01-27-2023, 06:43 PM
(01-27-2023, 03:57 PM)panamaniac Wrote:(01-27-2023, 01:12 PM)tomh009 Wrote: If the golf course is ever closed, I would like to see (most of) it turned into a large urban park. That would provide outdoor recreating for far more people than a golf course -- an 18-hole course will probably only see a maybe three hundred people playing in the course of a day, whereas a place such as Victoria Park will see that in less than an hour. At about $50 for a round of golf (not including equipment!), it's still not an inexpensive sport, and very much out of reach for many people.
I'm not advocating that at the moment, but I suspect that the day will come when it's time to convert it to non-golf usage.
The golf course would make a great Arboretum. The club house could easily house a restaurant and programming space.
I would argue that it kinda is already a large urban park, as well as an arboretum, and a restaurant, and a community space. The building hosts events all year. I voted there.
Rockway isn't a stuffy inaccessible country club. Rockway gardens is used by tons of people, and it flows into the golf course. There is a trail and a paved path though the golf course which many people use all year round. You don't have to golf to walk on the property and enjoy the nature and the surprisingly pretty view of the Kitchener skyline.
Both courses turn a profit and employ dozens of people. Revenue goes directly to the city. Twilight is $27 which is by far the best rate to play golf you'll find.