The Rolling Greens Community: Planning for a Community With Social and Ecological Value

Abstract

Over the last few years the number of golf courses that have closed has grown exponentially. The understanding that golf courses aren’t of the highest priority needs to get out to the people who it matters most to. The value of the land is increaing with the rapid expansion of cities and population of our country grows. The growing prices of maintaining that expensive land is a major part of the closure of the courses which leaves large tracts of land, typically in more developed parts of cities, that just sits around overgrowing and becoming an eyesore. This begs the question “Is there an alternative use for this land that would better serve the people and the city?