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Originally Posted by Fuzz
Residents did vote them out, but a lot of the decisions had already been made. One of the reasons why the current council, who fought TSMV had to give up the fight.
I think if a golf course was converted in that way, with a return to green spaces included, residents would largely support it. It would mean regaining access to areas that they can't currently go, and provide what the town has been asking developers for for decades. The objections, I would imagine, would largely come from outside the community. Yes, there would be some calls to return the land to wild land, but I think most understand that is not a fight they would win.
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I'm not trying to play 'gotcha', but isn't this very close to what is happening with TSMV? The course was cleared, landscaped (including bunkers, water hazards, and cart paths)...pretty much everything short of laying the unnatural sod. Of course the end-result is unlikely to be mostly modest row-houses, but that could probably be achieved to a greater degree with a more constructive process.
The other thing is that there is already a couple schools and some other commercial services down there. Add more housing and you likely see even more services like a corner store, which could reduce the need to go into the centre of town as often (ie. parking, traffic).