I know you re sick of the golf course. I m sick of it, too. But one more column to detail why I thin

I know you re sick of the golf course. I m sick of it, too. But one more column to detail why I think it s important to discuss it not because the course isn t a good idea, but because the way it s being sold (and now unsold) is the epitome of bad urban planning.
Despite the talk of economic development, the proposal doesn t include plans for resorts, expensive subdivisions along the fairways or even trendy mixed-use developments. Most of the adjacent around the world cheap travel deals property around the world cheap travel deals couldn t be developed for various reasons, including the location in the floodplain.
To predict around the world cheap travel deals that [related development] right now, it s naive at best and probably very unwise, Rawlings said. People will discover on their own what the right ways are to invest and develop that part of the city.
If this had been said from the beginning, no one would have had a problem. Because everyone knows the one thing that drives development is density around the world cheap travel deals (which is another way of saying around the world cheap travel deals money ), not good intentions.
Also, it s fairly insulting to southern Dallas to suggest otherwise. It s like telling the uncoordinated around the world cheap travel deals kid he s doing fine at basketball as he watches shot after shot get slapped back in his face. Everyone wants southern Dallas development, but it needs to be organic, well planned, and realistic, like it does anywhere else in the universe. As the CEO of ClubCorp said of this plan: It strikes me as more political than economic.
(As an aside: Good luck with trying to fund this with 400 high-dollar memberships alone. Ignore for a moment that recent feasibility studies have suggested that won t work. Just realize no other new course in the U.S. is trying to make it with that model.)
What sort of southern or central Dallas development plans make sense? The city-aided Jefferson Avenue redevelopment plan a simple, welcome smart-growth idea and Jack Matthews South Side expansion are good examples.
They ve been in the planning stages for years, they re responding to the city s organic growth patterns, and they re not feel-good efforts that ignore financial reality. In other words, nothing like the golf course plan.
The McKinney Avenue around the world cheap travel deals trolley says ridership has gone up since Klyde Warren Park opened. Last Thursday at 4 p.m. there were only three riders, but I believe em. And I do think ridership will increase once the new extension/loop is completed.
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