The decision to not turn Highland Lake Golf Course into a soccer complex is plenty wrong. That's the opinion of Janice Gadson of Flat Rock. "I don't think people understand that it could be a lot worse than soccer," she says. "I moved here from living on a Charleston golf course, which closed and was to be developed with upscale homes, but now people are just staring at a patch of weeds. Oh, my gosh, the folks around Highland Lake could get a whole lot worse than a soccer complex. The decision for Highland Lake definitely was wrong. In Warsaw, Ind., the orthopedic capital of the world, the doctors went in together and built a soccer complex, and it has been very profitable for the town....Yes, but right now it is still a golf course (and a very nice one, at that) and those doctors in Indiana used their own funds (not taxpayer money), but
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Not that it really matters but wish we knew which golf couse she's talking about in Charleston. I can't think of one that has closed.
ReplyDeleteComparing apples w/oranges?. http://www.warsaw.in.gov/DocumentView.aspx?DID=395 Note: development guidelines include: The sites should be capable of reasonable management and not contribute to impairment of public health and safety, or detract from the neighboring properties.
ReplyDeleteThe complex referred to was funded by many local businesses from the Community, along with assistance from the city, county and several grants. The Orthopedic Industry referred to(not doctors) has a $3.7 Billion Annual Inpact!!! Also generates $114 million annually in state and local tax revenues. Need I say more…go figure.