According to a report in the Louisville Courier-Journal, Cherokee Golf Course, located in one of the city’s most iconic parks, could be eliminated and turned into “diverse and active parkland” under a local conservancy’s proposal.
Some are saying the two can co-exist, but the 9-hole course, according to a release earlier this month from the city’s park department, “is the only course without a lease agreement with a PGA professional or nonprofit organization.”
“Attempts to bid out the management of the course did not yield any viable options,” the Metro Parks release added. “During that process, Parks and Recreation received a proposal from the Olmsted Parks Conservancy to enhance Cherokee Park by making improvements and investments to revitalize the golf course property into active and diverse parkland.”
