NEW DISC GOLF COURSE PLANNED FOR BRENHAM
The Disc Golf Course in Brenham could be moving and expanding as the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board heard Wednesday at their noon meeting. For the last 20 years, the City of Brenham has had a 9-hole Disc Golf Course at Hohlt Park. The city is planning on moving the course to the new Family Park. The city has 25 acres to locate a new 18-hole Disc Golf course on the back side of the new park. The plan is to open the new Disc Golf course before the Park’s phase 1A improvements are finished. The current course at Hohlt Park could be converted into a beginner’s course.
In other action, the board approved a request list for the BCDC for various Parks and Recreation Projects. They are currently asking BCDC to consider 13 projects valued at $1.15 million. These funds are derived from sales tax proceeds that are spent locally and are geared to enhance the Parks and Recreation along with Aquatic amenities. The largest project will be Jackson Street Park Phase 1 Improvements which will help assist with upgrades to that park which could include, restroom improvements, ADA upgrades, open air pavilion, larger walking/biking track and new playground amenities. The request is scheduled to go before the BCDC board in July. The Parks and Rec. board also approved a new Memorandum of Agreement between Blinn College and the city for use of the Soccer Fields at Hohlt Park for 5 years. Blinn College will use fields 3 and 4 to practice and Rankin field for all games. Blinn will pay the city $26,500 in 2023 capping out at $30,500 in 2027.
Google disc golf market growth and read what comes up. It seems absurd but all sports are absurd if you think too hard on it. What matters is what people are actually playing, traveling to play, and spending when they get there. It fits into a tourism package as much as the city parks system. It also matters how much it costs to develop and maintain the land, which is a lot less than a golf course or traditional sports fields. It also fits well with jogging trails, boating, natural areas, and all that.
Maybe there are better uses for the land. But if there are then does anybody have any positive suggestions?
Is it genuinely a consensus among taxpayers that a quarter of the park land should be dedicated to something that niche? There’s a wide variety of amenities that would be more receptive to regular usage and less wasteful in their use of space.
Really, they building a Golf course and people having a hard time with inflation and high property taxes. I guess this shows that they get way more money than they need. This is a spit in our eyes
Very few times driving by the disc course at hold park do you ever see 1 person playing on the course we have now so why waste money on a second one.
Because that’s what government does!! Waste money