New Golf Course Lands Development Plan Goes to Public

Monday, June 07, 2010 08:33 PM

Pine Valley Golf Course stays as is, rest of the map is as follows: Red areas are commercial; blue=multi family; green=park/recreation ;tan=townhouses; yellowish (not including Pine Valley Golf Course area)= single family residential

Prince George, B.C.- The new plan for the development of the Prince George Golf and Curling Club lands will be going to the public for discussion and input.

In a presentation to Council this evening, Manager of Long Term Planning, Dan Milburn, says there are several reasons for the delay in the development of this plan. In the spring of 2008, the residents of the City had been presented with three options for development, and the option which received the most support (48.8%) was option number two. It called for the existing Pine Valley Golf Course to be turned into a site for commercial development, an auto mall, a new hotel where the Roller Dome now stands, 7 acres set aside for expansion of the Pine Centre mall, medium density housing of perhaps townhouses or condos ada new par three executive golf course to be developed.

Before there were any takers on moving ahead with that plan, the economic downturn hit, the auto mall idea was withdrawn and then there came a new Council which put developing downtown as a priority.

The planners had to go back to the drawing board to look at how the area could be developed without hurting plans for the downtown while at the same time achieving the desires of those who thought the original "option 2" was where they wanted to go.

The new plan calls for less commercial development, reduces the amount of land set aside for the expansion of the Pine Centre mall, leaves the Pine Valley Golf Course intact, and provides more land for a variety of housing options, from single family residences to multi-family and townhouses. The new plan also drops the plan for a hotel as well as the plan for an auto mall. It provides for a linear park through the center of the property. The build out period for this plan is 25 years.

You can view the plan by clicking here.

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Posted on Monday, June 07, 2010 08:33 PM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: bustedbetty on June 8 2010 9:27 AM

This jewel in the centre of the city should be left alone. If the people running the golf course had any business sense at all and weren't so full of themselves, it would be a money maker! How sad that it will become a big paved eyesore!

Posted by: superdave on June 8 2010 10:19 AM

Not to sure what the owners of the golf course are thinking? Do they really think they are going to be able to compete with Aberdeen with a second golf course on the least desirable side of town? with the highest population of mesquitos. They are going to loose a ton of their senior membership! If only they would have started planting trees 10 years ago at the beggining of the problem things would be looking really good by now. I know for me if im driving to the hart to play golf im staying right and heading to Aberdeen!!!

Posted by: Retired on June 8 2010 10:55 AM

The Prince George golf course has a ton of debt and their hope is to sell the current location for a bunch of money, pay off the debt and have a few bucks left . In the end they will probably have a new golf course and if the management remains in a few years they will have more debt and it will be fun to start all over again.

And just think of the fun Milburn will have starting all over again. He probably needs the work.
Cheers

Posted by: bustedbetty on June 9 2010 9:01 AM

Right on the money superdave - nothing is in their favour by establishing a course north of the city (where there already is one). Mosquitoes, hills, weather, distance, it's all bad!

What is the cost per hole of building a new golf course? Can they sell this one, pay off their debts and then have enough money left to build the course properly or will it be half assed like most things?

Posted by: superdave on June 9 2010 10:14 AM

They say the average par 5 golf course costs about a million dollars a hole to build not to mention all their services. They will still need a club house, driving range, parking lots and access. So were looking at what 25 million? And they are getting what, 13 million for the excisting course? 12 million bucks would buy alot of trees and a some much needed upgrades to the clubhouse.

Posted by: bustedbetty on June 9 2010 11:51 AM

They obviously do not have the money to fulfill their dream golf course - doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out. It is typical thinking though on how they do business.............