Hancock Neighborhood Association Statement on the Hancock Golf Course

Hancock Neighborhood Association Statement on the Hancock Golf Course

By vote of the Hancock Neighborhood Association membership at a Special Meeting held March 31, 2021, a consensus was found on supporting the following components pertaining to the Hancock Golf Course:
 
Component 1: Support budget sustainability for Hancock Golf Course

• Promote adding food and beverage vendors to offset cost for equipment and course improvements
• Suggest opening the Hancock recreation center as a clubhouse on Sundays to promote golf community interest
• Redesign of problematic holes identified on the golf course to increase rounds played
• Youth golf programs that serve city-wide groups, such as the Junior Golf Academy and First Tee
• Introduce adult-beginner programs to attract new players
• Annual frisbee golf tournament
• Family-friendly live music events featuring nonamplified acoustic music to serve as Hancock fundraisers
• Formalize a relationship between HNA and course managers to ensure community engagement.

Component 2: Continuation of non-golf community spaces (trail, soccer fields, playscape, etc.)

• Ensure that existing non-golf community spaces are preserved (trail, soccer fields, playscape, etc.)
• Continued collaboration with PARD on non-golf community use as exemplified in the trail installation
• HNA engagement session to explore the enhancement of community spaces
• Non-golf open park days
• Encourage plantings of trees/bushes for pedestrian/vehicle safety and shade.

Component 3: What we oppose

• Oppose a driving range
• Oppose netting/fencing around Hancock Golf Course
• Oppose night lighting beyond the Hancock Rec Center parking lot
• Oppose a concessionaire taking over general operations of the golf course.

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