Councilwoman Armstrong To Host Public Meeting On Future Of Golf Course

Louisville KY

10 April, 2022

3:43 AM

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Press release from the City of Louisville: April 8, 2022 Louisville Parks and Recreation and Olmsted Parks Conservancy, in partnership with Louisville Metro Council, will close the Scenic Loop in Cherokee Park for one day a month to vehicular traffic and open Uppill Road in Iroquois Park to vehicular traffic on weekends beginning this month. More here. Louisville Parks and Recreation and Councilmember Cassie Chambers Armstrong are hosting two public meetings in April to discuss the future of Cherokee Golf Course. Cherokee Golf Course was founded in 1895, four years after the design firm of noted landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted and the city of Louisville established Cherokee Park. The city of Louisville currently has 10 municipally owned golf courses. Cherokee, one of three nine-hole courses in the system, is currently being operated by Louisville Parks and Recreation staff and is the only course without a lease agreement with a PGA professional or non-profit organization. Attempts to bid out the management of the course did not yield any viable options. During that process, Parks and Recreation received a proposal from the Olmsted Parks Conservancy to enhance Cherokee Park by making improvements and investments to revitalize the golf course property into active and diverse parkland. Attendees of the public meetings will be introduced to this idea and be able to share their feedback. Parks and Recreation officials stress that no decisions on the future of the course have been made or will be made at these public meetings. Receiving input from the community is the first step in the process, and any decisions must follow the existing ordinance, 42.44. That process concludes with any proposed changes to the course being approved by Metro Council. Receiving public input on the future of Cherokee Golf Course will be the only item for discussion. Comments regarding the future of Cherokee Golf Course and course operations may also be provided by e-mail to [email protected]. Public meetings: * Wednesday, April 20, 6-7 p.m. – Douglass Community Center, 2305 Douglass Blvd., 40205 * Monday, April 25, 6-7 p.m. – Cherokee Golf Course Clubhouse, 2501 Alexander Road, 40204 This press release was produced by the City of Louisville. The views expressed here are the author's own.