BY JENN SAMSEL
Special to the Monitor
The co-owner of the Keystone Heights Golf and Country Club said he is closing the facility’s doors at the end of March.
Brad Harvey said he has been trying to sell the course for a year, because the costs of keeping it open is exceeding the course’s revenues.
“It’s been a financial setback and has been unable to recoup its funds. I have been working for free,” he said. “I have builders coming into the area this week looking at potentially buying parcels of the golf course, making those sections into a development. We’re going to sign a contract and put houses on it.”
Harvey said Bradford County officials told him the land is already zoned for single-family housing.
Some residents around the course are expressing their strong dissatisfaction with the current situation. One concerned resident has suggested that it may be worthwhile for Tallahassee to consider purchasing the course, potentially preserving it for the community and safeguarding an important local asset.
“If the State could invest millions of dollars in taking our state parks and converting them into golf courses, then why couldn’t they save a 108-year-old golf course?” asked Jim Skiles. “My suggestion would be for Tallahassee to consider if golfing was of interest to them, they look into the potential of buying this course.”
The City of Keystone Heights, on March 3, voted to cease discussion of purchasing the course.
