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Show The golf course can fill this void in Mil-ford. Mil-ford. But what if Mllford doesn't grow? Will the present population of golfers provide adequate support to maintain a first class course? Most statistics indicate that they would not. However, Milford is unique compared to other communities. On an average.Mil-ford average.Mil-ford has from 40-60 trainment laying over during each 24 hour period. Many of these now use the course. But because only five holes are complete they as well as many local golfers travel to Canyon Breeze in Beaver or elsewhere. There are many funds and grants available avail-able to the city that were not available to the Golf Assn. to complete the last four holes, club house, and make the Milford Golf Course a first class facility. This would mean that local golfers, rails laying over and golfers from other towns would utilize the Milford course to an extent, that this writer believes it would soon become be-come self supporting. Probably less than 25 percent'of Milford Mil-ford residents use the swimming pool, which affords only about three months of recreation each year compared to nearly near-ly nine months for the golf course. Other park facilities receive even less activity. But everyone in Milford benefits to some degree from each of the park facilities. fa-cilities. As a golfer who has not swung a club in 16 years and likely will never do so again I recognize the tremendous social, so-cial, economic, and esthetic benefits a golf course will add to Milford. We urge Milford citizens to recognize these benefits and vote to purchase this facility. Even the most conservative estimates es-timates would get a $1.00 for every 50 cents invested. Where else can you get a bargain like that? "Red" "Dear Lord, Build my house on a foundation of love; Make Its threshold of sympathy, And its door key of faith; Let the light of understanding shine from Its windows; Let peace, gentleness and truth Hover around its fireside; Roof it with content. In Jesus' name, Amen." Author Unknown Monday evening the City Council voted to place a recreation bond issue on the ballot bal-lot this fall, for the specific purpose of purchasing the golf complex from the Milford Mil-ford Golf Assn. The Golf Assn. has proposed to sell the five completed holes, sprinkling system, water rights and 96 acres for their total indebtedness approximately $52,000.00. This would seem to be such a good deal that it is almost impossible to pass up. The 43 acre water right alone is valued valu-ed at more than the asking price. Ap- praisals however, would indicate that the city would get far more than that. The complex appraised for a BOR loan in 1977 ranged from a low of $93,000 to a high of $250,000. The water right is appraised ap-praised at $58,000, sprinkler system at $27,000. There seems to be no disagreement, that the offer by the Golf Assn. is In dollar dol-lar and cents, an extremely good one. The issue then comes down to two questions. First, do the people of Milford want a golf course, and second, will they support it sufflcienty to make it reasonably reason-ably pay its own way after it is completed? The first question is hard! While there are significant numbers of golfers in Milford Mil-ford It Is unlikely that they would constitute con-stitute a majority. But whether you golf or not, the golf course could be an asset to you personally. First, there is no question but that the presence of a golf course significantly increases in-creases property values, and therefore, every ev-ery property owner will benefit, whether or not they ever set foot on the fairways. Secondly, a golf course will (and this is far more important than most realize) entice industry to locate in Milford. Even a little Industry provides jobs for future generations, gen-erations, as well as those who have had to move elsewhere to make a living, that would like to live in Milford. Since 1973, Milford has stum bled along, expecting Alunite, geothermal and now, molybdenum to pull them out of the doldrums. dol-drums. But these if they are developed develop-ed are still a long ways off. Small in-x in-x dustries are far more beneficial to the com munity, because they provide diversity Instead In-stead of a huge, single payroll, and therefore, there-fore, the community does not live and die with the single large industry. Next to transportation, economic benefits, bene-fits, schools and churches the first consideration for industry looking to relocate re-locate is recreation for their employees. MBaBBMIiiMMnHBBBniMHBBIi |
