The Bella Vista Property Owners Association (BVPOA) in Bella Vista, Ark. has engaged course architect Lester George to create the plan, which will focus on minimizing flooding from Little Sugar Creek. Bella Vista is one of the nation’s largest property owners associations, with 3,100 residents.
Houston to Redevelop Former Inwood GC for Retention Ponds
The former Clear Lake Golf Club, which provided enough drainage to save 150 homes after Hurricane Harvey, and the former Inwood GC are being transformed to help control flooding, while acting as green space when there is no rain. Inwood GC will house basins for about 370 million gallons of stormwater. In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey,…
Former Golf Course Used to Control Flooding in Houston
Exploration Green, constructed from the former Clear Lake Golf Club, helped save 150 homes from inundation when Hurricane Harvey hit. The project is in its first of five construction phases and will be complete in 2021, and is expected to drain up to half a billion gallons of stormwater and protect up to 3,000 homes.…
Fargo (N.D.) CC Considers Two Flood Control Options
Members will decide on one of two plans that will renovate the back nine, including a floodwall and shifting holes 17 and 18 away from a river. The primary difference between the two plans is the routing of holes 10, 17 and 18, and both carry a price tag of $2.5 million.