Has there every been any thoughts of putting a course in that area? I work in Blue Ash and one day at work I thought hey maybe I can play on my lunch break somewhere so I jumped on cincinnatidiscgolf.com and noticed that the closest course was St. Bernard or Winton Woods and those are a half hour away.  So I thought I might ask all you veterans of the area since this is my first year in Cincinnati if anybody had ever looked around the Blue Ash area to put up a course? Not just the blue ash area but any where over there by Kenwood, Blue Ash, Evendale...Thanks

Nienaber

hey thanks I'll go check out that area I could use the driving practice more then playing rounds anyways

I have no experience proposing or designing a course but I like the thought of trying to get one put in that huge void on the map...is there a rule that all the east side of cincy courses have to be out in the boonies (not that there is anything wrong with that)

I think we should start bugging Sharon Woods about putting in a course.

I guess we'd just have to make it 24 holes then.

I second that motion. It could be a simple 9 or even 18 if lucky. Is there anyone who can approach them?

Go to a parks meeting, raise your hand and ask, "What about disc golf?"

I heard that Milford was considering building a course off Buckwheat Road.  Not sure how nice of a course it could be as it is a relatively small and flat there… probably only suitable for a dull 9 hole course.

 

Also they were comparing the new disc golf course to the successful Clermont county parks in Amelia and Williamsburg…

 

I doubt it will turn into anything.

french park in amberly village or the lunken airport park might provide a nice spot. there's also california woods park and the little miami state scenic park as well. i know that california woods could be awesome, if they let it happen.

Next Time I talk with Larry I will try to remember this and mention it to him.

As Donovan said above.. Woodland Mound has huge possibilities. easily have 36+ holes if the county parkd dept was given some helpful pushing.
East siders...this means you.. less talk more action, just takes one person to get the ball rolling, just don't give up.

What do you want the eastsiders to be be doing?  Are their meeting to be attended?

Good luck with Cincy Parks on the Eastside. I've met and walked the Stanberry Park with the Parks Planning Director and almost had a deal until they decided to renovate the place. I've talked to him at length SEVERAL times about French Park and Armleder Park (off of Wooster Pk. North of the Beechmont Levee) and he is definately not into it. I had him promising to expand Burnet Woods to the full 18 holes after I walked the layout with him and the superintendent, but all we got out of that was #1's tee built.

They say they've got no money, but they're dropping MILLION$ on the fountain park at the Banks, Friendship Park on Eastern and the Dog Park at Armleder. What they don't have is unaccounted for money - with the City, they can do anything if they budget for it. I truly believe that the only way we're ever going to get Cincy Parks to get off their wallet and support disc golf is if EVERY ONE OF YOU writes a letter, makes a call, or sends email to the Parks DIRECTOR, Willie Carden, and tell him how often you play disc golf in Cincy area, how far you have to drive to play elsewhere, how much you would like to see disc golf in these areas. The key is not to have all the letters seem like a form letter, and to space out the timing of the letters/emails/calls. They DO count the individual efforts and it means a lot more to them to have communications with individuals than the activist GCFDA. Please do it. I send my annual letter to them, but they're tired of me.

If you guys pledged to write one letter a year to the park dept of your choice, I pretty much guarantee we'd see $ flowing into courses. But, instead, we spend thousands of hours a year playing and complaining to each other about the lack of disc golf support by parks/municipalities. 5 minutes per year (less time than you spend looking for one disc in the woods) would yield a big payoff.

I'm still working on Johnson Park - I've been chiseling away at them for years and think I'm making progress with the new Anderson Parks Director (my sister is the deputy).

Larry Parker and Lou Sand are the two main people I deal with and they are West side contacts. Pete knows the East side contacts

Good luck guys, if there is anything I can do to help I will try but I want to concentrate all my efforts over here.

I would be willing to help on any east side courses. I think that French Park would be an awesome place for a new course, I used to be a Planning intern at Amberley but they have nothing to do with that park. I love driving out to Idlewild and Banklick on the weekends but I wish I had more then just Woodland Mound for my daily practice.