Expansion Planned
The club has been working with the City of Seneca to expand the course at Shaver Recreation Complex. Last year, there were plans in the works for the city to fund $5,400 for the purchase of an additional 18 baskets with sleeves for Seneca. Shaver would then have two 18 holes courses.
Adam Wright recently reported to the club that that money has been cut from the city budget due to the economy in Seneca and more important things were also being cut from the budget.
Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander has recommended the club come before the city council and ‘feel them out’ about using A-Tax money to fund an expansion of the course. For this to happen, we (GODG) would need to show the city council how many out-of-town players play the course in Seneca and how many players travel to Seneca for tournaments and end up staying in hotels, motels and at camp grounds. The more players we can show or document that come to Seneca to play and end up staying over night and eating in local restaurants, the better chance we have of getting money.
If the city council is receptive, we would be eligible for a grant in October. Mayor Alexander believes that while the council wouldn’t vote until October, he would be able to ‘get a feel’ for the council. If he feels the decision is likely to be in our favor for an additional course, the club would begin to plan.
A second course would utilize a large field to the west of the current course and would be more open and quite a bit longer than the current course. The hope is that Seneca would have two very different courses…one offering a wide open course to go along with the current short ‘finess’ course.
As we work toward this second course, we will keep you updated.