What is significant about the proposed municipal golf course, which is next to the university site?
Cities that rely on tourism place great emphasis on readily available golf on public courses. Municipal courses are an important part of the mix of those golfing opportunities. For the past 25 years or more, a municipal golf course has been discussed for Lake Havasu City. The major impediment has been affordable land and location. The BLM Section 24, 320-acre parcel meets both criteria. In a study published by the Morrison School of Agribusiness & Resource Management, May 19, 2006, by Dr. Troy G. Schmity. For Arizona, the study found the economic impact attributed to direct, indirect and induced by golf courses was nearly $1.5 billion for the year reported. The additional economic impact from additional tourism activities of golfers who visited Arizona from out-of-state was nearly $2 billion. That’s a total impact of nearly $3.5 billion per year. It is our hope that the projects planned the 320 acres being considered in this hearing, will help bring some of that prosperity to our town.
