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April 22, 2011
Why Golf & EARTH DAY?
According to Audubon International: "Golf has a unique role to
play in caring for our environment. By their very nature, golf courses provide significant natural areas that benefit people and wildlife
in increasingly urbanized communities across North America. At the same time, golf’s use of chemicals, water, and other resources to maintain
pristine golfing conditions is often criticized for threatening the quality of our environment."
"Now, more than ever before, golfers and non-golfers alike are taking a second look at the nature of the game. Golf courses
offer numerous opportunities to not only provide pleasant places to play, but also to protect drinking water, improve the water quality of our lakes,
streams, and rivers, support a variety of plants and wildlife, and protect our environment for future generations".
In 2008 Richard Toyon created a visual concept of what the Verdugo Hills Golf Course property could become. Envisioning a Regional Park explores ways to expand and improve the environmental and
recreational benefits of the property by incorporating many of Audubon International's ideas regarding environmental stewardship.
Robin Goldsworthy's article "Golf Course Topic of CVCA
Meeting", written after viewing a presentation by Toyon, also emphasizes the recreational benefits of a Verdugo Hills Golf Course &
Regional Park.
Celebrate the VHGC and EARTH DAY 2011
- Play the VHGC! The best way to save the course is to use the course. You can't beat the new prices: Seven Days a Week
- $10 for 18 holes; Seniors & Juniors - $7 for 18 holes. You can view additional information and hours online.
New to golf? Interested in learning? Lessons are available at the VHGC and the course is beginner friendly.
The VHGC also has a great Junior Golf program.
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Contact at least one friend, neighbor or acquaintance and ask if they have been following the proposed
development of the Verdugo Hills Golf Course. Provide information about efforts to save the golf course and encourage them to sign up for the VOICE eBlasts .
New subscribers can sign up online.
- Whether you are a golfer or not, stop by the course and enjoy the beauty and serenity beneath the oak trees while you sample some
of Tee's on the Green freshly prepared items, including a variety of sandwiches, chili, and snacks items. Tee's also has
a fine variety of beers, draft and bottled. For more information check out Lisa Dupuy's review of Tee's on the Green in the Glendale
News-Press.
While you're at the course take some photos to share with us. Please email them to info@savethegolfcourse.org.
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Stop by SaveTheGolfCourse.Org website or visit us on the Save the Verdugo Hills Golf Course Fan Page on
Facebook. If you aren't already a 'Fan', consider signing up. You can also post photos of the golf course on the Facebook fan page.
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And pass along your observations and suggestions about efforts to save the VHGC.
Your input is important.
Will a 229 unit housing development be allowed to pave over the Verdugo Hills Golf Course? Will we lose the beauty and
environmental riches of this community treasure?
To avoid that outcome....Help spread the word!
The V.O.I.C.E. Board
Volunteers
Organized in Conserving the Environment
gcvoice@gcvoice.org
P.O. Box 273
Montrose, CA 91021
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