A total of 280 community members donated to the “Good Neighbor” program in the beginning of 2022. Neighbors banded together to pay for the upkeep of the 160-acre property and had raised $600,000 in donations since the closure of the El Paso, Texas course in 2019. A statement from the Vista Hills Transition Committee was released saying their mission is to pay their debt in full and to then reopen the golf course.
A program that has helped pay for the upkeep of the golf course in El Paso, Texas, will conclude at the end of September.
“We thought it would be revamped and brought back alive,” said Gina Blair, a resident who donates to the “Good Neighbor” program.
A total of 280 community members donated to the “Good Neighbor” program in the beginning of 2022. The program helps with the upkeep of the Vista Hills Country Club Golf Course. Neighbors banded together to pay for the upkeep of the 160-acre property.
“It’s a heck of a waste of real estate,” said Calvin Harris, a resident and donor of the “Good Neighbor” program.
Residents learned that the program would be ending at the end of September.
“It’s pretty devastating news, we’re very disappointed that it’s come to that,” said Blair.
Neighbors raised $600,000 in donations since the closure of the Vista Hills Country Club Golf Course in 2019.
Harris lived on the course for 21 years.
“I don’t care about the money, at all, period. But I am worried that it is going to turn into a weed patch,” Harris said.
Harris said he has offered to buy the golf course.
“It is still a mystery to me why the owners have chosen not to sell or reopen the gold course,” said Harris.
Miguel Flores, the chair of the Good Neighbor program, said the initiative was only meant to be a band aid.
Residents said the future of the community is unclear.
“I have noticed the last five months, they have just slowly quit caring, whoever’s taking care of it,” said Harris.
A statement from the Vista Hills Transition Committee was released saying their mission is to pay their debt in full and to then reopen the golf course.
Neighbors said all they do is hope for the best.
“I still have hope that somebody somewhere is going to find the interest or have the money,” Blair said.
“That an investor comes in, takes over and keeps it lively and to open the country club back,” Perla Viramontes-Silva, a resident said.
In the meantime, Flores said any remaining funds will be decided on where to go at the final community meeting on Sept. 8.
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