What is the history of Pheasant Run Golf Club?
During the 1980’s residents of Canton who to wished move up in housing had to leave Canton for other nearby communities. Canton’s housing stock was fairly uniform in size and style. Beginning in 1988 the Canton Township Board of Trustees established the goals of encouraging the construction of larger homes and to improve the image of Canton in general and south Canton in particular. At the time the perception existed that the only desirable homes in Canton were in the area North of Ford Road. Real Estate agents carried this message to prospective purchasers and new home builders constructed smaller homes South of Ford. During this time period a number of golf course communities with larger homes were springing up in Southeastern Michigan. Canton officials determined that a new golf course community would change Canton’s image, retain and attract new residents. Attempts were made to attract developers willing to create such a community. The development community did not initially produc
