on recreation and for what demographic. Golf is something that falls into every age category.
The Kelowna Springs Golf Course, as a city owned facility, would benefit the residents of Kelowna and the city would benefit from cash flow, not to mention the value of the property would continue to rise. It would be a win-win for the City of Kelowna.
Mr. Mayor, it’s time for you to keep your promise. Show you care about recreation for all in our city and do what you said you would do, whatever legal direction you have to go in to preserve Kelowna Springs—expropriate or rescind rezoning.
Fight it out to preserve (the golf course).
Dave McClellan
