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Alfy Packer 
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Posted on: Apr. 20 2006,4:46 pm |
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There have been people from this community who have owned and operated that property in the past, and may be people who would be willing to purchase it today, or would have purchased it had they known it was for sale. The region is loosing 2 golf course which will have an effect not only on those good old boys you talk about but a lot of working stiffs who enjoy the game too. Even if it were in the plans for the development, how will 9 holes reserved for an elite few living behind the gates of that development answer the low supply high demand created by the two courses being removed from the publics use. What I outlined above is nothing more than an old mans brainstorm. I am too old to do anything with it other than to share. If it makes sense to someone, feel free to run with it. Call it yours and see if you can capture some glory. If you can make it work I think there would be plenty who would consider you a hero and maybe award you something like a free green fee. So lighten up JAR HEAD!
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FlyguyAL
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Posted on: Apr. 20 2006,10:07 pm |
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Thank you Alfy for thinkin about the situation. 
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Replicant
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Posted on: Apr. 21 2006,8:42 am |
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I agree that Alfy has put forth some good thoughts on the subject. I find nothing to disagree with in what he has suggested. 
So has the sale "closed" as super-developer so confidently stated, or was he just blowing developer smoke & sunshine up our collective skirts?
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usmcr
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Posted on: Apr. 21 2006,9:01 am |
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my comments regarding the retention of at least half of the golf course was meant to mean that it would add value to the building lots. a private golf course would be a definite selling point! keep in mind freeborn county is losing population & those that are coming here are not making enough to afford the game! golf at green lea for a single costs $25 for 18 holes + $20 for a cart = $45 for a day of golf, membership for a single $750 ( trail fees $200, cart storage $200 - $250, cart lease $525, 2003 rates). i now golf at oak view by freeborn. the rates there for 2006 are for a single $395 (trail fees & storage $200 - $250, cart lease $400). green fees for 18 holes $23, cart rental $22. it is a nine hole course & is fully watered (fairways & greens). there is ample land on 3 sides of the course for future expansion. the downside is that it not only takes time to develop another nine but that it is very expensive to do so. i to think it is a shame to tear up the country club but that is at the discretion of the new owners! something to ponder, the city is spending 2 million on the bank building & then sell it a nominal price. which would better serve the city the bank blg. or the country club turned into a municipal course?
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Posted on: Apr. 21 2006,9:54 am |
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Officials: City already has plenty of high-end homes
| Quote | The formal announcement Sunday in the Albert Lea Tribune of a purchase agreement for the 18-hole Albert Lea Golf Club and the buyers' intention to turn it into a 120-lot residential developed has left many officials scratching their heads.
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LaFavre said he grew up impoverished in Albert Lea and could never have dreamt of being a member of the golf club. He said he was excited about the prospect of giving something back to the community. |
This guy is so full of BS. He grew up in no slum, lived just off Hwy 69 in the Spartan Ave. area in a house that was no more than 10 years old at the time. I'm sure having a father many people considered a crook didn't help. Boo hoo hoo.
| Quote | | He had hoped to close by today. On Thursday he said he hopes to close on the property next week and plans to begin construction later this year. |
Answered my question above in my earlier post this morning.
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The problem is not that we have too many fools, it's that the lightning isn't distributed right. - Mark Twain.
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Posted on: Apr. 21 2006,12:27 pm |
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I hope LaFavre make it! I hope that they plow every green under! If I can loose good hunting ground that my, and other outdoorsmen's license fees pay for, (to build tiger homes,) well then we surely can afford to loose a crappy coarse with mostly snot nosed a@@es on it. The only way I would like to the coarse stay open is if it had the nice relaxed atmosphere like there was at arrowhead.
Tear it down LaFavre, build your field of dreams.....
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Posted on: Apr. 21 2006,12:39 pm |
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| Quote (sumpdump @ April 21 2006,12:27pm) | I hope LaFavre make it! I hope that they plow every green under! If I can loose good hunting ground that my, and other outdoorsmen's license fees pay for, (to build tiger homes,) well then we surely can afford to loose a crappy coarse with mostly snot nosed a@@es on it. The only way I would like to the coarse stay open is if it had the nice relaxed atmosphere like there was at arrowhead.
Tear it down LaFavre, build your field of dreams..... |
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Posted on: Apr. 21 2006,12:58 pm |
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What goes around, comes around. Hmmm. Let's throw out a scenario here with another future go-round.
What happens sometime down the road when Riverland Community College decides they're going to sell the land that Snyder Field sits on because of its value. The way that end of town is developing, don't think that's not going to happen sooner or later.
Who will be screaming then? Either of you play softball Sumpdump or Two Bears? Bet you know people who do.
I'm not a softball player, but I do recognize the value of having those softball fields because I see the tournaments come to town, I see people using them weeknights and weekends all summer enjoying themselves. Wouldn't want to lose them either.
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The problem is not that we have too many fools, it's that the lightning isn't distributed right. - Mark Twain.
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Posted on: Apr. 21 2006,1:16 pm |
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Posted on: Apr. 21 2006,1:19 pm |
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| Quote (hymiebravo @ April 21 2006,1:16pm) | I think that, part, of the problem they have had out there, is the preconceived notion, that alot, of people have, of, a country club. I can see, that, just by some of the posts, in this thread. That, and just not having, the right people, there operating stuff,( like the restaurant for example). The face of golf, has changed, a helk of a lot, since, 100 years ago, when that place opened. (its a 100 years old right ?) It would be nice, if someone could bring that place, into the modern era, and take advantage, of the increased popularity of golf..... (And I guess we all sort of, know, who is at least partly, responsible for that don't we...... lol)  Thats just my take on the golf course part of the whole thing. Oh..... and yes, that would mean making it a public course. |
Dang Hymie, you need a new keyboard. The one you got throws in a comma almost every other word. But amongst the commas, you got some good thoughts there.
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Some drink deeply from the river of knowledge. Others only gargle. - Woody Allen
The problem is not that we have too many fools, it's that the lightning isn't distributed right. - Mark Twain.
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