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Saturday, February 26, 2011

Goose Pond Colony a Beautiful Location with Financial Problems - Plantation Point


The Docks Restaurant

Cabins and Lodge
The amphitheater at Goose Pond Colony

The Marina

Beautiful scenery, great fishing and golf may be found in this wonderful family setting. There is also a campground at Goose Pond Colony. More information on the Jewel of Scottsboro and Jackson County Alabama. http://www.goosepond.org/
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PROBLEMS AT PLANTATION POINT
There seems to be a disconnect concerning the viability of the Plantation Point Golf Course.
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The Plantation Point Golf Course was built as a private business venture. When it was financially strapped, it was sold to the City of Scottsboro's Park and Recreation Board, Goose Pond Colony Board (GPC Board).
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The course was built in a terrible location which has resulted in a failed sewage system due to low elevation and a high water table, an area called Sauty (Sauta) Bottoms. A failure which has cost the citizens of Scottsboro near one million dollars to fix.
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Some city council members claim it is not fair to sell or close the course due to the homeowners living around the course. Some on the city council have suggested they could manage the course better than the banker, accountant, engineer and business men on the current City Parks and Recreation Board (GPC Board). My reply, it is not fair that citizens at large are forced to pay for the residents of Plantation Point living around the golf course privilege, since they contribute nothing toward that privilege, no maintenance or privilege fees--nothing, a fact conveniently overlooked by some on the City Council who use this as another opportunity to push forward their private agendas.
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Normally a homeowner living on a golf course pays dues for that privilege, not so in the case of Plantation Point.
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Because of the loss of income, the Plantation Point Golf Course is being placed up for sale for the amount of $1.3 million. If it can not be sold, it is to be closed, according to the Chairperson of the City Parks and Recreation Board (GPC Board), a seperate corporate entity of the City of Scottsboro.
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The current Scottsboro Parks and Recreation Board consists of astute, well organized professionals who have the best interests of Scottsboro and Goose Pond Colony in mind. While some on the City Council of Scottsboro have previously catered to private interest groups who offer the most money for their reelection.
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Less than 10 years previous the Goose Pond Colony Board and facility was near bankruptcy due to poor management and the "good ole boys" giving away GPC property and services.
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The current GPC board, coupled with innovative thinking of a previous city council, brought GPC out of a pending failure and collapse. Some on the current city council need to refresh their memories concerning the facts of the situation and stop with the deceit.
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The Citizens of Scottsboro must ask of themselves, "do we want to loose all of Goose Pond Colony due to the problems of a seperate Golf Course in which the home owners living on the Plantation Point Golf Course pay no money to maintain? Perhaps the citizens which live on or at Plantation Point should purchase the course and maintain it.
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