"W NEWS Ground broken ML Greylock project goes begging Palmer Design comes to New England ADAMS, Mass. — The Com- Greylock Center is intended to at ex-sand pit AMESBURY, Mass. — seek a 40-year lease on the monwealth of Massachusetts is showcase the idea of sustainable Arnold Palmer's first signa- 221-acre section of the town- still looking for development development and management SCITUATE, Mass. — Ground ture course in New England owned farm with Champion- proposals for a 1,063-acre recre- techniques and to promote re- has been broken and eyes are set will be on the rolling fields of ship . The selection ation/residential site — includ- gional economic development in on the Widow's Walk the former Woodsom Farm marked the end of several ing a possible golf course — at Massachusetts, in this case, the project at a former sand and gravel here near the Massachusetts- years of discussion and false the base of Mt. Greylock. northwestern part of the state. pit here on the Massachusetts New Hampshire border. starts over plans to build a Massachusetts officials re- One of the most significant coast. The Michael Hurdzan-de- Palmer Course Design Co. course on land the town bought cently issued a revised Request revisions includes the allowance signed muni will be one of the and a Florida-based construc- in 1988 to prevent residential for Development Proposals of residential units, the increase most closely observed course con- tion firm are part of a team led or commercial development. (RFDP) for the Mt. Greylock site. in the potential number of golf struction projects in recent years. by Championship Golf Enter- The layout is expected to The RFDP is based on an ex- holes to 27 and the idea of time- Last year, a nationwide con- prises of Larchmont, N.Y., be an upscale, daily-fee course panded and fully-approved mas- interval ownership. The deadline ference of environmentalists and which was recently chosen to with greens fees starting at ter plan for the Greylock Center for submissions of development golf course industry representa- build and develop the course. about $35. The course should that now allows for a conference proposals to the Department of tives selected Widow's Walk as The town of Amesbury will open in 1998. center, up to 27 holes of golf and Environmental Management is one of two projects that would residential development. 3 p.m. on May 22, 1996. demonstrate the viability of "en- vironmental reclamation" golf courses — the idea that a golf course can enhance and improve a piece of abandoned land A no-pesticide, fertilizer-free zone will be enforced within a 400-foot radius of the town well, which is on the property. International Golf Construction Co. will build the course, which will meander across the former Boston Sand and gravel site. The site has been vacant since 1975. Wildcat Cliffs Country Club Forest Ridge Golf Club The Standard Club Corcoran Jennison Hospital- Highlands, NC Broken Arrow, OK Duluth, GA Columbus, OH ity Co. of Boston, operators of Ocean Edge golf course in Brewster, Mass., and Glen Ellen in Millis, have been awarded a five-year, $1.5 million contract to manage the complex. Bank of Boston has underwrit- ten a film and video history of the project. The video will in- clude aerial photography of the site before, during and after con- Blachwolf Run Norwich Golf Course Athletic Club Granite Bay Golf Club struction. The course is expected Kohlen M Norwich, CT Duluth, GA Granite Bay, CA to officially open in 1997.

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