Connecticut Golf Course
EPA NE: Brownfields Success Stories- Buttonhole Golf Course
Developer Ed Mauro envisioned a manicured, 9-hole golf course as a teaching center that would bring golf to the area’s 25,000 youth. Button Hole would be a place for them to learn about the sport and life from adult mentors and volunteers. Local governments, Rhode Island Golf Association, Rhode Island Golf Foundation, and PGA Tour pros Billy Andrade and Brad Faxon backed the project and construction began in 1999. The grand opening was in June 2001. That season, 900 kids participated in the junior golf programs available at the teaching center. ... [Read More]
Town of Oxford, Connecticut U.S.A.
Welcome to the Town of Oxford home page. A small town with a rural character, Oxford has a population of about 9,900 people with an area of 33 square miles. We are located in southwestern Connecticut between the Housatonic and Naugatuck rivers with easy access to I-84 and Route 8. As the Town of Oxford enters mid year 2005, we find ourselves poised to spring into a bright and rewarding future. Of course my idea of springing is one small step at a time, coupled with hours of planning and weeks of hard work. This administration has continually identified problems and developed plans to bring them to resolution. Long range planning has always been of utmost importance to this administration. We have recently completed a sewer study for the environmental protection of the southern end of route 67 and a fire study to assess our fire safety needs. The Town has begun a plan of Conservation and Development that will enable our Planning and Zoning Commission to maintain and purchase open spac ... [Read More]
Memory Golf Clubs
A proprietary, high-damping shape memory alloy called Zeemet® has been developed by Memry specifically for the golf industry. The Nicklaus Golf Equipment Company of West Palm Beach, Florida has created a new line of golf clubs using Zeemet inserts. ... Upon closer examination, the club insert basically undergoes a split second change in its metallurgical structure upon impact with the golf ball. This elastic property keeps the ball on the club face longer. That supplies more spin to the ball but not at the expense of distance. More "bite" on the fairway is every golfer's desire. ... [Read More]
The basic jurisdictional issue was how to differentiate between golf cars that weremanufactured exclusively for use on golf courses and those that are being permitted by states andmunicipalities to be operated as on-road vehicles. NHTSA tentatively decided to adopt a speedcriterion to address this question. The industry's standard Z130.1, which applies to all golf cars,contains a specification for "Maximum vehicle speed "(paragraph 9.6.1) under which "(t)heaverage speed [of runs in opposite directions] shall not exceed 15 mi/h (24 km/h)" (paragraph9.6.1.3). Further, NGCMA stated at the July 25, 1996 public meeting that its primary activitysince its inception had been the promotion and sponsorship of standard Z130.1 and that 100percent of its members adhered to it. Accordingly, the record before the agency at the time of itsproposal indicated that if a golf car could go faster than 15 miles per hour, the maximum speedpermitted by the industry standard for golf cars to be used solely on ... [Read More]
RAYMARK INDUSTRIES, STRATFORD, FAIRFIELD COUNTY, CONNECTICUT
Short Beach Park: Short Beach Park is located on Dorne Drive. The recreational areas includingtwo softball fields, a little league field, a soccer field and a nine hole golf course coverapproximately 50 acres. The area that is now known as Short Beach Park was a tidal wetland. Filling in this area began in the 1950's and 60's, and was actually part of the Dorne Drive landfillcurrently located across Dorne Drive. EPA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)reports indicate that Raymark waste was used as fill in this area during 1976-1979. The golfcourse and soccer fields were completed in the 1980's. ... [Read More]
City Club
Al was born in Alabama and grew up in Georgia He began playing golf at age 6, with the help of his grandfather. As a young adult, he competed both in high school and as a member of the Dixie Junior Golf League. ... Joyce began playing golf seriously in 1980, following tremendous success as a World Champion and Hall of Fame Skeet Shooter . desiring to compete in golf, as in skeet, she sought instruction and became one of Connecticut's best female players. She played in numerous national amateur events such as the U.S. Public Links, Women's North-South, The Women's Southern, and the Trans before turning professional in 1992. ... [Read More]
Welcome to Kelso Washington
On Sunday, September 11th, there will be a Kirkin O' the Tartan worship service at Tam O'Shanter Park at 8:30 am and again at 10:30 am at the First Presbyterian Church in Kelso. A "Kilted Klassic Golf Tournament" tees off in the morning at Kelso's Three Rivers Golf Course with a great hole in one prize. The highland games will begin at the park at 9:00 am with those hardy lads and lasses tossing the caber and throwing the stone. Free entertainment by The Wicked Tinkers in the afternoon at the park. The Kelso Rotary will be holding their annual duck race in the afternoon raising money for charities and scholarships. ... [Read More]
Success Stories, Reforms, Superfund, US EPA
Golf legend Jack Nicklaus designed the Old Works Golf Course on a portion of the site, incorporating old smelting ladles, original brickwork, and inert smelting slag into the course's design. This redevelopment led to 20 permanent jobs, approximately $480,000 in annual income, and an increase of up to $395,000 in total residential property values within two miles of the site. ... [Read More]
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