http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/ This is an XML content feed of; Middletown Forum : Middletown News, Info and Happenings : Weatherwax’s future Tue, 06 Oct 2026 07:50:06 +0000 Mon, 28 Sep 2015 12:20:17 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 10.12 360 www.middletownusa.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=6171 http://middletownusa.com/images/blog-logo.jpg http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/ http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6171&PID=46094&title=weatherwaxs-future#46094 Author: Voleye
Subject: 6171
Posted: Sep 28 2015 at 12:20pm

 I dont mind that Weatherwax will no longer be a golf course.   What I do not care for is that Butler Metro Parks  (taxpayer money) has purchased the property for  $2.6 Million.  When they could have purchased the property a year or two ago for $1.5 Million.   I dont think they improved the property that was worth the extra million of tax payer money.

]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2015 12:20:17 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6171&PID=46094&title=weatherwaxs-future#46094 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6171&PID=46081&title=weatherwaxs-future#46081 Author: spiderjohn
Subject: 6171
Posted: Sep 25 2015 at 9:38am

The place is beautiful
A state-wide treasure
So--where will these non- country clubbers play golf at such a level of quality?]]> Fri, 25 Sep 2015 09:38:20 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6171&PID=46081&title=weatherwaxs-future#46081 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6171&PID=46078&title=weatherwaxs-future#46078 Author: Stanky
Subject: 6171
Posted: Sep 24 2015 at 9:40pm

Yeah no doubt the course would have been saved if it were a Hamilton treasure. Since it's just Middletown no one gives a hoot.]]> Thu, 24 Sep 2015 21:40:53 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6171&PID=46078&title=weatherwaxs-future#46078 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6171&PID=46076&title=weatherwaxs-future#46076 Author: Vivian Moon
Subject: 6171
Posted: Sep 24 2015 at 2:50pm

I'm not connected to this family.

I believe he is connected to the Moon Insurance family.]]> Thu, 24 Sep 2015 14:50:34 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6171&PID=46076&title=weatherwaxs-future#46076 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6171&PID=46075&title=weatherwaxs-future#46075 Author: spiderjohn
Subject: 6171
Posted: Sep 24 2015 at 11:54am

your son?
nephew?
ex-husband?

I wondered how u were able to put signs in the front yards of so many mmfers.....]]> Thu, 24 Sep 2015 11:54:56 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6171&PID=46075&title=weatherwaxs-future#46075 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6171&PID=46074&title=weatherwaxs-future#46074 Author: Vivian Moon
Subject: 6171
Posted: Sep 24 2015 at 11:14am

Hahahaaaa..Spider I'm not running for city council. You can bet City Hall doesn't want me on council asking "Where did all the money go"?

TALBOTT MOON is running for City Council
https://www.facebook.com/Talbottmoon]]> Thu, 24 Sep 2015 11:14:14 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6171&PID=46074&title=weatherwaxs-future#46074 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6171&PID=46071&title=weatherwaxs-future#46071 Author: spiderjohn
Subject: 6171
Posted: Sep 24 2015 at 10:25am

Congratulations Vivian!
All over town I see signs
Moon for Middletown
U have my vote and support!
Rock the boat!]]> Thu, 24 Sep 2015 10:25:04 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6171&PID=46071&title=weatherwaxs-future#46071 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6171&PID=46069&title=weatherwaxs-future#46069 Author: Neil Barille
Subject: 6171
Posted: Sep 24 2015 at 8:44am

The city certainly messed up in several ways, including running the course at a loss due to overstaffing and bloated city employee level wages.  But the weird thing is why would the Public Trust need the involvement of Bowling to obtain this land?  Surely there are thousands of struggling golf course all over the country that would gladly sell to the Public Trust.  Did they really need Bowling to act as middleman and then overpay him in the process?  Something does indeed smell fishy about this whole thing.  Why do I have a feeling this would not have happened if the course were in Hamilton?]]> Thu, 24 Sep 2015 08:44:37 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6171&PID=46069&title=weatherwaxs-future#46069 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6171&PID=46068&title=weatherwaxs-future#46068 Author: Vivian Moon
Subject: 6171
Posted: Sep 24 2015 at 8:22am

Just shaking my head in utter disbelief about this entire deal over the past several years.

]]> Thu, 24 Sep 2015 08:22:44 +0000 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6171&PID=46068&title=weatherwaxs-future#46068 http://www.middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6171&PID=46067&title=weatherwaxs-future#46067 Author: 409
Subject: 6171
Posted: Sep 23 2015 at 7:41pm

MJ:
Weatherwax sale to MetroParks is end of golf course
Golf course will close once current lease expires.
By Ed Richter
Staff Writer
MIDDLETOWN —
Weatherwax Golf Course has a new owner — and it will cease to exist as a golf course.

MetroParks of Butler County announced today it has acquired the golf course at 5401 Mosiman Road and plans to combine it with the adjacent Sebald Park to create the new Elk Creek MetroPark, according to a MetroParks press release.

The golf course is currently owned by Myron Bowling, who is leasing to a group to operate the golf course. Bowling purchased the golf course in 2014 from the city of Middletown.

TPL secured an option to purchasethe golf course from Weatherwax Holdings, LLC which is owned by Bowling Auctioneers.

The 456-acre property will provide opportunities for thousands of Butler County residents and future sports tourism events such as regional cross country meets, triathlons, equestrian events and more, according to the press release.

However, due to restrictions placed on the use of the property by the grant funds used to acquire it, golf will no longer be possible there once the present golf lease expires and park ownership begins.

When approaching Trust for Public Land (TPL), a national non-profit organization, Bowling expressed a desire that the site be maintained as open space and an asset to the community, according to the MetroParks news release.

TPL, whom MetroParks had worked with in the past, made MetroParks aware that land, adjacent to Sebald Park, was on the market. MetroParks owns and operates Sebald Park, in Madison Township and shares over a mile of common boundary to the Bowling property.

“It was, therefore, logical for MetroParks to pursue, in the public interest, the expansion of Sebald Park through the acquisition of the property in order to ensure continued public enjoyment and access”, said Greg Amend, president of MetroParks’ Board of Park Commissioners.

“Funding to pay for the acquisition of the land and its conversion to a natural area public park open to all will be available at almost no local cost through a combination of donated value, labor, state and federal funds,” he said.

The significance of the purchase is “not what won’t happen there, but what will happen there in the future that makes this change in the use of the property important to the residents of Butler County,” said Jonathan Granville, MetroParks executive director.
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