Blog: Deeds and Weeds
- Neighborly Spirit
- A group of Reno neighbors is attempting to buy the closed Northgate Golf Course and turn it into a city park. True, it won't be a golf course anymore...but to their thinking, an empty course...
Blog: Deeds and Weeds
- A Sound That Makes You Want To Croak
- Nobody wants to live next to an abandoned golf course. But who knew one of the biggest drawbacks is the sound of frogs croaking through the night? That's what North Fort Myers, Fla., residents are...
Blog: Deeds and Weeds
- A Mulligan at Escena?
- There are signs of life at the Palm Springs community of Escena, site of a proposed 1,450 homes, reports the Desert Sun. The community's Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course has been shut since late 2007. But...
Blog: Deeds and Weeds
- Palm Desert CC: Closed
- Back in June, management of California's Palm Desert Country Club asked for a bailout and we blogged about it here. The money apparently never came through, because the course has closed, according to the Desert...
Blog: Deeds and Weeds
- City Hall G.C.
- My colleague, Geoff, posted an item the other day about a Texas town that had a less-than-satisfying experience owning a golf club. It paid $3.1 million for the course, sold it a decade later for...
Equipment
- Geek Talk For Gearheads
- When numbers lie, and why that's OK
