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Originally Posted by curnhalio
So, the city buys Brightwood out of the area, and then sells the land to a developer to cover the cost of the initial purchase. Brightwood would also have to have a piece of land available to re-build on. Does Gloria have any actual sway at this club or is she just a member that happens to have outside influence on what happens to the land itself?
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Well, this is essentially what the club wanted to do itself in the early 2000s (except without the city as the middleman) but Gloria scuttled it because she didn't want it developed. That, plus her more recent stance to shoot down the development on Prince Albert Road a couple of years ago, means that until she is gone it is unlikely she will allow any development on the site.
Actually back in the 1970s Brightwood bought 400+ acres in Waverly to build a new course. But the club couldn't get out of its own way to actually do anything with it - the usual Dartmouth "we don't want anything to change here" attitude and they eventually sold it off. They also sniffed around the site of the old Whebby quarry that eventually became Dartmouth Crossing but again missed that opportunity. You need a minimum of 200 acres for a course of this type now. I presume there are such parcels around Dartmouth but I don't know what they would cost.