Well, it looks like I don’t have to worry about gunshots from the golf course any more. Parker Edwards, owner of the Cheviot Hills Golf Course, is selling the course. The last round of golf will be played June 30th.
While I won’t miss the guns, I will miss the course. Development has surrounded it from all sides, which added to its charm. Here’s this course from the 1930s: a slice of the past in my backyard. I read on its website today that the Edwards family homestead dates from 1792. Quite impressive.
The article quotes other real estate sources claiming that the site would be “great for mixed-use development.” Those are simply code words “another big box strip mall.” With the exception of The Lassiter at North Hills, I can think of few properties touted as “great for mixed-use” that turned out to be anything other than asphalt and big boxes.
Edwards isn’t saying why he’s selling it (probably because pesky neighbors won’t let him hunt at night). He’s also not saying who is buying it, so there’s no telling what the future holds for the course. Most likely it will be paved.
One thing keeping it from big-box stardom is the very limited access the property has from Capital Boulevard. There is a frontage road leading to it from the Gresham Lake Road – Capital Boulevard traffic light. There’s also an entrance on Capital with no signal. Neither one is ideal for moving lots of traffic to and from the property. That is a busy stretch of Capital to begin with and adding another traffic light is only going to make things worse.
Ah well. I’ve got a mere few weeks to find a day to go play Cheviot Hills before its gone for good. Any MT.Net readers want to join me for a foresome? (Do I have enough readers for a foresome?)
Where’s the Triangle’s super-entrepreneur John McConnell when we need him?