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thanks for understanding
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So we got off topic for a few... Lets not all cry at once now gentlemen lol
*btw we were joking with each other*
So how does someone like myself and others contribute to helping this disc golf course become a piece of reality?
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I finally made it in there yesterday to check out the plans and talk to Ken for a while. He kept saying Pete was involved with the planning of it. Is this true or was he just acting like he had local involvement? He seemed shocked there was only 3 courses on the eastside out of the 30 courses around here... Especially since only woodland gets traffic.
It would be nice for them to go look at other courses like Mason, Mount Airy, and Banklick to see how they were constructed and designed. I just hope this does not turn into another Amelia.
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Only 1 open house left.... My our presense known!
Saturday Nov 7 1 pm – 3 pm Beech Acres Park RecPlex Gymnasium
Beech Acres Park is at 6915 Beechmont Ave.
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Yes - I'm involved in it. Your fear is mine as well - we've got to carve out some more land and push into some walking path areas, otherwise we'll be limited like we were at Harbin with that damned parcourse trail that they wouldn't even move a little.
Come on people - show up and support the best potential for a great eastside course!
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I will be at Englewood for the tourny saturday.
If worse comes to worse we can just set up baskets and play until they let us build one. I remember reading an article about guys who did that at a course in Florida. The loser on each hole had to carry the basket to the pin placement. Could be kind of a fun way to get some of these parks to recognize disc golf.
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If space is an issue well laid out nine-hole multiple tee course is better than 18 holes of lameness. Isn't this a big enough park?
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I think we'll be fine. But that assumes the other residents filling out their surveys and making their priorities known to the park will not knock disc golf out altogether. I figure it made it onto the proposed master plan, so it has some sticking power. My concern is it gets taken seriously enough to warrant them spending adequate $ and land on it.
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I agree... you don't want them to decide to build the course and not take it seriously. Otherwise you'll end up with a lame course with no actual design
If it passes, we'll need to speak up so that quality is ensured in the building process
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Has there been any more information on this project? I have been checking the news and nothing has hit the local paper.
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I take it this project is dead, but if any momentum can be built up for it, I'd love to help out. I live less than 5 minutes away from the park, and I must say, the land there has some amazing potential.
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Not dead, just stuck in slow moving governmental bureaucracy. They have surveyed and staked the new access road into the park. Once the road is in they want to start with building the dam for the lake. Then, they want to finalize the plan for the paved multi-use trail that will wind throughout the park (regretfully, a lot like Heritage Park - same park designers). The parks director indicated they would work that trail in conjunction with the disc golf course design so it doesn't get silly out there. I'm still on it - but phone calls to the parks department inquiring about the course or demonstrating peoples' anxiousness for the course would certainly help provide some nudging. 513-474-0003. www.andersonparks.com/ParkJohnHillsinfo.html Check out the maps on that page.
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pcaldwell wrote:Not dead, just stuck in slow moving governmental bureaucracy. They have surveyed and staked the new access road into the park. Once the road is in they want to start with building the dam for the lake. Then, they want to finalize the plan for the paved multi-use trail that will wind throughout the park (regretfully, a lot like Heritage Park - same park designers). The parks director indicated they would work that trail in conjunction with the disc golf course design so it doesn't get silly out there. I'm still on it - but phone calls to the parks department inquiring about the course or demonstrating peoples' anxiousness for the course would certainly help provide some nudging. 513-474-0003. www.andersonparks.com/ParkJohnHillsinfo.html Check out the maps on that page.
I went out there a couple days ago, and I see what you mean. Posted by the bulletin board was the master plan for the park, which included plans for a DG course, and if you look closely, an 18 hole provisional layout for a course. It's on the link that you sent.
Clearly, there's a lot of work to be done. The lake, scheduled for construction to begin this year, does not appear to have been started yet. Some of the areas scheduled to be cleared remain raw woods, ... I imagine the park will be wonderful once completed, but there's a long way to go. Judging from the provisional design, however, I'm excited to finally have an alternative to Woodland Mound on this side of town.
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i guess there is still no news on this course? i checked the park distict website and they havent any there
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was digging through the website again looks like they bought some new land to build their entrance too bad they cant get the course up and running while they deal with this epa stuff looks like that may take another year we should look into doing a temp course tourney there next year for the CCS if they havent moved forward with it by then
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