1. JASPER COUNTRY CLUB Advisory Committee Meeting 3
September 25, 2013

2. TRENDS Advisory Committee Meeting 2
June 11, 2013
In 2006, for the first time in recent
memory, golf-course closures
exceeded openings.
Turning Golf Courses into Parks,
John Buntin, November 30, 2009
RECAP FROM LAST MEETING

3. 1. OVERHAUL
Craig Ranch Regional Park, Las Vegas NV
2. PARTIAL DECOMMISSION
Glen Miller Links, Richmond, IN
3. LIGHT TOUCH
Oak Ridge Park, Clark Union County, NJ
4. ECO-RECREATION
5. URBAN WILD
Conneaut Shores Golf Club, Conneaut OH
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CONTINUUM OF POSSIBILITIES

4. NATIONAL CASE STUDIES
Craig Ranch Regional Park,
Las Vegas NV
Conneaut Shores Golf Club,
Conneaut OH
Oak Ridge Park
Clark, Union County, NJ
Glen Miller Links
Richmond, IN

5. Re-vision and
re-make golf
course into multi-
purpose park and
recreation
destination.
OVERHAUL Craig Ranch Regional Park
LAS VEGAS, NV
1

6. PARTIAL DECOMMISSION Glen Miller Links
RICHMOND, IN
2

7. LIGHT TOUCH Oak Ridge Park
CLARK, UNION COUNTY, NJ
3

8. Strategize and
manage site as a
nature preserve for
passive recreation
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ECO-RECREATION
4

9. URBAN WILD Conneaut Shores Golf Course
CONNEAUT OH
5

11. JCC_waterbodies + tree canopy + slopes over 15%

12. JCC_waterbodies + tree canopy + slopes over 10%

13. Most developable areas

14. Access

15. Potential Access
15th street
Scheutter Drive
Matthews St.
Klubhaus 61

16. Parking areas
15th street
Scheutter Drive
Matthews St.
Klubhaus 61

17. Parking areas
Scheutter Drive
Matthews Ave.
Klubhaus 61
15th street

18. 7 GUIDING OBSERVATIONS
1. Site has visual and environmental properties
unique in the Jasper Park system. Reuse plan
should take full advantage of these attributes.
2. Site’s topography and access limits new
structures and active development to relatively
small area of the overall site.
3. Water bodies are strong amenity and focal point
of site; consider expansion or aggregation into
one large lake
4. Significant grading and tree canopy clearing
should be minimized
JASPER COUNTRY CLUB

19. 7 GUIDING OBSERVATIONS
5. Active recreational uses can be more
appropriately accommodated off-site (south of
15th Street)
6. Potential physical community “center” can best be
accommodated at southwest corner adjacent
to 15th Street.
7. Site more amenable to development of outdoor
community programming related to arts,
environmental education, fitness, health,
and ecology.
JASPER COUNTRY CLUB

20. A GREAT POND
Program
distributed
around the
site in the
form of small
pavillions
integrated into
the landscape.
LAKE SCHEME ` Advisory Committee Meeting 3
September 25, 2013

21. HEALTH AND
WELLNESS
TRAIL

22. PAVILLIONS IN
THE PARK

23. LAKE SCHEME ` Advisory Committee Meeting 3
September 25, 2013
COMPOSITE
Environmental
Learning Path
+ Great Pond
+ Managed
meadows
approach to
open space
+ Pavillions
distributed
around
continuous
cart path

24. MANAGED MEADOWS INITIAL OBSERVATIONS
MANAGED MEADOWS

25. MANAGED MEADOWS

26. PROGRAM IDEAS – Educational and passive recreation

27. POTENTIAL PROGRAMS
- Nature trails, bike paths
- “Managed meadows”
- Community Arts and Environmental programs
(outdoor)
- Expansion of Lakes: fishing, lakeside paths and
seating areas, small picnic areas
- Safe pedestrian connection across 15th Street
- Primary access and parking from 15th Street.
Additional access desirable from Newton Road
and Scheutter Road.
- “Community Center” (program-related)
JASPER COUNTRY CLUB

29. ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER ALONG BUFFALO BAYOU HOUSTON, TX

30. OUTDOOR CLASSROOM AND VINE TRELLISES AT ARNOLD ARBORETUM BOSTON, MA

31. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION CENTER BOSTON, MA

32. ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER KENTUCKY
Source: John Nation

33. ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER KENTUCKY

35. 15
ACRES

36. COMPOSITE
25k 30k
40k
60k

37. New Elementary School Concept Plan
15
ACRES

38. JCC_waterbodies + tree canopy + slopes over 15%

41. 170’

43. 7 GUIDING OBSERVATIONS
1. Site has visual and environmental properties
unique in the Jasper Park system. Reuse plan
should take full advantage of these attributes.
2. Site’s topography and access limits new
structures and active development to relatively
small area of the overall site.
3. Water bodies are strong amenity and focal point
of site; consider expansion or aggregation into
one large lake
4. Significant grading and tree canopy clearing
should be minimized
JASPER COUNTRY CLUB

44. 7 GUIDING OBSERVATIONS
5. Active recreational uses can be more
appropriately accommodated off-site (south of
15th Street)
6. Potential physical community “center” can best be
accommodated at southwest corner adjacent
to 15th Street.
7. Site more amenable to development of outdoor
community programming related to arts,
environmental education, fitness, health,
and ecology.
JASPER COUNTRY CLUB

45. JASPER COUNTY CLUB Advisory Committee Meeting 3
September 25, 2013
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